I HATE GOODBYES

So Tyler has had the same gymnastics teacher since he started back in January. Her name was Miss Mikayla. She was so great with him and he truly loved her. Well, she got married this summer and got a new job and quit the gymnastics club. Needless to say - her leaving caused a lot of heartache around here. We were lucky enough to go to her wedding reception, and somehow, Tyler understood what was going on. She had already been gone for a couple weeks and he was so happy to see her. He insisted he wear his Spiderman suit to the reception because that is what he wore for Mikayla at gymnastics (normally I make him wear real clothes to SOME stuff).

Anyways, he saw her and gave her the sweetest, most tender hug. She started to cry and said "I haven't even cried all day!" It took about everything in ME not to start to cry. The rest of the night Tyler was kind of somber and pensive. He still has the picture from her wedding invite and he cherishes that thing. It's so special to see your child be so loved, and love someone else so much. A couple weeks after her wedding, she stopped by the gym club while Tyler was there, and again there was a sweet and tender hug reunion. We love you Miss Mikayla!

Speaking of Goodbyes, another sad goodbye for Tyler was to his favorite cashier at the gas station next to our house. We pretty much go there everyday (although not so much anymore because Jeremy has cut back on soda, and we have all cut back on donuts;)

There was a cashier that worked there, that was about 20 years old or so that loved seeing Tyler come in. We would actually make a point of going in on Saturday night because it made her day. Well she had her last day a few weeks ago because she was going to school up in Logan. We went in and said bye to her. Tyler gave her a sweet and tender hug goodbye, much like the one he gave to his gymnastic teacher Mikayla. It was a rough week of goodbyes around here. Here are a couple pictures of Tyler we sent to Ambria. I had a picture of her that somehow got deleted off my phone... I'll see if I can find it on my computer though!