Saturday, January 23, 2010

Brandall is HOME!

My little brother, Brandall, just returned home from serving in Brazil! We are so excited that he is finally home! He still has his dry sense of humor and I absolutely adore this kid! It's going to be fun to watch as he adjusts back into the 'real world'.
His homecoming is this Sunday and I can't wait to hear him speak! He had so many neat experiences while serving his mission! Also we are doing a musical number (my dad, 2 brothers, sister and myself) which my brother Stephen arranged. I am not too excited for that part but Brandall is doing a solo in it and he sounds SOOOOO good, especially with his Portuguese accent!

Here we are at the airport on our way to pick Brandall up. The little ones were SUPER excited... as you can probably imagine!












So funny thing happened... which wasn't so funny at the time. Brandall's flight was suppose to arrive at 11:25 AM but we were watching his flight at home and it showed that it was delayed and he wouldn't be arriving until 12:46 PM. So we hung around the house a little longer and arrived at the airport at 12:35... we get there and the monitor shows Brandall's flight arrived
ON TIME at 11:25!!
Aaaaaahhhhhh!!! We were wiggin, here we are over an HOUR LATE to pick him up! How awful he shows up and NOBODY is there to welcome him home!
My dad tells us to stay put while he wanders around the baggage claim trying to find him. Shaline and I were about to page him when my dad asked a lady who just showed up to baggage claim which flight she just got off of... in her sweet southern accent she says "flight 689 sir"... thank goodness, that's Brandall's flight. So we waited patiently til he arrived! LOL

Here he is, far left, all smiles! Isn't he so stinkin cute!
The kids were first to get to him!! They were so excited to hug him! They have grown SO much since Brandall last saw them!
It was an emotional moment when my Dad got to hug his son! I was wishing my mom could've have been there to greet her baby and tell him well done but I could feel her so strong! I am sure we all could.












If that face doesn't say overwhelmed then I dunno what face would

Me and my baby brother and Brandall with all of the missionaries he went into the MTC with.












I LOVE this picture! Brindyn wouldn't leave Brandall's side!

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