We had a special visitor....

A very special visitor.  

Let me tell you--  It was the surprise of the century.  And I loved it.  Every minute of it.

Dh had a conference in DC for a couple of days and since we don’t live that far away, he got to have a small stop over here at the house.

OUR DADDY WAS HOME FOR FOUR DAYS!!

Four wonderful, glorious, love-filled days.

The kids had NO clue he was coming.  

They were thrilled, to say the least...

This kid didn’t move his hand away from his mouth for a full seven minutes.......

Utterly shocked, he was.  Very hard to pull off with the teenager.

And, well, there were tears.  Lots and lots of tears.... 

all joyful....

all so very thankful.

Pea couldn’t believe her Daddy was here in real-life.

No more flat screen Daddy for four glorious days.

She reconnected on the spot.

She fell asleep in his arms the FIRST night he was home.  It was... 

PERFECT. 

Oh, yes, and something a little unexpected happened while our Dadd-io has been away from us this last 5 1/2 months....

One officially passed him in stature.  The look on the boy’s face says it all. 

v-i-c-t-o-r-y 

It was a night that will be remembered forever and one that we’ll be eternally grateful for.  We were a whole family again.  

I’ll post a few more pictures later of our fun while dh was here.  We had a lot of it, that’s for sure.  It was hard to say goodbye, but we’ve started the count down again-- this time  to R&R (mid-tour break) which is scheduled in the near future.  

Please continue to keep our family and my husband’s safety in your prayers.  He’s got some traveling he’ll be doing downrange to some not -so- great places between now and December.   

All of our deployed military and their families could also use extra prayers this time of year as the holidays are just around the corner.  It’s tough being separated from your loved ones, especially now, and it’s prayer that carries us all through.   

Blessed day to you all,