The video went viral on social media shortly after veteran receiver Adam Thielen learned that the Vikings had acquired him in a trade with the Carolina Panthers. That meant the local boy from Detroit Lakes was heading back to the Minnesota.

As he celebrated the moment of euphoria with his family, his wife Caitlin immediately took to Instagram, posting a clip of Thielen jumping up and down with their 4-year-old daughter Cora, shouting, “We’re going home! We’re going home! We’re going home!”

The heartwarming exchange has been shared countless times over the past 24 hours.

“That was pretty cool,” Thielen said on Thursday afternoon while standing at a podium and talking to reporters in the Twin Cities. “A memory that I’ll never forget.”

Not long after Thielen was done celebrating with his

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