Tennessee--finallee!! (haha)

I am finally blogging about our recent trip to Tennessee. We went to welcome my brother back from his mission, and it was so great to spend some quality time with him and with the rest of the family. We had a lot of fun playing games, eating dinner as a family, and catching Tyler up on The Office and LOST.

There's a pretty funny story about Tyler's actual homecoming--funny, and sort of sad. We arrived at the airport about 20 minutes before his flight was supposed to land, armed with cameras and welcome home signs, and got all settled in where the passengers come out. We waited, and waited, and waited, and kept checking his flight status. Finally, my dad started asking people what flight they were coming from, and none of them were from Tyler's flight! About 15 minutes after his flight landed, my dad's cell phone rang. He answered, and to our dismay, it was Tyler--downstairs at the baggage claim and wondering where we all were! We had, unfortunately, neglected to see if Delta came out at the same place as the other airlines (they don't). So we all rushed down to baggage claim and ran to him. Poor Tyler!! He said his stomach was full of butterflies and he was so excited to see us again, and then he walked out and.... nothing! We were no where in sight! Luckily, he had met some members on his flight, so he found them at baggage claim and asked to borrow their cell phone to call Dad. I just think it's amazing that he could remember Dad's number after 2 years!

Kelsey and Jeff waiting for Tyler's flight to land!

Elder Allan in front of our homemade banner.

While we were in Tennessee, we were able to meet up with our friends from law school, the Smiths. They live in Huntsville, Alabama, so we met at an awesome children's museum in Murfreesboro. I love that Tempe and Caleb are holding hands and looking at each other in this picture!

Tempe loved being at Grandma Lisa's house again. The weather wasn't great, but we took advantage of it when we could, playing in the yard and going for walks or to the park as a family. I'm so glad that Tempe and Helena are able to see their grandparents as often as we do, even though we live so far apart! I hope we continue to be able to see each other regularly.