England Day 8

Well, today we had to leave. First, we had to skip breakfast because the hotel's breakfast was late due to the New Year. So, we couldn't wait and had to leave for the tube with intentions of grabbing something at the airport. Well, there were a few delays on the train due to some problems with the signals at terminal 5. Caused problems further down the track. So, we got to the airport where the lines were super long. Our flight was due to close in the next 10 minutes and we still hadn't checked in. They finally called our flight to a different line to check in for this reason. After we finally got checked in we practically had to run to the gate. But we made it. The flight was long, but an hour shorter than scheduled. Thank goodness. I was starting to panic about that though because we had asked people to meet us at the airport to welcome Ryan home since that was what he was missing by us going to London. Luckily we have good friends that were checking on our flights and notified those that were going to be going. As soon as we landed I turned on my cell phone and there was a text from Andrea saying they had just seen our plane and were on their way and would be there shortly. I was instantly relieved, especially when she told me that everyone had been notified. She and I kept in contact letting her know where in the process of customs we were, which was pretty quick. And she let me know when everyone was there. As we were walking out we let Ryan walk out first. He was surprised when all of these people started yelling for him. He really did appreciate it though. Thanks to all who came. We appreciated it too. The Kunz family had driven our car to the airport so we could drive straight to the Stake Center where Ryan was released. I know he had mixed feelings about being released. We stopped at Arby's to pick up dinner. This is what he wanted, he really missed it. As soon as we got home he actually wanted to change, That's when I knew things would be normal. We had visitors that night and he ended up going to their house where they played Guitar Hero World Tour. I think he just watched though. But, he did go out yesterday with someone all day. Life is back to normal.