Welcome Home

Grammy & Papa came home from their mission in Africa (the DRC/Burundi) last night. We are SO HAPPY to have them home, but let me start at the beginning. On Thurs. Jan 13th we got an email from my parents saying they wanted to Skype with us that night. We didn't think a whole lot of it at the time. I had a meeting that night and I got home really late so I sent them a message to say it was late & we'd talk to them the next day. Just then they called us. They said they were calling for a specific reason. It was because they were coming home a month early from their mission. YAY!!! We were so excited! Then we asked why. They told us it was because they had just received a call to be a mission president. Whoa! They said they were going to begin that calling the end of June so they were coming home a month early so they could have as much time as possible to be with family & prepare for the next 2 or 3 year mission. We are very excited for them, but are a little sad to have so little time with them throughout this period. We now the Lord knows what he's doing & Mom & Dad will do a great job. So that brings us to the present. We won't know where they're going til probably early March, but we're SO excited to have them home. Here are the pics of the night of the big arrival.

We spent the afternoon making posters. Here are my boys with their poster. They were so proud of it.Here's our whole fam with our poster WAITING! Their flight was almost an hour late so it was killing us and we sat waiting at the airport for a long time. (Not easy when you have 32 people, 20 of them children waiting in an airport SUPER excited) We were just happy their flight wasn't cancelled like so many others had been that day, and that they had miracles that got them on that flight from Dallas.Alex LOVED his poster (that was bigger than him) and carried it around showing it to anyone who would look at it.While waiting the kids found a window where they watched planes land. Every time they saw a plane they said they were sure Grammy & Papa's plane was here. It was so cute. Of course after a while Jameson decided the planes were "transformers" which started a whole new game for them. Whatever it took to keep them entertained.Here's our crowd with signs & all.After more waiting......They FINALLY ARRIVED!!!!!!There were LOTS of hugs for everyone. We were so happy they were actually here.Alex couldn't wait to give Grammy his poster.After hugs had gone all around and we headed back to Grammy & Papa's to hang out a little. The grand kids had all learned "To Bring the World His Truth" and sang it for Grammy & Papa. It was adorable. It's so fun to have ALL of our family together & we'll enjoy it while it lasts! Let the crazy Jameson partying commence!