Deployed father surprises daughter at daddy-daughter dance in Texas

Saturday, March 30, 2019
CYPRESS, Texas -- A 12-year-old got a big surprise when she arrived at her daddy-daughter dance in Cypress without her main date.

Kyler went to the dance at Lamkin Elementary without her father, Kevin Matthews, who she thought was still on deployment overseas.

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But little did she know, he had a surprise for her.

Matthews, who was away in Kuwait for a year and 12 days, recently learned he was returning home just in time for his daughter's dance.
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A video shared to Facebook showed the sweet reunion between Matthews and Kyler.
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