Going to the Airport and Good Byes!

Today Jaydan put on his name tag and began his mission experience. He was a bit nervous as expected. His flight was for 12:40 and so we left our house at 10:00 am. Before we left we got pictures of each of us with Jaydan. We met Justin, Natalie and Mya at the Airport so got some with them there. Gramps came over to say his good byes and he had big tears. Made it hard for the rest of us to keep it together. He really loves these boys and is close to them all since we live next door to him. Each time we sent a missionary off he tells them he hopes he doesn't die while they are gone. (Ya, they hope not either....so far~ so good)

Zaden was having a hard time too. He loves Jaydan and is excited one minute and fussy the next. (I wonder if he could just sense the emotions of all of us)

When we arrived at the Airport we spotted a few more missionaries. There was a senior Couple going to Brazil but the rest were young Elders going to Uruguay with Jaydan. There were a total of four. (from: Ogden, Logan, American Fork and Hooper)
We got Jaydan checked in and then just chilled for about an hour. It wasn't too busy and so we could. I don't think any of us wanted to say good bye either. We got a few pictures of all of us together before we said our final good byes. It was kind of sad watching him go through by himself. We knew a few of the missionaries had just gone through though and would be at the gate when he got there.

The final good byes were a bit teary but not too bad. Mostly just a few red eyes. Our hearts just went out to Jaydan as he was headed into unfamiliar territory.

A funny thing that happened after Jaydan was gone and out of sight was a friend of Kevin's (Jason Douglas) had just landed and was going to get his luggage and there we all were. We all greeted him and said we were there to surprise him. We teased and had a few laughs when Kevin asked him how he was getting home. Get this......he didn't know for sure. So we gave him a ride home.