Returned!!!!!

Here we are at the airport waiting for Nick, Bret and Bennett. Nick is returning from his two year mission, and Bret and Bennett went to pick him up. They have been there with Nick for two weeks and I'm really, really happy to have them all home safe and sound!

There he is! The first sighting in two years!

 Of course I get first hugs!!!!!! This picture is blurry because I threw my camera to poor Amber and asked her to be the photographer and she didn't know how to work it. But that's OK, Ive got my son home and that's all that matters!

 The grandparents in wheelchairs.....and family hugs and greetings all around....

 I kissed a baby-butt smooth face good-bye, and two years later I kissed a stubbly rough man-face hello!

 Meeting the twin niece and nephew for the first time!

Luggage time!

It was really fun picking Nick and the boys up at the airport.. When we asked Nick where he wanted to eat lunch for his first meal in America in two years, his answer: "In and Out Burger!" Lol! Ugh! Really? ............. So, thats where we went. On the way home this is what we saw! Nathan, Luke and Sean had made Nick a welcome home sign on the over pass! That was awesome! 

                          

The day before the boys got home, I paid Justin Call to mow our lawn, and he surprised all of us with this! So cool!

We wrote love and welcome home notes to Nick on the driveway and front porch with sidewalk chalk!

 Here are my kids being sickening because Im taking pictures of them!

 On going sickeningness....

 The ugly hug...(Luke)

 The ugliest hug...(Sean)

 The bro hug! (Nathan)

 We were all kind of porch-mokeying for a while....

Nicks first time in his newly painted bedroom with the fam....

Can you guess what the first item of business for him was the next day? The purchase of an iPhone....... and macbook pro. It didnt take him long to jump right back in to the swing of things!