Matt returned from his mission on December 13, 2010. He was supposed to arrive in the early afternoon but when his flight arrived he wasn't on it! Fortunately, another missionary was coming home at the same time and his folks had found out that due to some bad weather they had not gotten on the plane on time in Spokane. I had only checked on the Salt Lake leg of the trip and saw that that flight was on time and I didn't realize he wouldn't be on it. The other family knew which flight they got on and let us know that it would be a couple more hours before they arrived. Everybody took a break and found food and drink and we reassembled near the escalators he would be coming down. While we waited we all sang Christmas carols to pass the time. The moment finally came when the flight had landed and the other missionary that returned at the same time came down the escalator. But there was no Matthew! They decided to come down separately so each family could greet them. We were so excited when he finally got here. It was so good to see him. We took him to President Warren's house for him to be released and then went to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner. After that we took Steven back to the airport to catch his flight back to San Diego. It was so good to have the four kids back together again - even if for only a little while! We are so proud of Matt and his service in the Spokane Washingon Mission. Yay!
