Ryan's Home!!!!!

Well after two long years we now have my very dear little brother home from his mission!!!! It was a day that was well worth the wait but we are all glad that the waiting is over. We are all so proud of his achievements and we know that he was where the Lord wanted him at the time. For those of you who do not know which I really don't think it could be many, my little brother was on his mission in Michigan. Poor thing he was verrry cold in the winter. Yikes Any way here are some of the pictures that I took. I took a whole lot more but these are the ones that I wanted to share. As you can see Momma was so excited that Ryan was finally going to be back. She could seem to stop smiling and she just glowed!

Momma wanted to have a huge group there to greet Ryan when he got off the plane and she asked David to make a banner. Of course David said two was better than one and made two. Momma also got some balloons and filled them with helium. Oh what fun. We were almost all there. Momma and Russell, Ray and Chelle and their kids Tori and Wesley (Trey was in VA and Riley had to work), Me and David and all of ours, Ron and Theresa with Reighn and Becky, Sandy (Jake was off shore), We also had a lot of awesome friends there, Sis Laughlin, Dawn TeSam and her girls, Kimberly, Natalie and Rachal, Shannan, Jonathan, and Jessica and Daniel Curiel, Brother and Sister Pinegar and their adopted daughter Tiffany, and the Funderburks. It was awesome to have sooooo many people there to welcome Ryan home but I think we did overwhelm him a little.

Momma was there with a big hug when he first got off the plane!!

And of course it lasted a while since she hadn't been able to hug him for two years!!!

Ryan and Momma

The whole family minus four! We missed you Jake, Trey, Stephanie, and Riley!

After we left the airport we all went to Ryan's Family Steak House and ate dinner. We took up one of the whole back party area's. We ran the poor waitress off her feet. It was a lot of fun and wonderful to be able to sit and be together. All of my siblings were there Ahhhhh It is a great feeling. I love you Ryan and am glad that you are back. ( the picture above is of Ryan and Jonathan Laughlin his life long friend)