Joe made this sign for Uncle Mike to see when he got off the plane. Such an exciting day! Started off a little hectic though...Steve's dad coaches the Hurricane High School football team and they had the semifinal game that Thursday in Salt Lake. Mike arrived in Salt Lake first, where big Steve and my Steve were able to see him for a couple hours and then he flew into St George where Bev, Grandma Maralyn, Aunt Barb, Uncle Bill, Joe, Lynden, Uncle Bruce, Aunt Susan and their kids, neighbors and I were able to see him.
Grandma Maralyn, Bev, and Aunt Barb
Me with the beautiful ladies
Joe coloring impatiently waiting for the plane to arrive (and pouting because I'm taking this picture)
Some of the people waiting (Mike's golf coach Kevin, Bev, Barb and neighbors)
Lynden super excited to get to meet her uncle!
Bev chomping at the bits
Joe getting ready to see if he recognizes him
Woo hoo, I went crazy at this point. I was so excited to see him. I'm pretty close with sweet Mike and wrote him to the best of my ability for 2 years...which I'm proud to say for the last year or just over I wrote him every week!! He was probably so bored of me by the time he got back!
Baby boy hugging his mama
Joe actually did really well. I warned Mike that he takes awhile to warm up to people, but he..
wouldn't.let.go.
He has to bend a good foot and a half to not take me out with his shoulder.
Party time and someone (probably me) forgot to put the gate up
Loving Uncle Mike
Day of his homecoming...My 4 generation picture...Great Grandma with my kids. LOVE IT!
Isn't she so sweet?! Just out rolling some random yard thing with Joe.
The fam
More of the fam...Uncle Bill, Mike, Joe, me, Steve, Lynden, Bev, Aunt Barb, Uncle Bruce, Grandma and Steve
My kids are so incredibly lucky and spoiled by their aunts and uncles.
One more attempt to get them all looking at my camera
Our little fam
Grandma with the kids. Lynden just like to plop herself right onto Grandma's lap and drink her bottle. It was precious and helped Grandma since it's hard for her to lift little munchkins.
Our sweet hippie babe getting out some energy before our long car ride back
Taking a ride in the Honda Pilot. Joe doesn't forget about that thing. He asks for a ride every time we go there and usually asks daily
Lynden got a ride too, but she wasn't as big of a fan as her big brother was
And can you tell who our family is rooting for?! Joe is full on pouting that he has to leave so he's refusing to smile & look up. Go bears!! So glad Mike is home!
