Thursday, September 16, 2010

Ryan's Homecoming

When we got to the airport, Ryan's flight was delayed 20 minutes so we just all sat around socializing. Yes, Kasey's hair is brown, she dyed it up at school a week ago... no one can recognize her! And yes, I fixed it for her... but I let her know I wasn't happy about it! (Lol!)

Standing around waiting so long made a few of 'us' a little grumpy!

Once the information board said the flight landed we were off to the escalator to wait for Ryan.

We took care of some time posing for a few photos... but once Ryan was in plain sight, we were all cheers!

Ryan hugged everyone and no one cried until G'ma Joan started and then all us girls were in tears. Whats funny is once we all finished hugging Ryan, no one knew what to say.

It took Joan some time to clean up her tears. We were all sooooo happy to see Ryan again. He told us there were 7 other missionaries on the flight with him, so there were a lot of families in the airport this morning!

After cheesy photos we all went out to eat and then ran errands in preparation for Brent, Ryan, and Austin's trip to Florida today. I cooked for about 3 hours for dinner, and Brent cleaned up this mess for 3 hours...

Austin had asked a girl in his school to Homecoming and this is how she answered him.... with confetti spread all over his room! It was a hellacious mess! Just in time for us to spend hours cleaning it up the night before their big trip! Hello!

Kasey and Austin worked together to clean as much as they could the night before Ryan came home but Austin couldn't even sleep in his own bed it was so bad. (Kids love this stuff though!)

Brent and I spend hours vaccuuming and cleaning confetti off the shelves, out of the dresser drawers, out of the closet, under all the sheet layers on the bed. Not the best timing I have to admit! Austin was off at a golfing tournament so he didn't have time to clean his room before his vacation, and he didn't get see Ryan until late last night. But it was a good week for Austin. He finally got a confirmation from this girl before his 10 day vacation, his brother came home, and tonight they are off to Florida for fun and adventures! Kasey's back at school, and I'm holding down the fort as usual. Ryan said at the end of the night that it was a good day! We had dinner with the whole family at 5, and later a handful of his closest friends came over and visited with him. I am really glad to have him home and feel so lucky to be a part of such a special family. I am really impressed with Brent's kids, they are a bunch of great people!

Austin on the other hand owes us big time for cleaning up this mess! "For the love of Pete!"

3 comments:

Jacque said...

Wow that is crazy. I'm glad Ryan is back. I hope they have a fun vacation! And maybe you, too! ;)

Ross and Kathy said...

Ain't youth great - too bad it's wasted on the young.

Breanne said...

So glad to see Ryan home and looking great!

In high school, I had a friend buy a fully-grown duck and put it under a box in a girl's driveway. That was how he asked her to the dance. And she had a duck left on her hands when it was all said and done - so count yourself lucky!