Nolan Came Home!

Last Wednesday, on April 18, 2012, we got to go pick my little brother, Nolan, up from the airport! He  had been serving in the Georgia Atlanta mission for the past 2 years.

It was one big family get together! It was the first time since Dawson's mission farewell that our entire family was together since Dawson and Nolan's missions overlapped by just a couple months. 

Sooo..... everyone loaded up in the big white van and we were on our way to the airport! All of us...my Mom, Dad, Zach, Wyatt, Olivia and Enoch and also Stacie, my amazing sister-in-law (Dawson's wife) and their two kids, Oaklee and Bridger. They were out here visiting while Dawson was still in Nebraska working, but he met us at the airport so when we first got there it was a fun reunion for their little family! They were so excited to see him :)

 

In the airport on our way to see Nolan! Kimbri was being entertained by many different people while we were waiting:

Zach letting her stand on the side of the flat escalator thing.

And I believe this was Wyatt's hat. She was trying so hard to get it off her head but the more you pull down at it the more it's gonna stay on! (Also, I can't get these pictures to be centered...? Oh well.)

  But I think she was loving the attention :)

   

  

And she also loved Zach's old stuffed lion animal!

We waited and waited for Nolan to come down those famous escalators. We were surrounded by so much family! It was the start of a crazy busy but amazing week. So much of our extended family was in town because of graduation for two of my cousins, Janelle and Landon, and I. So Nolan got quite the welcome! 

I was busy holding Kimbri and she was starting to get pretty fussy while we were waiting for Nolan so I didn't get any pictures when we saw him for the first time but maybe I can find someone else that got some and upload them later....

I did manage to get one picture when we arrived back home. It's with all our siblings, except Dawson who was still on his way back from the airport. And I guess I accidentally turned my head right as the picture was taken...oops!

It was soooo great to see Nolan and to have all our siblings all together again!!