Our last day in China

Annalisa had her an entry visa added to her Chinese Passport in order to enter the United States. For the trip home she'll be a Chinese citizen but as soon as she lands in the US in Chicago she automatically becomes an American Citizen.



Today is our last day in China. As beautiful as this country is we are ready to come home and settle in. No more living out of our suitcases.

Today we went to the Chen Family Shrine and then got a blessing for all the children at a Buddist Temple.

In the afternoon we went to the American Embassy to get Annalisa's entry visa in the states and had a group swear in. Very emotional for everybody since this is the last piece of burocracy we had to go through to bring Annalisa home.

After the swearing in we took some group pictures in the garden of the hotel. Annalisa had a red, white and blue silk dress on (she looked amazing) and since we could not take any pictures inside of the embassy we took some afterwards.

This is a cascade in the Garden Hotel gardern.

Annalisa in her pretty dress!


At the Buddist Monastery to get our blessings!


Beautiful silk embroidery at the Chen Family Temple!
Doorway at the Chen Family Temple!