Ceremony

Dallon's flight was postponed a few times, but the final ceremony time scheduled was 5 am on Wed. morning. We woke up at about 3:30 am and shortly after heard the airplane arriving. (Our hotel room was on the Air Force Base across from the runway) So we scurried to get ready and go over to the gym where the ceremony would take place. We got there at about 4:30 am. The ceremony actually didn't start until about 6 am.

There was a live band there to welcome the soldiers back.

There were many anxious family members awaiting the return of their loved one.

Samantha, Brittany, Toshia & baby Jeremiah - These soldier's wives were the ones that kept me informed throughout the deployment. (Brittany has been deaf from birth.)

Explaining some of the military patches.

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WELCOME HOME DALLON!!!

Waiting for Dallon in AK

Sunday, we got up and went to church. It was stake conference. Then we called Chase Johnson, who lives in AK, and went to visit him and his beautiful little family. (I forgot to get a picture, but we may go see him again when Dallon gets back.)

We went for a drive Sunday night. They were having the Fur Rondy. I guess they have had a Fur Rendezvous for years here in Anchorage. We found out we missed some dog team sprint races. That would have been fun. The Iditerod starts on Saturday, so Dad is looking forward to seeing the start of that. We will definately post pictures.

Today, while we were waiting for Dallon's truck to get washed and inspected, we took a short
drive on base. This is what we found - Eagle River....beautiful!

Monday night we called Sara Boen, Jaimie's childhood best friend, who is staying temporarily in Anchorage. She just had twins and will be leaving in a few days to move back to Barrow, AK. Sara's mom, Leslie, just happened to be in town for some training. It was so nice to see them.

The Great Grandma of Sara's children passed away and Sara gets to take this parka back to Barrow with her. She tried it on for us. Then we had to take pictures with the babies, a boy and a girl. They don't look anything alike. The girl looks like her boyfriend and the boy looks like Sara's family. Sara is a great little mother. She hasn't changed much, still as sweet as ever. She told Dad she had a lot of wonderful memories at our home spending the night, jumping on the trampoline, playing night games....what a great friend she was for Jaimie. We love her!

Sara and her boyfriend have been staying at his parent's home in Anchorage
while she had the babies and during recovery. This is their monster dog who took a liking to dad.