Great news!

Some of you might remember my friend Jeremy, a marine pilot stationed in Afganistan. I got this email this morning from his wife, Torry: "
Hi~
Just thought I'd let you know that Jeremy FINALLY made it home yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. His final leg of his journey was about 7 hours so he was pretty tired when he got here. Needless to say, we're all ecstatic that he's back. The kids were so funny in their anticipation of his return. The excitement was palpable. We were at the squadron about half an hour before they arrived. Since this is the first time Jeremy has flown the jets in, it was a new experience for us. It was very cool. We were just sitting in the hangar waiting and all of a sudden, you hear the loud roar of jet enjines, then a minute later, you see them file by. At this point, everyone in the hangar is running from their seats to the front of the building. After they landed and shut their engines off, they began to climb out. It was so neat to see him get out of the plane and just start walking towards us. Abby was giggling so much, you would have thought someone was tickling her. Marshall was excited to see jeremy, but had been a bit apprehensive about the noise. We had a laid back evening. It was a very nice summer evening, so we took a walk after dinner. Jeremy spent most of his evening giving horseback rides and playing my little pony and tossing a football. And Amelia, not be outdone by her overbearing siblings decided that she would get attention by choosing to roll over for the first time while jeremy was playing with the kids. All in all, it was an incredible day, but quite frankly, one I'll be happy to not have to do again for quite some time! Take care.

Love, Torry and the rest too!"