My Older Younger Brother

One of the main reasons we came to Arizona instead of flying to NY straight was obviously to see my family and pick up Brian from the airport. Seriously! Brian's back from Russia! After a little over two years, he returned from his mission just in time for the holidays. It was really fun to get a bunch of family together to wait for him to get off the plane. In these pictures, you will see Nana, Jonne, Mimi, Grandpa, me, Marcus, my mom and dad, Trevor, and the Lee family (who happened to be at the airport picking up family too).


My dad made posters at work welcoming Brian home. And there was a Russian couple in the airport who told us everything was written correctly in Russian. We were a little nervous it could've said something insulting accidentally :)

And here he is-- crazy hat and all. Typical Bri. Haha. Actually the hat was a gift for Trev.

Our Russian Celebrity

Brian with his best friend Brad Meese and Brad's fiance

Sibs

The kids

My family

I had to include this picture. Here's Brian's room after dumping out his suitcases. I am sure my mom just loves this... :)
It's great having Brian back home. It seems crazy that he's back after two years already. It was slow while he was there, but now it is like nothing changed. He looks the same and acts the same. And the three of us kids probably argue the same. But it's great. The biggest change in him I noticed came during his Homecoming Talk in church. It was really wonderful. He's gotten so insightful and has such a strong testimony of the gospel and principles of concepts like obedience and patience. What a guy :)