There is no place like home...

Sorry for the delay in updating posts, it has been hard finding time. (usually when Graham is asleep)

So far being home for a few weeks, he doesn't want to miss anything so he is awake alot and mom and dad usually crash when he crashes.

But it's all good!

Our hotel room in Hong Kong overlooked the bay

and it is a beautiful sunrise on our last morning

on this side of the world.  We didn't get to spend a lot of time in Hong Kong but it is

a beautiful city and lots of people speak English.

It was kind of nice walking into a restaurant and not having to point to a

picture to order our dinner and hope they get it right.

Our hotel is also right next to the airport and Graham is excited about that. 

He has his cool shades on and watching all the airplanes take off.  He is saying "bye bye airplane"!

in his little 3 year old broken english voice.  I must say it is pretty stinking cute. 

We set the timer to take our last family photo here in China, the thought of home is so comforting

but thinking of an 18 hour flight ahead of us; not so much.

 Dorothy's thoughts  ring in our heads as we go....

"There is no place like home, there is no place like home"!

Finale'

Wow as I sit here and type out  a few thoughts the night before we head home, just taking a moment to soak it all in.   It's crazy, 2 came from far and away and 3 are going home! 

Also thoughts of how in the world are we going to entertain a very active 3 year old for 15 hours on a plane??? Sigh! 

Leaving is bitter sweet!  We have met so many families on this adventure and are now good friends that we have to say goodbye to.  God has been so good, he went before us and smoothed out the path.  He has made everything possible.

One cool thing is that there was a catagorie 8 typhoon headed toward HongKong last night, matter fact our guide Rebecca told us not to check out of our hotel just in case we couldn't travel today.  God turned that catagorie 8 to a 1 by early this morning and by the time we arrived here this afternoon it wasn't even raining anymore!

The sweet part is knowing that I will be sleeping in my own bed tomorrow night!!  :) that makes me smile

So Hong Kong tonight and we get up tomorrow morning to fly to Chicago then on to the HAM!!!

It has gone by so fast, what an adventure!

It's all been about grace and it is grace that will get us home...

Home away from home...

This is the beautiful garden at the hotel!  We took a few strolls from time to time!

There's just something about seeing a little one get so excited!!  This little fella has done more in these 2 weeks than he has in his whole little life! We are so blessed and so excited for him and we can't wait to see what God has in store for him.

We even fed the fish!

I believe this is the largest spiral staircase I have ever seen!  Can you see Kevin and Graham??

They definitely do everything big and beautiful!

Our last shopping day...

Today we are shopping at a place called Shamian Island.  It is a really clean and pretty place and kind of reminds me of Williamsburg with the cobblestone and shops.

There were some models there having a photo shoot.

Look what we found in Lucky's restaurant!

We were is this shop with no air condition I might add!  Graham was sitting in the floor playing with a couple of toys while waiting for the owners to package what we had bought.  He was just about to fall asleep in that position.  This is one of the owners bending down to see if he was asleep.  (another 2 minutes in that hot store mama would have been past out too)

Bless it!

Our Consulate Apt.

Well today is our Consulate Apt. at 8:30am! This is where we take an oath and promise that all of our paperwork that we have turned in is true and correct.  We also get Graham's chinese passport so that he can come with us to the USA!  He will becaome a citizen the minute we land on good ole American soil!

We can't take any camera's or electronic devices in the building so no pictures of this part of the day.

Laundry Service!

One of the best things out here is the laundry service.  Rebecca and Miko hooked us up with a great laundry service. They come to our hotel and pick up our clothes and then deliver them the next day all wrapped up in a cute little package and they smell great!! I don't know what they use but I like it!

Cruis'n together!!

After a fun day of swimming, we had a fun evening of a dinner boat cruise down the Pearl River.

A couple of fruit peddlers as we wait to board our boat.

Here is where we will eat dinner tonight!

Beautiful city scenes as we head out.

 Above is the famous Canton Tower.  It is one of the tallest towers with an observation deck in the world.

Graham loved seeing all the pretty lights!

We had a buffet dinner on the boat with random things like fried rice, and fried noodles, sweet and sour chicken a few chicken feet, and weird neck bones. Sorry I was not brave, I just stuck to the rice and noodles.