The Mirthful Morgans: Joyful Reunions.....

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Joyful Reunions.....

Finally the day arrived.....

The Claytons came back to Tennessee (well minus Phil initially as he was driving back)!!! It was SO great the see them all again and Amanda and I can get back to active match-making! ;-)

Jack just adores Evelyn. We joke about arranging their marriage, but honestly they really do love each other. The first couple of days after the Claytons had returned we spent over at the farm and the kids all played very well together. The first day we didn't come over Amanda reported that Evelyn asked for Jack and when she was told that Jack wouldn't be coming today, she began to cry. Jack likewise one evening as i was putting him to bed, when we hadn't seen Evelyn all day, said to me out of no where, "mommy, i LOVE Evelyn!" For real though, whatever happens happens of course, but in the meantime we are really enjoying to cuteness of it all. ;-)

Jack was also excited to have Dallyn back as he's totally in "will you play with me" mode. Dallyn and Jack share a love for cars and so hopefully Jack will find a great playmate in Dallyn as they are only a year apart. It has been so sweet to me to have these best friends of mine back home. Dallyn randomly told me the other day that he loved me, and it truly warmed my heart. Amanda is the greatest friend ever and i can just be with her and say nothing at all and feel good. Phil has also already got back to telling me awful jokes and it's almost like they never left. :-) It really was like having Christmas 10 times over.

Here are a few pictures of the joyful reunion. Evelyn is just a doll, although she was a little out of it from their day long journey of planes and car rides. We gave Dallyn a car and he said, "oh this is a GREAT car!" We gave Evelyn bracelets as she has a small obsession with them and the smile on her face was enough to know she thought they were fantastic too.

Showing us the new red car we gave him along with his

Lightening McQueen cars.

Showing Jack his cars....

So excited about the bracelets!

Look at that smile!

Cuddling with Grandma Schutz!

2 comments:

Jenni said...: aw. these pictures make me so happy! im glad they are back too! Rod says that if you raise children to think they dont have a choice in who they marry it will be easier to force them into arranged marriages at the proper age. haha. just a thought. go ahead & tell jack that evelyn WILL be his wife;); January 27, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Phillip Clayton said...: This is all part of my plan to dominate the world. You may welcome our return, but whether you are aware of it or not, you are also welcoming the demise of the world as you know it.; January 31, 2011 at 3:52 PM

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