Saying Goodbye

<-At home with the kids before Barrett left

On January 14, we went to the airport to see Barrett off to Iraq. It was an early morning. We had to be there at 6:00 am! We thought we would get there and get him checked in and ready to go so we could have some time to spend with him before he left, but it turned out that they bumped him up to an earlier flight. We had to say goodbye as soon as we got through security. I guess it was good in some ways to not have to prolong the inevitable. It was a sad day, but as I write this, we have several weeks under our belts and we are pressing on and keeping busy, looking forward to the day that we will all be reunited.