G'Day Mate!

Grandma Nelson has been off in Melbourne, Australia serving a mission for 18 months. We missed her so much, and not only because we missed her amazing cooking (Although, I'll admit that Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner have been totally lacking the past two years!!!) The last time she saw Brea she was just about to be 3 months old. I was so worried that Brea was going to be a little standoffish when we met her at the airport. We'd been looking at "GG's" (for Great-Grandma) picture and Brea had already mastered saying "GG" but I was still worried that she wouldn't be able to put two and two together. Well, about five seconds after getting into the airport all my worries vanished. I ran to Grandma and got a huge much needed hug from her and after a few other hugs while Brea watched, Brea was ready for her turn...And she wouldn't let go!!! A few of our family members had a shared hug, since once Brea got a hold of Grandma she wouldn't even think about releasing her from her death grip!

But she still has lots of love for Grandma & Papa Meadows and Aunt Shell!Here's a bunch of the Nelson, Larrabee, Meadows family members with our beloved Grandma! The Idaho Nelson's came down for the celebrations. We had a fun party that night with our family and some of Grandma's friends. I didn't want to leave that night. Even though we'd spent the afternoon and night with her, I just felt so weird leaving when we still had so much catching up to do! Eventually we did leave and Brea and I were back to Grandmas the next morning!!! We love her and all of our family so much.