a big week

1. wagons west!

we had an eventful week last week which started out with the official letter offering tyrell a teaching position at CSU-Pueblo. many of you knew that ty had applied for the position in december (at the suggestion of one of the career ladies at CSU-P), but we had given up on them since there was no news six months later. so we planned on staying in michigan for another year. just about the time we had settled into the idea of staying, we heard from them and ty is so excited. we are grateful for this opportunity and ty really looks forward to teaching (and having the summers off). we are also very excited about being closer to home.

2. new do

i cut 9 inches off my hair, and i love it. sorry no exciting pictures

3. the great lakes

ty got a ford fusion for the week and we decided to take a trip to lake erie. it is amazing how big these lakes are. it looks just like the ocean, waves, beach and all. it was cloudy and a bit cold, but it was great to get out and see the lake and sterling state park. there are a million parks here and we haven't been to many. hopefully we will be able to see some before we leave.

and from the look on carter's face he was very excited to be there:)





4. birthday party

last saturday was ty's 27th birthday. the neighbors told me about a golf course that lets you golf for free on your birthday. so ty, john, and our neighbor rich went out (i came along to take pictures and drive the cart, i am really good at it). it was a beautiful course and although their golfing was not 'up to par' it was fun, and best of all, it was FREE.

















then that evening we had a party. we invited the ward and the neighbors. we had food (thanks to all who contributed) and ty set up the zip line. the kids absolutely LOVED it. lots of people came and it turned out to be really fun.

the best was when our neighbor came over with a case of beer (for himself) and a bottle of wine as a gift. he handed the bottle to ty and said, "mark told us that you don't drink so we brought you some wine." :) ty thanked them and told them we would put it up on the shelf next to the bottle the other neighbors gave us when we moved here. they were very thoughtful and we are truly grateful for our nice neighbors!!








the missionaries gave ty a great gag gift. they bought him a jousting outfit which included: a foam hockey helmet, a shield with the dragon form of maleficent (from sleeping beauty) on it, a stick horse, and a broom handle with two cardboard arrows taped to the end (to be used as a jousting stick). it was hilarious, and at the suggestion of our neighbor, ty strapped on his gear and the harness and the kids pulled him up the zip line. he rode down shield up and jousting stick ready.

but the highlight of tyrell's birthday was when our neighbor offered to let us ride his harley. the weather was beautiful, they watched carter for us, and it was a great ride. thanks rich!

i got ty an air compressor but as you can imagine it was not the one he wanted. well at least i tried. thanks ty for being born.... i love you!