Sunday, September 5, 2010

Will's Home


Here is the WHOLE family waiting excitedly. I was amazed at the resilience of all the little grand kids. They were all happy and excited in spite of the late hour - it was after midnight.


Here we are still waiting. We sent the 4 oldest grand kids up to the top of the stairs to see if they could spot them coming down the hall. They kept a very close watch for what seemed forever.
People from the Atlanta flight kept coming and coming but no Elders. When they saw 3 excited families waiting, the LDS people would get big smiles on their faces and say, "Hey, there are 3 Elders coming behind us. They were at the back of the plane." A few minutes later, someone would ask again, "Did you see any Elders? and some nice person would say, Yup, they are coming. We saw them."
I think the non LDS people coming down were quite surprised to see such a welcoming committee at well after midnight. They must have thought that the folks in SLC were really friendly.
So, when the kids actually spotted them, they came racing down the stairs saying, "They're coming, they're coming." We quickly got our cameras ready and finally, we caught a glimpse of them at the top.


Here he is coming down the escalator.


My first hug in two long years. I couldn't stop crying.


Elder Smith, Elder Lee, Elder Barnard.


Will looks a little older to us but then again, it has been two years.