Welcome Home!

On Monday we headed to a Demobilization Ceremony for a firefighter that Matthew has worked with for a while. He's been in Iraq for the last year and it was great to see Travis again! It was really neat to see all the men and women greeting friends and family after being away for so long. There were speeches by all kinds of important people, but trying to keep Zak entertained and quiet was a distracting job.

We met up with the Skipper family and we all sat together -- six folding chairs, four adults and six kids -- you can see why it was hard to pay attention all the time! The kids were great and thankfully there was a lot of clapping!

Then we headed to the Skippers' for dinner and the kids played so nicely together -- we can't wait to get together with them again!

Sam patiently waiting for things to get rolling.
He was a very enthusiastic flag waver.

Thank goodness for cell phones!
It kept Zak occupied during most of the ceremony.

Travis is in this group somewhere!

It was a great day -- so glad we were able to go!