Welcome Home @ Red Robin

Monday, June 18, 2007


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Here is our special meal together. We had such a fun celebration & we had a super big treat. Red Robin ended up buying our dinner for us & surprised us with this AWESOME ice cream cake. It was a huge piece of cake! SO, go to your local Red Robin & show your support! :) They are always so great to us at ours!

Our FAMILY


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Here we are at the airport. What a great day!

Baby Candance


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Here is Golden Elkins & the first time he met his daughter. He had tears running down his face ... it made me tear up too. I'm just so thankful that people are willing to do what these men do. They make huge sacrifices. He is such a good dad he won an award & had a special Father's Day dinner prepared for him by Ruth's Chris. What a great thing.

The First Hug


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Well, she did it! She really did run to Daddy. We practiced & practiced before bed every night, so I'm so happy she wasn't scared. Brad said that she just started running & he had to catch her b/c she was going to run right by him. There were lots of people in uniform & she hadn't seen him in a while!

Daddy's Plane ...


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Well, they were only 2 hours late! :) We were so ready for them to be back & then we had to wait even longer. Oh well ... we found fun things to do at the airport. You know that Abby loves airplanes! Here it finally is!

The REAL Major Johnson!


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Here's Abby in her special hat! She posed for ONE picture. :)

All Smiles!


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Abby & Mommy ...


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Here's the pin on in IL ... we got the hat!

Pin on ...


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Here are A1C Fares & A1C Elkins pinning Brad on in Balad, Iraq

Col Patrick, B & A


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Here's the Scott AFB, IL end ...

Lt Col Rosenmerkel & Brad


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Here's the Iraq end of the promotion ...

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Here's our official parking spot for the promotion. :)