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Welcome Home!

All 162 members of the 2-44 ADA and the 372nd TC returned safely to Ft. Campbell Army Airfield early Saturday morning after being in Iraq for one year! This of course, includes my brother-in-law, Spencer! Ryan and I wished so bad that we could've gone to the coming home ceremony, but it just didn't work out for us to make it out there at this time. Maury and Diane drove out to welcome him home, and we are looking forward to attending a big welcome home party for him at Maury and Diane's house later this month.

As many of you know, Spencer was unable to attend our wedding last summer because of his deployment, and we have all missed him SO MUCH. We are so thankful to God for his safe return home.

The pictures below are from the Ft. Campbell newspaper of the coming home ceremony. Not all of them are just of Spencer, but I thought the faces on the people were too priceless to leave off this blog! Some of the pictures give me goosebumps just to look at them (those of you who know this side of me will understand...)




This is Maury sleeping in the bleechers waiting for the soldiers to arrive home. It was 4:30 in the morning....no wonder he's so sleepy!

Maury and Diane reunited with Spencer after one year of being away!


This was this soldiers first time meeting his 9 month old son! (tear)

Here they come!






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