My little brother Royce has been in Ghana, Africa for the past two years serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We got to go to Arizona to be there for his arrival home!
We all went to pioneer park for the kids to play since we had checked out of hotels and had some time before his flight got in. My kids loved it!
Then it was a mad scramble to get to the airport! We actually underestimated how much time it would take to get to the airport, park, find the gate, etc. But luckily we made it and we eagerly watched for an elder wearing a baby blue suit coat jacket (which he had forewarned us he would be wearing).
After welcoming Royce home, we headed up to the White Mountains. We made a few stops on the way up. I've traveled through Globe, AZ hundreds of times, and I've never seen signs for a "Besh Ba Go-wah". So we stopped and checked it out. It was cool.
We also had to stop in Salt River Canyon and see the "honeymooners" crash up close and personal.
We stayed in a nice airbnb in Pinetop-Lakeside and we had a Freestone family reunion. My kids instantly hit it off with cousins they'd never met. And we had fun participating in a talent show. That's me on the bottom mid-leap.
Sadly, we didn't get to stay to hear his homecoming talk in church. The only flights were early Sunday morning. But we did make it home in time for 1 hour of church, followed by easter baskets that were "waiting" for us at home.
Then it was a mad scramble to get to the airport! We actually underestimated how much time it would take to get to the airport, park, find the gate, etc. But luckily we made it and we eagerly watched for an elder wearing a baby blue suit coat jacket (which he had forewarned us he would be wearing).
After welcoming Royce home, we headed up to the White Mountains. We made a few stops on the way up. I've traveled through Globe, AZ hundreds of times, and I've never seen signs for a "Besh Ba Go-wah". So we stopped and checked it out. It was cool.
We also had to stop in Salt River Canyon and see the "honeymooners" crash up close and personal.
We stayed in a nice airbnb in Pinetop-Lakeside and we had a Freestone family reunion. My kids instantly hit it off with cousins they'd never met. And we had fun participating in a talent show. That's me on the bottom mid-leap.
Sadly, we didn't get to stay to hear his homecoming talk in church. The only flights were early Sunday morning. But we did make it home in time for 1 hour of church, followed by easter baskets that were "waiting" for us at home.
