Today Travis came home from Afghanistan after being away from his family for a year! First off I need to explain why Mariah is not in any of the pictures....Mariah and Travis had a 3 day conference for IT WORKS in Florida starting the day after Travis got home, so they had their plane tickets bought and ready to fly out that night. Well Travis ended up flying in a day later than they were expecting so Mariah flew to Florida the night before which meant she didn't get to be there when he arrived. She had to wait one more day to finally see her man. This was really hard for her knowing that the rest of us were there spending time with him while she was away.
Everyone was excited to see him again! We made up some signs for the kids to hold. I was talking with Mariah getting all the details of what time he would fly in etc. So there were two planes of soldiers and Mariah said he was going to be on the second one which landed at 10:30ish but to be there about an hour early. So as we all gathered into the airport hanger we saw a large group of people up at the front by the door and decided just to hang out in the back since we still had an hour until the second plane would arrive. As they opened the hanger door the band started to play and the first plane pulled up. Everyone started cheering. It was so exciting to see all the soldiers as they came off the plane and met their families.
We all were talking and getting excited for the next plane to arrive when all the sudden we hear "what are you guys doing hiding in the back". We all turned around and Travis was standing there. We all were shocked and sad that we missed the welcoming back part. Oh well, it was still great to have him back and see the kid's reactions when they saw him. Apparently he was on the second plane but the first plane was having some issues or something so the second one actually took off first so that's why he was in the first batch of soldiers to come home. Good thing we got there early!!! We went and found his bags and then headed over to his Grandma's house for a little get together.
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