Al Roker had a "bittersweet" reason for his absence from Monday's episode of the TODAY Show . The meteorologist was away dropping off his son, Nick Roker , at grad school, while his granddaughter, Sky Clara Laga , returned home to her parents — leaving the NBC star with an empty nest once again. Al took to Instagram to share a carousel of sweet snaps from his emotional weekend. The first photo showed Al and his wife, Deborah Roberts , posing proudly with their son, Nick, ahead of his return to college.

Nick was the spitting image of his dad, sporting a black vest and a pair of glasses. Al mirrored his son's look with similar spectacles and a casual grey T-shirt.The following photos captured sweet moments of Sky playing in the garden and enjoying a special supermarket trip with

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