A big part of our 4th of July Celebration was family photos! The Binggeli Family in its entirety has not been together since 2007. This was quite a momentous occasion and needed documenting with new family photos.
So . . . Where has everyone been?
- James is the oldest. We are just here and not usually too far away.
- Annie and her family are in Idaho, but generally also not too far away for holidays and other occasions.
- Alicia has a house in Ogden, but has been doing some schooling with the Air Force in Texas. She is home for only a couple of weeks and then relocating to New Mexico. She has been fortunate enough to be here at Hill Field for quite a while, but will now be in New Mexico (for a couple of years again, I guess). I did pin her down a couple of months ago with 20 billion questions and she told me she would eventually like to settle in Utah when her military service has finished. That is good news.
- Jason has been living in Germany since his release from military service several years ago (and actually as long as I have known James). He is back in Utah indefinitely and though unfortunate reasons have brought him back, we are glad to see him.
- Amber lives in North Carolina and her husband Colton is currently serving his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. He is home on leave for two weeks and he and Amber are here visiting. (He still has a couple of months left in his deployment). I'm not sure how long Amber and Colton will be in North Carolina, hopefully long enough for us to get back there and see their home (and also visit some of college basketball powerhouses within short drives of Amber's house). Hopefully one of these days they will also make their way back to Utah for good. (Sidenote: This was the first time Jason had met Colton.)
- Jarrell was gone for a while serving a mission in Seattle, but has been back for almost a year. He is working at Les Schwab in Logan and hopefully will stick around Utah for a while.
It was nice to have everyone together, if only for a few hours!
