Welcome Home Soldier!!!
On Friday mom, dad, Katie, Chloe, and Maryn were able to go to the SLC airport and welcome home Jeff from Afghanistan. He had been gone for 14 months which was about 13 1/2 months too long for Tiffany! Because Jeff is apart of the Utah National Guard he had to fly home to Utah with the rest of the soliders before he could go on to Virginia and see Tiffany and the kids. Although that just made for an extra long trip, all of us Utah folk sure are glad that we were able to see him for the short 24 hours he was here.
On Friday mom, dad, Katie, Chloe, and Maryn were able to go to the SLC airport and welcome home Jeff from Afghanistan. He had been gone for 14 months which was about 13 1/2 months too long for Tiffany! Because Jeff is apart of the Utah National Guard he had to fly home to Utah with the rest of the soliders before he could go on to Virginia and see Tiffany and the kids. Although that just made for an extra long trip, all of us Utah folk sure are glad that we were able to see him for the short 24 hours he was here.
The flight was scheduled to land at 5:45am which to anyone non-military is WAY too early. Actually I think that would be considered early to anyone! Everyone arrived on time, only to be surprised to find out that the plane had arrived 30 minutes early. Seriously? They really would do that to all those anxious families who had been anticipating this moment as long as the soliders? I guess so. By the time Jeff made it through all the people and all the camera men from the local news he was able to find the family.
It was great seeing him again. He looked tired, but that's to be expected from working 16-18 hours a day. Plus he spent the entire night in the Washington airport.
What a fine looking group! Not too shabby for getting up at the crack of dawn. After the airport scene Jeff went home with mom and dad to eat breakfast, sleep, and relax in the hot tub. Then the whole family came over for a big dinner including GG, Maryn, mom, dad, Katie, Adam, Tori, Ethan, and Chloe. By the sounds of things it was a fun but short lived party, as Jeff headed home with Maryn to catch some zzzz's before needing to be up at the base by 7am the next morning. After his "debriefing" he caught a flight to Virginia where is family was WAY MORE than ready for him to arrive.Welcome Home Buddy!!! We're all so proud of you and the many other men and women who sacrifice for our freedom. Enjoy the down time and getting to know your kids again. We love you and hope to see you soon!
P.S. On the news the other night it said that this is the first time since 9/11 Utah has had all its soldiers home!
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I'm so glad he's home, I bet that was a sweet reunion!
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