When the Family Get's Together....

So I was the first to arriving, flying into Utah on Friday. Originally, I was going to be the only one attending family reunion from our family cuz everyone else couldn't get off of work. But then, gradually, I convinced the rest of my family that I really wanted them there and that I felt it was important that we all see grandpa and grandma before it became too late. I needed them there for moral support also, as this was the time, after ten years, that I was planning to have a gentle reconciliation with one of my brothers. But my flight plans had already been made - so Del and the girls drove up together on Friday through the night and arrived Saturday just shortly after Jordan did.
Jordan and Kylie's reunion was humorous - they hadn't seen each other since December. Of course, he has missed her pregnancy, so seeing her pregnant for the first time left him speechless. He stared at her while stammering 'you're, you're you're PREGNANT' was funny. He reached out to touch her belly but backed away until she welcomed him to feel where his new nephew was kicking away. After THAT point, he couldn't quit touching her tummy confirming to himself that she wasn't just fat, but was truly harboring another life in that tight little space. He was amazed and I observed over the following hours how they reconnected and were back to their chit chatting and funny relationship of best friends/siblings. If they hadn't of been siblings, I'm pretty sure they would have ended up married.
Those who had driven were tired, so after a night of homemade pizza at my sister's house and a few games, we went over to Lon's home (Del's brother) who lives just down the street and we got ourselves checked in for the night.
It was great to be back together as a family. Jordan was getting caught up on all that we had been doing for the past 6 months since he had been gone - Kathryn's school and graduation, Kylie's work and pregnancy and mine and Del's work life and family life. It was exciting to think that he would be coming home in a little over a month to stay for a year. Yep, he's out of money and not making him enough to get back into school in the fall. So, he'll be coming home at the end of July to work for a year before going back in the fall of 2011. So we all talked about some fun plans for when he gets here and our giggles went long into the night.
Reunion would start the next day.