One in the Same: Summer of 09

Tyler returned from his mission on July 17 2009. I was so anxious I could hardly stand it! I was lucky enough to go to the airport and see him as soon as the rest of his family did. I have never been so anxious in all my life!! I was SO excited! As soon as I saw him come down the escalator, a feeling of peace came over me. It was one of the best moments of my life!

I never got a picture with him at the airport :( but here is one of him with his cute family. What an awesome experience this was. He was not released yet so he couldn't hug me. So we got to shake hands :) haha that was interesting. I kind of stayed back and let all of his famiy talk to him but I could not stop staring at him. Not only was he more handsome then ever, he was real. Seeing someone for the first time in 2 years is a pretty big shock. He kept telling me to come stand by him and talk because I was too shy to walk over to him myself. He walked by me on the way out of the airport and told me he would call me the next day. I was ecstatic. My friend Bridget drove me to the airport and when I got back in the car we both started screaming at the top of our lungs. Tyler later told me he could hear us haha. On our drive home I told her everything that happened minute by minute. At the end of my story she told me that she saw the whole thing. I was a little confused. Come to find out, her and my mother made this master plan earlier that day. Bridget snuck into the airport with a disguise and a video camera and filmed the whole thing! So I have it all on video! She told me she snuck in right after I got out of the car. She was at the top of the escalator, laying on the floor when Tyler came around the corner so she got him going down the escalator and my reaction. She then asked a random man to go and film us while we were standing talking. Its funny because at the time we didn't know, but this guy was seriously standing about a foot away from us. At one point in the video, Tyler looks right at him and says "Does anyone know that guy? I think he is filming us." haha Thanks Bridge for being so crazy! That was an experience I'll never forget.

Tyler called me the next day just like he said he would. He came over to my house and I showed him around since we moved while he was gone. He gave me my first hug and kiss that day :) I had been waiting a VERY long time for that. We went to a movie with his family and he held my hand. I was freaking out and didn't watch any of that movie. It might not seem like that big of a deal, but I had NO idea how he was going to be towards me. But it really was like he had never left. Here are some fun pictures of our summer together! The one up above is from his homecoming. I remember after his homecoming we were in his backyard eating. One of his cousins asked if he had a girl. I was a few feet away but I saw him point at me and say that's her right there. It made my whole day!