Son's Homecoming!

My 16 year old son came home yesterday! He flew all the way from Houston to Detroit with a connecting flight in Atlanta. It was the first time he had ever flown!

He had to go through this tunnel in Detroit to get to the concourse where the baggage claim was located. I have walked through this and it's really cool! The colors change and you hear different soothing noises.
My older son Sean and I were eagerly awaiting his arrival, but were enjoying the rest after a 2 hour drive to the airport!
Finally I spotted him! Yay! It had been 7 weeks since I last saw my son! I don't know why he has glowing eyes in this pic.

I was so happy to see him and ran to give him a big hug. He loves being an aloof teen so he just acted like, "eh, no big deal," and acted like I had just seen him yesterday.

Here we are waiting in baggage claim for his 47 pound bag. Fifty pounds was the limit!
We didn't have to wait long at all! We found a parking space that was very close to the terminal. The boys loved the moving sidewalk to the parking garage. They loved it so much that they got way ahead of me. You can hardly see them!
Here they are a little closer, but blurry. Uh, hey guys, just remember, I have the keys!
After another two hour trip back home, we were all very happy to be together again! Sean was happy.
And the Jake the dog was thrilled and jumped all over him! I think he is happy to see Jake too!

This room has stayed a little too clean in the last few weeks. Wonder how long that will last!
Probably not too long! Look at all the stuff in his suitcase! Gee, he didn't listen to me very well when I told him not to put his underwear on the top! I learned that lesson the hard way when my bag got searched once and there lay my dainties right on top as scores of people walked by!
It didn't take him long to get on the computer and get caught up with all his friends!
I'm just happy to have him home again!
By the way, that's a pic from this spring when he was looking a little less scruffy!

This is the first time I have driven to the Detroit Metro Airport and I was pleased with how easy it was to find and navigate! Although I truly HATE driving on the interstate, and normally go out of my way to avoid it, there really was no other sensible route, but I made it through just fine!

Here's to family and happy homecomings!