Jared is home!
No good pictures...here is why:
The "departing" picture was taken with a camera that got stolen while Jared was in transit--only the second day of his trip. As a matter of fact, an entire bag of Jared's personal items were stolen at Kandahar Airport--thank you insurance. At any rate, he had not yet uploaded the single farewell picture on to his computer or emailed it to me. But oh, wait, that wouldn't have mattered, anyway, because his personal laptop was stolen, too! Grrr...at least it was password protected. Hopefully it made it hard to break in and use it right away!
The "homecoming" pictures (though there were many taken in the airport terminal) are all blurry! Immediate family members of returning service members are allowed to get an "escort" pass, and as long as they go through security, can greet their loved ones right at the gate. It was such a treat to be able to do that. Haha...I picked the wrong person to ask to take photos!
Pictures don't matter anyway; he is home safe and sound. Both Jared and I are very thankful for his safe return.
A duty day never went by without Jared praising them for their comfort. 
In an effort to delay the inevitable, he even had them cleaned up, re-soled and re-laced, two years ago, using THIS SERVICE. So, naturally, he was dreading this day...
They finally kicked the can.
