Memory Monday - Happy Birthday Ty!

Twenty years ago today, Tyler celebrated his 8th birthday.  Seems like yesterday!  What a cute boy who has become such a handsome man!

Happy Birthday to the sweetest son a mom could ask for!

Love you!

Stopping By To Say Hi

My boy stopped by tonight on his way back to Roseville. Just wanted to say hi. What a sweetie to check on his mom. He downloaded some music to my laptop that he thought I might like. He was right. I loved it. Check out The Head and the Heart when you get a chance. Nice. Thanks Ty!

Elder Casper!!!

Kurt was able to fly to California this week to ordain Tyler to the office of Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I'm so proud of my boy! Can't wait for his wedding day....and to see his clean-shaved face! LOL ;-)

Happy Birthday Tyler!

Today my second born is 27 years old! It's hard to believe. Seems like just yesterday that he was running around in his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle pajamas. I nabbed this photo off of his fiance's facebook page. It's the perfect depiction of him....kinda laid back with a sly grin on his face. What can I say about Tyler? To say that he is unique would be a gross understatement, because with that uniqueness comes a sweet, sensitive, thoughtful, talented, intelligent, witty, hilarious man. MAN? Holy cow, my boy's a MAN! And what a WONDERFUL man he is! Love ya Ty! Happy Bird day! ;-)

The Last Load

After about 10 trips with our cars and truck, we delivered the last load of Tyler's worldly goods to his new home in Roseville tonight at 10 pm. We are so excited for him and can't wait to see how everything looks in his house. We're sure going to miss having him here, but know how excited he is to be a homeowner.

Housewarming Gift

Our housewarming gift to Tyler was to have the carpeting in his new house cleaned. Luckily our son-in-law, Alax, has a new carpet cleaning business so we were able to give him some business. We are so impressed with the wonderful job he does. We've had him clean the carpet in our house and the upholstery on one of our couches. He does an amazing job!

The Grundy Carpet Care van.

The carpets looked like new when Alax was finished!

To check out Alax's new business, check out his blog.

Yes, Tyler will need to buy some furniture to fill the rooms in his house!

New Homeowner

Tyler closed on his new house today, a 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2382 square foot home in a nice area in Roseville. We are so happy for him.

Family Room

Living Room

Formal Dining Room

Guest Bath

Master Bath

Kitchen

Kitchen

Kitchen/Family Room

Master Bedroom

Backyard

A BIKING WE WILL GO.....

What an adventure we had today! Kurt and I met Tyler at his apartment on Hazel Avenue and rode 25+ miles along the American River Bike Trail to Old Sacramento. We made several stops for photo ops and snack/water breaks. It took us almost 3 hours.

The weather was perfect (not too hot with a little cloud cover). The scenery was beautiful and it was fun to have Tyler along today. This was his first long ride on the new bike Kate gave him for Christmas.

Also known as the Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail, the trail is considered one of the longest paved bike trails in the country. The trail is painted with mile markers at every half-mile increment.

As we were riding along, we spotted a fire in the distance.

As we got closer, we had a hard time breathing and could see this was no small fire.

There were several acres involved and fire crews were scattered all around.

At one point, the fire came right down to the trail. We could feel the intense heat as we rode by and wondered how these firemen handle the heat with the heavy clothing they wear.

At about mile 15 we stopped for a snack/water break. Our legs were feeling like jelly at this point.

Tyler and Kurt getting ready to be "on the road again."

I love my bike!

Riding over the American River.

Another stop to rest our weary legs. Running is SO much easier than bike riding for me.

We made it into Old Sacramento just in time for dinner.
We were famished!

We wanted to try Fat City. We weren't disappointed.
I had the Fat's Cafe Salad.
Tyler had the Fat City Hamburger.
Kurt had the Fat City Combo.
YUM!

Unlocking the bikes so we can walk them (we were done riding) to the light rail station.

Here it comes.

We're so glad they allow bikes on the train. The thought of riding our bikes back to Tyler's apartment was NOT EVEN AN OPTION at this point.

The only bad news was that the train didn't go as far as Hazel after 7 pm (guess we should have read the small print on the schedule ;) It would only take us as far as Sunrise.

Bless Kurt's heart, he offered to ride the 5 miles back to the car and come back and pick us up. Tyler's knee was throbbing and I didn't think I could go another mile.

Tyler and I enjoyed the sunset....

and the almost full-moon.... while poor Kurt pedaled uphill all the way back to Hazel Avenue. Gotta love that guy!

Our chariot awaits.
Can't wait until next time! In the future, we'll start at Sunrise so we can stay as long as we want in Old Sacramento and have a bit of a shorter ride.

DATE NIGHT w/ TYLER