HE'S HOME!!!

        Well the day is over..... wow it's been a great one. Before we left for the airport we hung these signs up in the front yard.

We got emotional of course when we saw him for the first time. We had relatives from both sides come to support. Words cannot describe what we all thought and felt. It was amazing. 

Mom's Turn

                                     One of my favorite pictures

          Even Grandma Butcher was able to make it. Isn't she cute...


         The car ride was full of questions and a lot of  OOHH!!'s and AAHH!!'s.Then we got home and he unloaded his suitcase and we got to see all his exotic items. He has truly had "The Best Two Years". I am so relieved that my hug didn't have to wait for to much longer. He gives the best hugs. It's just been a really great day! I am so thankful to the Lord for making him a part of our family and I love him so much. 
         This experience reminds me of when we will return home from our earthly missions. The Lord will hold us tight with his hug and we will finally be home. Just standing in the airport waiting for him I was having a nervous breakdown just wondering when he would be there. I don't think I have ever been this excited in my whole life. But how much more happiness will we have when we will be with all our loved ones and our Heavenly Father. It's just amazes me to think that there is more joy in the journey to come. 

ONE LAST DAY!

    This week my older sister and I have gotten to go to EFY (especially for youth) it's a place for LDS youth to learn more about the gospel. It's been a really great week and I have learned a ton. But I couldn't keep my mind from wandering to this weekend. Tomorrow at 10:30 AM my brother will be coming home from his mission! He has been serving in Asuncion, Paraguay. I am so excited. These two years have been the longest   years of my life. I have written him every week (except for 3 times) and it was so exciting to say "Wow this is the last letter ever being sent to Paraguay!" Well tomorrow since he's coming home we aren't going to the last day of EFY and some of our family will be at the airport with us. It's odd to think that right at this moment of writing this he is up in the air in a plane somewhere. I love him to death and  I am so thrilled. Definitley an emotional day tomorrow. I'll update again tomorrow.