Dinner Anyone... need I say more!!! UGH!
It's all about me... You know I gotta have my drinks... So good!!!
Water pot in our room that we use to boil all our water we use to brush teeth that is fun (NOT) be happy you have clean water and thank God for providing for us in such an incredible way back home... we are truly a blessed people!!!
Rodney says this is China's favorite transportation system... He especially likes the one that as he says was "BIKE-JACKED" lol
Riverwalk or for me River sit every few feet!!!
Our hotel over looking the river
At shopping mall...
River Bridge
Bailee & his little friends :-) he is going to hurt me lol
These are some sights from our first day. I will say that JETLAG is a royal pain in the behind! We are so tired and having might I say a big adjustment with time!!! We went to the mall but I did not buy one item... between the jacked UP prices, gross smells, the HEAT, and jetlag I did not get a thing. My heart skipped a beat when I saw the COACH store, Skeechers, and Clarks but the prices were crazy. I mean Clarks that I could get at Belk at home for about 40-60 dollars cost 100$ here. OMG I am about to puke b/c my hubby just couldn't let the smells of China stay in China..He is now cooking chinese style ramen noodles in our room and it smells like the streets of China!!! Back to my post... Then when we got back to the room we sat down to rest and all fell asleep for about three hours... When I awoke from my crazy jetlagged dream I asked Rodney why he was looking at my toe! He asked me if I was crazy and I finally woke up enough to say oh yea I guess I am :-) ! See what 23 hours of flying will do for the brain!!!
Then we walked down the city block and bought Pizza Hut for supper. Weird... they sell two kinds of pizza: red sauce or thousand island sauce ugh!!! I said red well I pointed to red since they don't speaka my language!
After we ate and sat around bored. So then we walked down to 7-Eleven to buy me some more Coca Cola Light and got these stinkin' noodles for Rodney. We also got a few pics of the locals and "sights & smells"! Ok enough for now got to try to make ourselves go to sleep even though our bodies and brains think it is morning like it is at home right now. We have a big tour day tomorrow and better be rested up. I know why they say it is sooooo hot here now... the humidity is horrible at about 88%... at home it is normally only in the 60-70% range and believe it or not it does make a difference!
Enjoy the pics! we love ya'll and miss you! We are enjoying the comments and guestbook posts. Keep 'em coming!
All our love,
Tammy
P.S. Kelly and Eva sorry I did not get to call before we left... Can't wait to get our girls together :-)
P.S.S. I hope my mother-in-law is geting to see this from her cousin and neighbor down the road... Thx Alice!!!
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Guangzhou Time
SO glad yall made it safely! I have had so many people ask had we heard from yall! Looks like you are having fun! Get well rested for that little girl in just a couple of days!!!! I can't wait!!! We miss yall - hurry & get home! Thank you for updating this since it is practically our only form of communication! Have a wonderful trip! We are praying for you! See you at the airport! We love yall!!!!
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Mike & Kali
Keep the pics coming! Sitting at school looking at them. I know you wish you were here! Love Ya-April
ReplyDeleteLove the pics!!! It is amazing how blessed we really are. I'm glad ya'll are able to go tour around. Make sure to get plenty of sleep though, you are about to have a little one running around (Yaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!) Have Fun!
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Tammy~So glad that you all made it there safely. I hope you have a wonderful trip. I can so relate to the jet lag and the smells...there is nothing on earth like it and you can't explain it to people who haven't been there. I will tell you this..believe it or not, you will get use to it! Praying for you!
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Oh...the smells; unfortunately I remember them well!! Praying the jetlag gets better for you all!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing the pics & updates w/us! It's so much fun "watching" God's hand at work as He brings Sophie home! What's the deal w/the smells??? I didn't know HK smelled so bad.....is it the stuff in the buckets (food, or should I say critters?).
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Kim Hemphill
Enjoy every minute of it!!!! Only a few more hours to go.
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Micki
So glad you all got there safe. Enjoyed the pictures. Can't wait to see some of Sophie and y'all.
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So glad you all had a safe trip. Try to get some rest!! I enjoyed the pictures, but can't wait to see pics of all of you with Sophie in your arms. Will be praying for you and praising God for being so good.
ReplyDeleteTammy, so glad you all finally made it! You crack me up with all these stories!!! Sounds like ya'll have had some interesting times! I hope ya'll have a great trip. We are so excited for you. Can't wait till we get to see little Sophie. Maddie says hello! We miss all of you!
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Traci. John & Maddie
Traci,
ReplyDeleteYou better be glad you posted! I have ben waiting and wondering about yu all week...looking for you to be on here! We miss you too and love ya'll! My stories are specially for you b/c you are the only one besides my sweet moma that will laugh at all my Tammyisms ...
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Tsmmy
Thanks for sharing all of the updates. I can't imagine the excitement that all of you have to meet and get little Sophie. We love and are praying for all of you!
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