It's been a while

It's been a little bit since our last post! So sorry! We'll start with what happened this past weekend...

On Friday we left semi early in the morning and headed for beautiful Arizona! (where the picture above was taken) Sadly, Tyson's great grandfather had passed away. We were fortunate enough to be able to head down for the funeral they had in Arizona and see some of the extended family that we rarely get to see. Tyson was able to be a pall bearer with one of his brothers and his dad. There are some wonderful people in his family and he great grandfather was an amazing man. Although I didn't get to know him very well it is clear by his family that he lived a great life and taught his children and grandchildren and even great grandchildren many important life lessons. He was also a spectacular painter. Tyson and I are very fortunate to have 2 of the paintings he did.

I thought this picture was pretty much priceless. It's Tyson's mother throwing snow with one of the little boys in the family. One thing that is super obvious.. there is never a dull moment when we all get together. Shortly after I took this he took notice that the rest of us were standing by watching and laughing and little by little we all got a slushy snow ball tossed our way. SOMEONE may or may not have directed him to where the snow had slid off the metal roof of the church. (hehe)

After the funeral in Arizona my mother in law, sister in law and I were able to break away and go shopping and looking around the little town. Tyson's dad and younger sister had brought their running shoes and clothes and were out running some forest trails, Tyson (who did all the driving) and his brother (who stayed awake the drive and kept Tyson company) were so tired they took a nap. First stop was a little boutique.. not too much excitement and no purchases were made BUT I did get some ideas for things I'd like to make and I've recently discovered I really love the look of antique doorknobs. On one of the next few stops I found something I thought would be cute that surprised my mother in law. I found a SUPER SUPER cute old teacup and saucer.

Isn't that ADORABLE? :) I didn't realize that I hadn't told Tyson's mom that I love tea sets. I have a box of them in our office that I am waiting to put out. I'd like to have them out at some point but I have yet to find the perfect thing to put them in. Also, it only seems fair to make sure Tyson has more of his stuff out on display and that will include stuff from hunting. *sigh* haha. It's great that we have some very different interests. I learn a lot from Tyson.

The drive home on Sunday was rough. I think it took about 10 hours. We came home to some very happy dogs. My sister, her husband and our nephew were kind enough to stay at our place with Darwin and Einstein so they wouldn't be lonely. From the sounds of it the dogs were great hosts and they all had a blast. :) One thing we both agreed on when we got home... we missed our dogs and our bed! Hotel beds just aren't the same and for Christmas we had bought a memory foam mattress that we found for a great deal at a place that was going out of business. It felt downright magical and we slept so very well.

Monday was the funeral in Utah. It was a super super windy day and luckily the rain held off when we were at the cemetery after the service, which was beautiful. Tyson's cousin had a piano solo and oh my goodness it was breathtaking. I knew he played and had heard a little of it but we had no idea just how amazing he was. Lots of talent. There was a nice luncheon after curtesy of grandma's ward (yes, it included 'funeral potates') and we were able to spend a little more time with family. Especially those we don't see very often but have started thinking we need to visit sooner rather than later.

That's what we've been up to recently. I know there are a few pictures Tyson's brother took of us so I'm in the process of having him email them to me and I'll put them up on here asap.

Hope all is well with everyone. Thank you tons to those that have passed along our information or handed out any of our cards. It means so much to us.

Pass Along Cards!

We have our cards! :)

In the past week I think we've sent out over a hundred. Thank you so much to all those that are willing to hand them out! We know it's not easy and all too often it's not comfortable.

Hopefully we'll have the next batch printed soon!

This past week has been pretty uneventful. Both of us got this cold bug that's been going around. Talk about a bummer! Luckily it was short lived as we both stepped us our intake of vitamin C! We're still a little on the tired side.

Yesterday and today Tyson had drill. It's his one weekend a month with the Air National Guard. It's pretty awesome seeing him in his uniforms. Every single time it reminds me of how proud I am of him. He's so hard working.

While he was at drill yesterday I did some hair. It's a nice break from the day to day office stuff I usually do. The more hair I do the more I miss working in a salon! I think it'd be great in a few years if we could arrange to have a salon set up in our home. It'd make doing hair for friends and family a lot easier. :)

Tonight we'll head up to my parents house and have dinner with my family. First Sunday of the month we always have dinner with my family and either the 3rd of 4th Sunday of the month is with Tyson's family. It's perfect for us. We always see our families more than that but it's nice to know that if things get crazy those dinners are already planned and set in stone.

Hopefully I can update this blog more than once a week. If all else fails, Sundays will be blogging day! :)

Thanks again to everyone that's been so supportive of us!