My brother-in-law Captain Michael Minard is FINALLY home from Afghanistan! He and a whole lot of other Iowa soldiers left last summer for Afghanistan. It has been a long year full of prayers and letters and care packages and a lonely sister... but it's finally over! The welcome home ceremony was on Tuesday at 11:30 and we were lucky enough to get to go and greet all these wonderful soldiers as they returned to their families and friends!
This is the Charlie Company. They even brought back a dog named "Odie" (you can see him laying on the ground between the men in the second row from the back) that helped them in Afghanistan. Mike (my BIL) is the guy in the very front. My fifth grade students wrote to this unit of soldiers this past school year. The students even sent a huge care package with games and food for the soldiers. 5B students: your soldier pen pals are home safe and sound!
Scott Baraibar was a soldier that came and spoke to my class when he came home on leave in March. So glad everyone made it home safe! Here is a picture of Scott, my sister Sara, and Arabella
Happy to finally be home and back together!
Arabella and her Uncle Mikey
Yay! So happy that he got home safe!
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