Must See Movie

We went to the movies this afternoon. After reading reviews of Evan Almighty, we decided to go see it. It was an excellent movie. Dallas and I were both pleasantly surprised. The whole movie was based on Genesis 6:14. Did you know ARK stands for Acts of Random Kindness? Remember you can change the world one random act of kindness at a time and don't forget to do the dance.

What we do for fun in NC

School's out and we are having lots of fun. Today we picked Dallas up for lunch. We were taking Dallas back to work when the fun began. I was driving so I could just drop Dallas off at the door. We were stopped at a traffic light when this very large Coca-Cola truck rolled back into me. I was beeping but to no avail. One and a half hours later the matter was settled and we were on our way. The Coca-Cola guy spoke little English. Thank Goodness Dallas was still there to deal with it.

Our next bit of fun today comes from the Ant Party going on in our bathroom. The Ants arrive every year around this time. I have found that Terra Ant traps are the best. For a couple of days the ants make their way back and forth from the trap. Then they disappear. Well, last week we thought we had taken care of them. I left the trap out just in case. This week they are back in full force. I think ants from all over the neighborhood are arriving. I have never seen so many. This morning and afternoon I gathered all the kids to come to the party. Only Julia was impressed. I personally think the ants are fascinating. I love sitting and watching them. Julia sits right there with me. I guess the boys have better things to do.

I really need to get out more.

SC tracking information

The China director at our agency sent us this email:

I know you are anxious to follow along and here is your tracking
number. We hope to see your TA's arrive within 3 weeks. Please plan on
spending a very hot end of July first part of August (likely travel
time, but not confirmed) in China. You will need to make sure to take
your swimming suits!!

792366970128

--
Stefani Ellison

Below is our tracking for the all important SC. It officially arrived at its destination today or would that be yesterday since they are 12 hours ahead of us. It will probably be a couple more weeks until we get Travel Approval, though.
Jun 28, 2007 4:33 PM Delivered BEIJING CN
9:27 AM On FedEx vehicle for delivery BEIJING CN
8:39 AM At local FedEx facility BEIJING CN
Jun 27, 2007 6:32 PM Int'l shipment release BEIJING CN
Jun 26, 2007 9:01 AM Departed FedEx location ANCHORAGE, AK
2:05 AM Departed FedEx location OAKLAND, CA
Jun 25, 2007 10:25 PM Arrived at FedEx location OAKLAND, CA
8:09 PM Left origin WEST VALLEY, UT
5:15 PM Picked up WEST VALLEY, UT
Jun 23, 2007 7:15 PM Package data transmitted to FedEx

A Great Week with Friends

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My friend, Alexa and her son Nijel spent last week with us. We stayed very busy and had a great time. We went to Dallas' sister's, Great Wolf Lodge, and the lake. I hope she will continue to come every year. Sorry about the red eye. I should have fixed it before I made the slideshow. I am too lazy to redo it.

Caroline Grace Braxton

The name of the day is Caroline. What do you think?

SC/LOA

If you are wondering what it looks like, here it is. It should be halfway to China by now. I still can't believe it is finally happening. We should know in a few weeks when we will be going to China. We really need to decide on a name. After 7 months we still don't know.

Did you hear my screams? We did indeed recieve our SC today. Nicholas had a baseball game tonight. My cell phone was in my hand the whole time. I even called and checked our home voicemail one time. I came home and checked the computer. Many from our agency received their SC today. I was so sad we didn't, tears were rolling down my face. I decided to pick up our phone(don't know why, this is unusual for me), we had a voice mail. I knew there was no way it was Stefani(director of our agency). I am stunned when I hear Stefani's voice. We have SC. We will get it in the next couple of days and it has to go back immediately. We could be traveling in 4 weeks. YIPEE!
Grace(or whatever your name may be) we are on our way.