Day 8 Yinchuan

We toured the Haibao Pagoda and Zhongshan Park today. The Haibao Pagoda is a Buddhist Pagoda where Buddhist Monks come to visit every month to pray and burn incense. It is the oldest Temple in Ningxia and one of the few open to the public. It has existed for over 1500 years. It was amazing to see. We purchased incense and said our own prayers for Emma, her birth counrty and birth parents.

We spent the remainder of the morning at Zhongshan park. Beautiful scenery for pictures. This park had amusement rides for the kids too. We attempted to ride a few rides as Emma and Lily were both excited but once on a small train ride, Emma started to cry. We then just walked around and admired the scenery. I wish I had photography experience with the incredible surroundings at the Haibao Pagoda and Zhongshan Park. After we had a wonderful lunch with our guide, Linda.

A few other things to say.

1) Really bad hair. That's all I'm going to say about that.
2) We really miss everyone at home. We have skyped and texted mnay times but we can't wait to wrap our arms around everyone. Thank you to Grammy, Beeb, Renee, Cody, Peter and Angie for holding down the fort so we could make this trip happen. Love you all!! Thank you Gavin and Sophie for being so incredibly awesome! :) Less than one week and we will be home!!

Tomorrow we receive Emma's passport and the on to Guangzhou. the flight is 4hrs and 20 min. We are a little nervous about the flight. Not sure how miss Emma is going to handle it.....