Today we participated in the Cincinnati Walks for Kids at Coney Island. This is the 5th year for this Children's Hospital fundraiser for and a much bigger event than we anticipated. We never found the IAC (International Adoption Center) Team to walk with but we know a lot more for next year. This event has raised over $2.5 M for our Children's Hospital. I believe the bigger fundraiser for the IAC is next month, The Passport to Forever. Next year Audrey will be able to participate in the Passport's big event...the fashion show.
Some teams wore coordinating shirts.
Coney Island is really quite beautiful, and historic too. It is 125 years old this year.
After the walk we went to Evans to pick up firewood for the winter. Notice the gloves. We still have to be fingerprinted 1 more time for USCIS and yes you can fail your fingerprints, even though they have 3 previous files on us. Never mind the fingerprints we have on file with FBI and Ohio BCI. It's not that we are particularly suspicious characters. This is required of all adoptive parents and everyone of our travel mates is or has recently completed their last prints too. Speaking of travel mates... we are starting to learn more about the other 8 families we will be traveling with to China. Several from Indiana, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Texas. Also here are the first names of babies: Chloe (2), Lily (2), Natalie, Isabella Grace, our Audrey and 2 babies we don't know their names yet.
A big project completed prior to travel.
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