Packing for an international trip is difficult! Or a pain - whichever way you want to view it. United lets you have two checked pieces of luggage each and they EACH can weigh 70 pounds. BUT the in-country flights we will be on in Vietnam your luggage can only weigh 44 pounds. So, basically you need to pack that way from the get go! We are packing lightly, kinda! With three girls going on the trip it is not that easy! It was real fun seeing the look on the girls faces when I told them they had to pick "one" pair of sandals and "one" pair of tennis shoes! How dare I??!! They basically had a different pair of shoes out for each outfit they intend to wear!! Now I am trying to help them think "tourist" instead of "fashion"!!
We will have one suitcase full of things for the orphanage - coloring books, crayons, markers, paper, lollipops, otc meds, and other misc. things. It will also carry all of the gifts from America for the foster family and birth family. So, at the end of the trip that suitcase will be empty and ready to be filled with all of the treasures we want to take home with us! At least this trip we won't have to buy a new suitcase for that purpose :-)...we're off in 23 days!
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Knowing you, the packing will be very organized and efficient. Your family is lucky they have you to make sure all goes smoothly.
Have fun Larsons. I loved looking at your slide show. Isn't amazing how much they grow and change yet stay the same.
Love ya,
Patty
have fun on your trip....I hope that every thing turns out the way that you want it too. I will be thinking of sophie next week. I am sure that it will also be an emotional ride for you and steve. Remember to take LOTS of pictures,and DONT eat any shrimp off of the dock!!
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