Saturday, September 13, 2008

We are home!!!!!







Hello everyone!
We are finally home! It has taken a day to get everthing back in order.
We left the hotel in Guangzhou at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday. The van took us to the airport and we only waited a few minutes before we boarded our flight. Joe and Anabel were on the same flight.
The flight to Tokyo was about 4 1/2 hours. It was pretty easy. A Chinese man sat beside us and he played with Kimberly.
The flight from Tokyo to Detroit was really long. It was 11 hours. We had to hold Kimberly the whole way. She slept off and on during the flight but never could get comfortable. During that flight we changed time. We turned the clock back 13 hours and then we relived those hours.
In Detroit we had to go through customs and immigrantions. When the man stamped Kimberly's passport was when she became a U.S. Citzen. We handed the famous brown envelope full of papers to the man and we were free to go through. We had to collect our luggage and send it through to another part of the airport. We had about 1/2 hour to wait til we flew to Champaign. That flight was something else.
After all the miles we had went, when we were ready to take off, Mark said to me....we may have a probelm......the right engine did not start. The pilot reved the engines and finally it took off. I was thinking oh my gosh!!!!!!
But we made it and on time.
When we got off the plane, we had a welcome party waiting on us. It was so nice. Everyone was waving and holding signs. Ryan was waiting on his new sister.
He was so excited. He has grown 2 inches while we were gone it looked like.
Kimberly was excited to meet everyone. She let everyone hold her and she even smiled at them after all the hours we had been up.
We went for supper together and then went home!
She was really good on the flight......It was sad to leave China behind......We left Bo Hai and her homeland there to bring Kimberly Renee home with us.
We are adjusting at home for the weekend and then we all back to work on Monday and Kimberly will go with me to work.
Thanks for all the support while we were gone. It was a trip of a lifetime. We were so fortunate to be able to go and we brought back a wonderful sovenior.
Love to all,
Anita, Mark, Ryan and Kimberly

2 comments:

Samantha said...

Great photos so glad you all made it home safe and sound!

Jeff and Amy said...

Can't wait to meet Kimberly on Sunday, those cheeks are just soooooo stinkin cute :)

Ryan is waiting for his sister

Ryan is waiting for his sister

What a beautiful sight!

What a beautiful sight!

Ryan and Kimberly

Ryan and Kimberly