CAN'T BELIEVE HE IS EIGHT.....

WHAT A CRAZY TIME THIS WAS.....JER AND ANDREA HAD MOVED TO CORPORATE HOUSING IN DENVER AND TY WAS BLESSED IN A WARD WHERE THEY DID NOT KNOW ANYONE.  THEY COULDN'T COME HOME TO BLESS HIM BECAUSE JER COULDN'T TAKE THE TIME OFF FROM WORK (THIS IS THE USUAL).  WE STILL HAD A GREAT TIME TOGETHER AND YOU BLESSING WAS SPECIAL AND MEMORABLE.

FIRST BIRTHDAY IN THEIR HOME IN CASTLE ROCK.  WE LOVED BEING ABLE TO DRIVE TO BE THERE.  WE ALSO LOVED THAT THEY WEREN'T SO BUSY THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE THEM WHEN WE WERE THERE.  TIMES ARE CHANGING.  WE MISS THESE TIMES WHEN LIFE MOVED MORE SLOWLY.  WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE A RED HEAD FOR A WHILE.....BUT HE IS SO BLONDE NOW....JUST LIKE HIS PARENTS!

TY BECAME A BIG BROTHER WHILE THEY LIVED IN CASTLE ROCK.  ANDREA HAD HER HANDS FULL BUT I DON'T THINK SHE WAS AS BUSY AS SHE IS NOW......THE BOYS ARE IN SO MANY ACTIVITIES AND NOW TY WILL ADD CUB SCOUTS.

TY LOVES HIS COUSINS, AND HE LOVES THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND BEACH.  THIS WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PLACES TO GO WHEN THEY LIVED IN MCALLEN.  THE SAND WAS WHITE AND THE WATER WAS WARM.  ALSO...THE BEACHES WERE NOT TOO BUSY SO HE WAS EASY TO KEEP TRACK OF....THAT IS A HUGE PLUS.  HE HAS A LOT OF GRANDPY IN HIM.

LOOK AT THAT ANGELIC FACE WITH HIS BOOK OF MORMON. I LOVE TO TALK TO HIM ON THE PHONE.  WHEN HE SAYS, "I LOVE YOU"......IT IS SO SWEET!

TY LOVES SPORTS....ESPECIALLY FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, AND SOCCER.  HE IS VERY AGGRESSIVE AND INTENSE.  WE LOVE TO WATCH HIM AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A TIME OUT AND HE LOOKS AT US FOR A SIGN OF APPROVAL.  I LOVE TO GIVE HIM THE THUMBS UP!

THIS WAS ONE OF TY'S FAVORITE PLACES IN MCALLEN.  THEY HAD A FRIEND IN THEIR WARD THAT OWNED A RANCH ABOUT AN HR. FROM MCALLEN AND SHE WAS VERY GENEROUS IN LETTING HER FRIENDS GO THERE TO RIDE 4 WHEELERS....SHOOT GUNS ETC.  I WAS VERY CAREFUL WHEN I WENT THERE.  IT LOOKED LIKE SNAKE COUNTRY TO ME.

TY IS COMPETITIVE NO MATTER THE SIZE OF HIS COMPETITION.  HE GET'S IN THERE AND PLAYS WITH ALL OF HIS HEART.  HE LOVES TO HAVE HIS SHIRT OFF!

WHEN YOU THINK OF TY, YOU MIGHT THINK OF A TOUGH BOY...WHICH HE IS...BUT HE ALSO HAS A KIND AND GENTLE HEART.  I LOVE WHEN I GET TO SEE THIS SIDE OF HIM. SINCE KARLIE COULD WALK AND TALK....SHE HAS FOLLOWED TY AND SAID SHE WANTED TO MARRY HIM (IT HAS ONLY BEEN IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT SHE HAS BROKEN HEARTEDLY REALIZED THAT YOU CAN'T MARRY YOUR COUSIN.  THROUGH ALL OF THIS....TY HAS NEVER IGNORED HER OR BEEN ANYTHING BUT LOVING TOWARD HER.  EVEN WHEN SHE WANTED TO HUG HIM OR DRESSED UP LIKE A BRIDE.  HE WOULD ALWAYS SMILE AT HER AND BE SO KIND.  I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER BEEN PROUDER OF HIM BECAUSE I KNEW THAT WAS PROBABLY A HARD THING FOR HIM TO DO....BUT HE ALWAYS DID IT WITHOUT BEING ASKED.  
TY IS A TRUE TEAM PLAYER.  WHEN HE IS PLAYING SPORTS HE HATES TO BE ON THE BENCH, BUT WHEN HE HAS TO TAKE HIS TURN HE IS ON HIS FEET AND CHEERING FOR HIS TEEM MATES.  HE HATES TO LOSE.
HE IS ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HIS BROTHERS.  HE CHEERS SO INTENSELY FOR THEM IN WHATEVER SPORT (OR SCHOOL) ACTIVITY THEY IN WHICH THEY PARTICIPATE.
TY CAN TALK FOOTBALL WITH ANY ADULT AND BE RIGHT UP TO SPEED.  WHEN WE WERE WATCHING FOOTBALL IN EPHRAIM THIS LAST WEEK, TY MADE A COMMENT AND NATE SAID, "THAT IS JUST WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY." (AND NATE KNOWS ANY SPORT).  SOMETIMES IT IS HARD NOT TO EXPECT TO MUCH FROM HIM BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE IS YOUNG AND SMALL, HE SAYS SUCH GROWN UP THINGS THAT I FIND MYSELF HAVING TO REMEMBER....HE IS JUST GOING TO BE EIGHT.  WHATEVER HE DOES.....HE GIVES IT HIS WHOLE HEART AND HE MOVES QUICKLY.
WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE YOU IN OUR FAMILY TY.  YOU ARE A GREAT BOY AND WE LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!