Travel Journal - Day 13

Hello from Albuquerque! We made it home with no problems today. We have been up for over 30 hours with just a couple hours of nap time. We traveled for 23 hours and we had two Wednesdays. I can honestly say that this is going to be a long week! 

He flew from Guangzhou to Hong Kong with several other families. >From there we all went our separate ways. Lani’s little friend Caleb and his family left an hour before us and we all cried when we had to separate the two children. We then flew to San Francisco where Grandpa and Grandma Goff where waiting. Out of our four hour lay over; we only got to spend about an hour with them. We were so thankful to have them there to meet Lani and say hi to us. Oh yeah, we had that little thing where Elaine became an official USA citizen! Several of the airline attendants waited for us to go through immigration/customs and they all clapped and a couple of ladies were crying. They also took some pictures of our family outside of customs. (Mike had the camera ready to go but they quickly told him to put it away; no pictures allowed of Home Land Security Officers!

Then we were off to Abq. My parents, our neighbors and some friends were there to greet us with signs, balloons and toys. What a welcome! It was so emotional to finally be back home with our little blessing. We got home and our sweet neighbor and my dear friend, Schea, had planted new flowers and plants in our flower pots and we had signs on the front door and inside the house! My mom cooked dinner for us and our friend, Tracy, gave us Rudy’s BBQ for tomorrow! Several neighbors stopped by to see the newest Goff! I am already spoiled not to mention little Lani. Of course there were many gifts for her also! Thank you everyone for making this day so special.

We got home and it was like Elaine knew that this was a safe place where she belonged. She has rarely let me out of her sight and tonight she was running from room to room and even sat in the playroom by herself and played with her doll house. She would chase the girls and tackle them. She ate dinner and smiled at all of us. She didn’t care for our dog but he is rather crazy! She let Mom give her a bath and dress her. It took me a couple of times to get her down but she is sound asleep in her own bed! What a sweetie!

We are tired beyond belief but thrilled beyond belief!

The Goff Gang – all official USA citizens!