First Lt. Dustin Fergen had been deployed for almost 11 months overseas. He hadn't seen his family since Thanksgiving last year. That changed Wednesday. During an assembly at Heatherstone Elementary School in Olathe, Kansas, he surprised his two daughters. They both, fourth grader Joanna Fergen and first grader Angelica Fergen, didn’t see it coming. "I was half expecting them to come running up to me, but it took a little coaxing. It was everything I could ask for," Fergen said. Once the shock wore off, it was all smiles for the reunited family. "But it all worked out and it was worth every second of the wait and the little lies we had to tell," Kim Fergen, the lieutenant's wife, said. This was Fergen's first deployment. He serves as an intelligence officer in the 130th field artillery unit.He’s now stationed a lot closer to home in Manhattan, Kansas.The family says they have a lot of vacations planned to make up for lost time.