Kirkland

If you were still here, you would've gotten to see this weekend how much my son loves your husband, and vice versa.

As I've always done, I tell Kirkland every morning (and sometimes the night before) what our plan is for the day. He gets REALLY excited about where we're going and who we're going to see. I told him on Friday morning that we were camping this weekend at Penn State with Uncle Barry. He suddenly told me that he didn't want to go to school. I asked why, and he told me that he wanted to stay with Uncle Barry. I told him that Uncle Barry had to work and after a whiny 'OK' I got him in the car and dropped him at school. That afternoon when I picked him up, he asked if we were going to see Uncle Barry. I told him yes, and every person he saw on the way out he told "I'm going to see Uncle Barry!!!!" Upon our arrival at Bald Eagle, Uncle Barry opened his car door (much like you always did) and he was soooo excited to see him! They were best buds all weekend...hugs, cuddles, trips to the port-a-johns, cheesy poofs, and cheering Penn State on to victory. You probably would've been a little jealous! But as Barry has said many times, Kirkland needs his Uncle Barry just as much as his Uncle Barry needs him.

Oh, and thanks for the shooting star display at the campsite Friday night. One of the first things Kirkland did when he got out of the car was look for the brightest star, so we knew Auntie Ar was watching over us. If you were still here, we'd be talking today about how amazing the weekend was, how lucky we are, and how hard it is to be in the real world on Monday morning!