Hello from Michigan...

We're at our summer place in Ludington for the next two weeks. It's so beautiful here. The weather is perfect (as it usually is here!) and we spent all afternoon yesterday at the beach. The kids ran and played and the adults visited and worked on our tans. We're here with some close friends and their children too. It's been great to relax and enjoy ourselves -- since we've been so anxious (happy anxious!) about when we'll be going to China, planning the trip, packing, doing paperwork, etc., for the last several weeks.

We're on Day 59 of the wait today. I'm hoping we hear an update on our travel news when we return home in a couple of weeks.