Our combo CCAI-Reunion / Disney Animal Kingdom trip this past weekend was so much fun. We started out on Thursday, arriving in Orlando just in time for a nice dinner at TGI Fridays restaurant. We got to Animal Kingdom the next day around 9:30 and stayed till they closed at 5pm. The weather was wonderful and called for shorts and T-shirts…not bad for November! Back at the hotel that night, there was a light buffet in the courtyard with the CCAI folks. At first, we felt a little out of place. But, we soon met some wonderful parents and too many cute little girls to count. We were able to meet Josh and Lily, the founders of the CCAI agency! They were just as nice as I always thought they’d be. I also met two of my online friends, Sue and Marney. Their families have already adopted once from China and both are adopting again! The next morning, there was a buffet breakfast and silent auction in one of the ballrooms. The auction was raising money to build a playground for the ZunYi orphanage in China. They had hoped to raise $10,000, but I’ve heard that they surpassed that! I was happy to help them out, with our 2 winning bids. Grin.
Seeing all those beautiful girls has made me think even more about Lainey. She’s in China, waiting for us!
The kids met a new friend at Animal Kingdom
Meeting Josh and Lily!
Sue and Me (Sue is from my June-July CCAI online group)
The girls meet Mulan!
November 8th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
Sounds like you had a blast! Good for you! Must make you feel closer to the whole adoption.
November 8th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
So neat that you got to meet Josh and Lily! Sounds like you had a great time!
Jessica
November 11th, 2006 at 12:27 am
That looks like so much fun!!! So great that you got to meet Josh and Lily-I have heard very good things about them from their testimony shared at Family Life a while back. Neat people. It looks like your children enjoyed it as well!
November 11th, 2006 at 8:46 pm
How fun!!! So neat that you got to meet Josh and Lilly too and get a picture with them! I wish we had a big enough CCAI following to have a reunion in our area, hmmmm….