Safari park

Today we had a wonderful time at the safari park in Guangzhou. It really was an awesome park! We spent about 5 hours there and didn't even see it all. It was huge. We road a train through a large area and saw giraffes, elephants, emus, lions and much more. the animals are very close by so the kids loved getting such a good view of them all. There was a Jurassic park area with huge dinosaurs that moved and made noise. The kids really liked one that surprised us by squirting water at us. The highlight for the girls was feeding giraffes and riding a huge elephant with Levi. It was so fun! Elliott did great. We were there a long time and he did wonderful. He loved walking around and seeing it as much as the girls did. I will try to post some pictures tomorrow but am too tired to get them from Levi's phone right now. 

It's 10:00 pm in China right now and we just woke up the girls so they could Skype with their classmates. Both girls teachers let their classes get together this morning so the kids so say hi. Our sweet friends Erika and Amy went in and set it all up. The girls were talking about it all day and went to bed so happy after seeing their friends. They really do miss them and will be glad to get back home and to school. We are blessed to be in a wonderful school with great teachers and families. I am thankful that they took time out of the their day to allow us to talk and that they are praying for us as we travel. 

Tomorrow is a big day! Our sweet Elliott turns 2!!! We have been praying for months that we would have him by his birthday and our sweet Lord answered that prayer. I am thrilled that our little guy will have this and every other birthday surrounded by his family that loves him very much! We are picking up a cake at the supermarket we went to yesterday and will have a little party at the hotel.