"I THINK I'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE"

Something borrowed, something blue. Something old, something flown back from Iraq.

Tessa Flitton received an unexpected wedding present Saturday.

Just as the procession started, her father, David Flitton, a Utah National Guard member on duty in Iraq since January, stepped in to escort her down the aisle.

"I think I'll take it from here," David Flitton told his brother and stand-in, Lawrence.

The astonished bride gasped, put her hand to her mouth to suppress a scream and started crying. Father and daughter embraced. Neither knew what to do next.

"Take your dad's arm," her mom, Renee Flitton, coaxed.