WELL IT IS OUR LAST DAY HERE IN GUANGZHOU AND AS
ALWAYS IT IS BITTERSWEET. ON THE ONE HAND, YOU ARE SO
HAPPY TO HEAD HOME, AND THEN AGAIN, YOU ARE A LITTLE
SAD TO LEAVE YOUR CHILD's BIRTHPLACE. THIS TRIP HAS
SEEMED VERY LONG AND TRYING TO KEEP FIVE PEOPLE IN TWO
SMALL HOTEL ROOMS HAS BEEN TRYING AND EXHAUSTING
ESPECIALLY WHEN TWO OF THOSE ARE 3 AND 6 AND VERY
ACTIVE KIDS BORED AND LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO.

I ASKED NIKKI IN HER FINAL POST TO LIST THE THINGS SHE
MISSED MOST FROM HOME AND I WOULD DO THE SAME. I
HAVEN'T SEEN HER POST YET SO THIS SHOULD BE
INTERESTING. TEEN PERSPECTIVE VS. ADULT.

I MISS HAVING BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING WITH RYAN WHEN
HE IS GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL. IT IS USUALLY JUST HE
AND I AND IT IS QUIET AND HE IS VERY SWEET MOST OF THE
TIME.

I MISS TELLING HIM TO WATCH OUT FOR CARIBOU, MOOSE AND
BARNEY AS HE WALKS OUT THE DOOR....INSIDE JOKE

I JUST MISS RYAN BEING AROUND

I MISS MY GLASS OF COLD SKIM MILK EVERY MORNING. I
KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE GOING GROSS, BUT I HAVE A COLD
GLASS OF MILK EVERY
MORNING. I WON'T TOUCH THE MILK HERE BECAUSE I DON'T
KNOW WHAT ANIMAL IT CAME FROM AND IF IT HAS BEEN
PASTURIZED, PURIFIED,YOU NAME IT.....I'm NOT DRINKING
IT.

I MISS ICED TEA OR ANY DRINK WITH ICE....CAN'T DRINK
IT HERE.

I MISS CLEAN DRINKING WATER FROM THE TAP, YOU CAN'T
DRINK THE TAP WATER OVER HERE AND YOU CAN'T USE IT TO
BRUSH YOUR TEETH...IT IS NOT CLEAN AND YOU WOULD GET
VERY SICK....WE NEED TO USE BOTTLED WATER FOR
EVERYTHING.....IT GETS VERY OLD

I MISS CHURCH. I MISS SEEING OUR FRIENDS AND GETING
MY SUNDAY HUG FROM LARRY....I MISS WORSHIPING....AND
I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE MY PASTOR CAN SEE THE
BLOG...LOL

I MISS MY NORMAL ROUTINE, HAVING LUNCH WITH FRIENDS
AND WALKING MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I MISS TALKING TO MY MOM AND HAVING LUNCH WITH
HER.....I MISS MY MOM...

I MISS MY KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL....LOL

I MISS HOME COOKED FOOD AND FOOD THAT DOESN'T LOOK
BACK AT YOU ON THE PLATE...ENOUGH CHICKEN AND DUCK
HEADS ON MY PLATE

MOSTLY I JUST MISS MY ROUTINE, MY FRIENDS AND HANGING
OUT WITH MY FAMILY. I MISS RICH GOING TO WORK AND
COMING HOME AT NIGHT WITH NEWS.

I WOULDN'T TRADE THIS EXPERIENCE FOR ANYTHING, I
WOULDN'T GIVE UP SEBASTIAN IN OUR LIVES, DESPITE THE
FACT THAT HE IS THROWING A FIT RIGHT NOW AND BUGGING
ANNIE.....HE IS SWEET AND FUNNY AND VERY CARING.

SO THIS IS OUR FINAL POST FROM CHINA, I CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE YOU ALL AND FOR ALL OF YOU TO MEET SEBASTIAN.
ENJOY THE NEW PHOTOS AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN
CHICAGO.....

LARRY AND GLENDA THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE RIDE..
HUGS AND LOVE TO YOU ALL AND THANKS FOR SHARING OUR
JOURNEY....WE WILL POST FINAL PHOTOS ONCE WE ARE HOME.
MICHELE RICH NIKKI ANNIE AND SEBASTIAN