It's Egg Time

Colton and his family spent the night at our house the night before Kori's homecoming report, and it was the right time to color some Easter eggs!

Princess Party

On the way home from Pocatello we stopped at the library for a Princess Party. The Smithfield royalty girls put it on as a fundraiser for the library. It was really fun! Our little Princess Olivia loved everything. I hope it will become a tradition!

80 Years Loved

Happy Birthday Grandma Pauline! We had a bit of a split birthday celebration. Kori and I went up on Grandma's actual birthday so they could see Kori and we could celebrate with all the Pocatello people. We took up a beautiful cake. Later that week, Karlton and the girls were able to drive up. We took Grandma out to lunch. We love you Grandma! We can't believe you are 80!

First Days Home

We've had so much fun hanging out with Kori, hearing about her Brazil adventures, trying some juice and candy from Brazil and getting some souvenirs. We've been to the temple, watched some movies, celebrated her belated birthday and we've done a little shopping for new clothes. She's really cold, but she was still excited to see snow. We had to say goodbye to Clint when he went back to school. Sunday we fed the sister missionaries and that was really fun for Kori to meet them. Kori and I spent a couple of fun days at Bear Lake. We only have a month with her at home before she goes back to school, so we plan to have a lot more fun!!

Best Day Ever!

We arrived at the airport with time to spare, too much according to Padre Man, ha ha. There were lots of other missionary families there waiting. I thought we looked great in our t-shirts. It's fun to see what other families come up with. After a while, this airport employee came over and asked for all the missionary moms to go up by the escalator. He told us we could wait there in front of everyone else and hug our missionaries first. I thought that was so sweet. All of the other missionaries came home and we were still waiting for Kori!

Still waiting...

And finally... there she is!!

BEST HUG EVER!!!

It felt like heaven to have our whole family together, such a joyous reunion!! Kori looked so beautiful! We took everyone to Zupa's for lunch and spent a little time at Karlton's house, and then we were on our way home!

Some of our friends and neighbors had written some more chalk messages on our porch and put up some cute posters for Kori! We went to President Oliverson's house to get her released and we finished out the night with Moana. Welcome Home Kori McKenna! We love you and are so proud of you for your excellent service. Brazil is a lucky place to have had you for the last 18 months. We are so happy to have you home!