Tyler's 18!!

Well, it's official. Tyler is an adult. Wow, that was hard to type. And on his birthday yesterday, we were all at the St. Louis temple because it was our Ward Temple Day. While the adults were doing a morning session, the youth in the ward babysat 30...yes 30...children at the nearby ward building and Tyler helped. He grew very close to a cute little 5-month-old punkin named Eli, who only wanted to go to Tyler. The Young Women showed me pictures of Tyler holding Eli that they had taken on their cell phones because they thought it was so cute. And then the youth did Baptisms in the afternoon. Tyler was quite a bit taller than the baptizer, but it all worked out. Anyway that's how we spent Tyler's birthday. It really was a great day. So anyway, here's a picture of Tyler with his favorite kind of cake (strawberry jello cake) just before he blew out the candles. Sure love you, Tyler.

Tyler and great friends, the Jones family

Our great friends, the Jones family, from our ward joined us to celebrate Tyler's big night. It was awesome!

Best Friends

Tyler and one of his great friends, Nick, shared this milestone together....glad to get graduation behind them and prepare to move on.

Tyler's Graduation Night

I know I'm a little late in posting this, but better late than never I say. Tyler graduated from Olathe Northwest on May 16th, 2010 and it was a day to celebrate. It is such a rite of passage for a young man to graduate from High School, but it was also a rite of passage for us because he's our last child to graduate from High School!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Family and Friends!!

Guess who got to be chaperones for the Stake Youth New Year's Eve Party? Oh well, it gave us a chance to dress up! Do you recognize the dress? Mark and Jaymi, you should know this one....yes, it's the dress I wore at your wedding reception....and this is the first time I've had it on since that lovely and memorable night. And doesn't John look dashing in his festive red shirt. I tried to get a picture of Tyler, he looked great, but he ran away from the camera screaming, "Enough pictures already!" Anyway, it was a fun and verrrry icy night with temps at below zero....brrrrrrrrrrr.

Our Ward Ice Skating Party at Crowne Center

Every year our ward has their ice skating party at Crowne Center. This is not a night for the faint-hearted...it is COLD!! And since the ice-skating rink is outside, we bundle up, and take lots of HOT CHOCOLATE!!

Tyler talking to some friends. The lady on the right is Sis. Tietjen...her husband is in the stake presidency.