COLIN IS HOME!!

On December 9, my Mom's birthday, Colin got released from his mission!! We got really lucky because he had an 8 hour layover in LA! We got it all approved with the mission president (thank you!) and we met him at the airport and got to play with him for the night!

On the way down, Emma and I made some signs just so he would know where we were. Apparently, these were NOTHING compared to the sign my Mom made but the kids loved them. Emma decorated hers all by herself!

Colin got to meet Trevor, Lucas and Isla Belle for the first time while we was here.

Check out those shoes....lots of miles and prayer went into those puppies.

We took him to the LA temple to look at the lights and hang out for a few hours. They have some temple apartments that we stayed in. The lights were beautiful!! This was one of my favorite trees there.

The boys. I can't believe how much they all look alike!!

Yes, that is me and my big belly. You can't really see much from this angle but it's getting pretty big. I asked Colin if he wanted to feel the baby move but it was too much contact with a girl too soon. :-) He got kind of freaked out watching my belly move while the baby was playing.

We got to hear some stories from his mission and he spoke some Marshalese for us. In fact, Trevor climbed over his scriptures at one point and Colin got after him in Marshalese before he realized that Trevor had no idea what he was saying. It was cute.

He has been home a few weeks now and is headed off to BYU-Idaho next week to woo the ladies and try to get an education at the same time. I am so proud of my little brother and the example he has set for my family. Emma thinks that missionaries are the coolest people ever! I would have to agree!!