Welcome Home Nate!!

It has been a hectic week but we wanted to let you all know that last Saturday night, Nate made it home a-okay! YAY YAY YAY! We couldn't be happier! Here's a shot of us at the airport.

Nate was such a sweetheart and brought me some of my favorite...CINNABON!! Here he is (with Taz in the corner) after he checked in and we got home around midnight. Nate was really fortunate as there were only 2 team members who got on the flight they all thought they were scheduled for. Long story short; the whole team showed up at the airport without tickets paid for and Nate happened be the second and last guy to get a ticket before it was booked full. After a confusing couple of days, the rest of the guys made it home in good condition and they have been given a 4 day weekend to rest up!

Oh yeah, first meal home - Sunday lunch....Long John Silver's!And of course, Taz and Nate had some serious bonding time!
THAT face deserves a close up!

Last night, we had a little cookout at our house in Nate's honor. A lot of the decorations have been up since Nate walked through the door last Saturday but hopefully you can get the fun feel from some pics!
Grilling outside of our garage because it poured down rain yesterday afternoon and our back patio was soaked.
Hotdogs. Hamburgers. Shrimp. YUM!There was tons of food inside! You may notice the lack of males at our party. Most of Nate's friends are currently deployed (thus their wives were there!) or they are at school/training right now. Steph and Ashley made cupcakes that said "WELCOME HOME NATE"
And, yes, Ashley's shirt says Virginia Western for those Roanoke people reading this...she's from Shawsville!


N&S (finally back together again!)