Behind every great trip...there are two great women!

This trip of a life-time has been planned with great attention to detail by my dear friend, Lianne. This will be her fourth trip to China - two adoption trips and two homeland trips with her daughters. Here they are, mittens and new suitcases "in hand", so to speak.

Lianne's experience travelling throughout China and her expertise as a master co-ordinator has resulted in a trip with all the bases covered. Each single step that we take on this journey and each of the thousand miles we will cover has been carefully planned in consultation with our guide MaRui, with whom Lianne has travelled with twice before. 

I've heard wonderful things about this friendly and dynamic woman -- can't wait to meet her in person. Here is MuRui with Lianne's girls, Cassidy and Bryanna when they did their homeland tour two years ago. 

Lianne and two of the other families making the trip with us will be starting their journey in Hong Kong as Julia and I begin with the McCrimmon and Tucci families in Beijing. The two travel groups will join on March 10 - a significant day for Lianne and me as we celebrate the 7th anniversary of our Forever Family Day for Julia and Cassidy.

Between Lianne and Ma Rui, we will be in good hands; we'll be busy and tired, but in very good hands.