3 Countries in -3hours

Our last days in New Zealand were bittersweet. It was sad to leave all our new friends, but it was nice to get back to family and friends back home. We met so many wonderful people that we will never forget. Thank you all for your kindness and love. It was an amazing experience that we will always cherish. And cell group, we absolutely love the scrapbook.

We made one last trip to the Mount before we left. It was a beautiful sunny day.









The next day we drove to the airport in wind and rain. After checking and just barely getting all our luggage successfully through security, we stopped at a few stores to stock up on L&P before the flight. We bought three 20 oz. bottles and shoved them into our already too heavy carry-ons. The flight was only delayed an hour and soon we were on our way home. Our flight took us to Los Angeles where we would have to go through security again and recheck all our luggage and then to Vancouver where we would have to go through more security again. I think our total flying time came to 15 hours. My mom, sister-in-law, Jen, and her 14 month daughter, Samantha, were waiting at the door with a nice big sign that said, "Welcome Home Dave & Tara." Samantha hadd helped Jen paint it. They felt the need to wave it around as much as possible. :) It was a nice welcoming home.