a short good-bye

Yesterday Al left for Afghanistan. Hopefully this will just be a short deployment as is currently scheduled. Obviously none of use want to see him go, but Tyler was especially upset. Luckily Tyler had off yesterday so that they could enjoy those last few hours together before he left around noon.

Al was able to keep Jason fairly happy, which was nice considering it wasn't happening for me. This deployment is happening at a seemingly bad time, considering both boys are sick, but I suppose there is no "good" time for a deployment, is there?

Tyler just couldn't stand to see Jason having all the fun!

Stay safe, baby...