MARCH
Tyler was jobless at this point, just picking up as many shifts as possible at Village Inn and working hard at his on-call job w/FixFlash.
We had an amazing stake conference focusing on temples and families-specifically husbands and wives. "If you are worthy to walk and talk with God in his halls, what are you worried about?' That was the general feeling I had during the conference. We had Richard G. Hinckley, of the Seventy, President Merrill J. Bateman, president of the Provo Temple and his wife, as well as our stake presidency speak to us. President Hinckley left a very good impression in my mind with this quote, "Pray as if everything depends on the Lord-then get up off your knees and work as if everything depends on you." These words were very comforting and empowering. I had very spiritual and comforting feelings and thoughts through-out the conference. Tyler was working very hard and very late, for him it gave him new strength and rejuvenated his mojo for life.
As I said we had Ty's birthday sushi on Saturday 21st. We had a way fun time, thanks to the Gibson clan, Captian Rylz, The Shurigs, Miss Becky and Miss Angie and of course, Ryan! We sure love sushi-thanks Yamato! Then for the perfect birthday celebration, we shared another great birthday on March 22nd. The Draper Temple dedication was aired for us in our stake center that evening.
To wrap up a great month, our stake also put on a women's conference. Of the eight workshops offered, we were able to pick three, then help with the humanitarian workshop. I chose "Marriage: The Pathway to Eternal Life" given by our bishop and his wife, Steven and Sharlene Campbell, "On the Road to the How, When, & Ifs of Motherhood" given by Kathy Phillips, and "The Flip Flop of Me, Myself, and I" given by Karla Peeples. The messages were so great, informative and comforting. Tyler took my Saturday expo shift at VI so I could attend, and knowing that I went in prayerful and thankful. I took notes and made connections, learned insights and heard testimonies, and in all had a great day.
APRIL
April proved to be the busiest month-again! Winding down of the semester, waiting for Ry's mission call, General Conferene, Easter, the boy's birthday(s), Shandon's ordination, Easter-egg hunts, moving, Amanda and Zac's wedding, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Well upon the arrival of a certain letter, 
August 12th became a critical date and Buenos Aries will be getting another missionary shortly after that. In addition Tyler picked up some sweet gigs with the UVU Music Department-lets just say it covered rent. While working for the Music Department, Ty caught the eye of the UVU Regan Theatre director, John Bullock. John liked Ty's style and had an opening at the theatre. Ty was offered the job and starting in May, is the new light and sound manager at the Regan Theatre! WooHoo!
August 12th became a critical date and Buenos Aries will be getting another missionary shortly after that. In addition Tyler picked up some sweet gigs with the UVU Music Department-lets just say it covered rent. While working for the Music Department, Ty caught the eye of the UVU Regan Theatre director, John Bullock. John liked Ty's style and had an opening at the theatre. Ty was offered the job and starting in May, is the new light and sound manager at the Regan Theatre! WooHoo!
MAY
This was an adventure month to say the least! Upon winning a trip last September, we made plans to head out to Disneyland courtesy of Casablanca Express. To add the the joy of vacation, as a Christmas present from Kevin and Karyon, we got tickets to Brian Regan!
We started out our 'fabulous vacation' with a trip to Tuacahn to see Brian Regan on Friday (5/8). Then hit Zion National Park on Saturday. We decided on Emerald Pools, easy to moderate (if I remember correctly) and had a great time-minus the part where we (Cass and Ty) got chased by a rabid deer. No on ever tells you what to do if a deer attacks you. This poor fellow was suffering from a nasty cold and his coat was pretty shabby. However we escaped and finished our hike.
On Mother's Day Sunday, we drove down to La Crescenta to hang with the Thibodeaus. On Monay, we set out for the happiest place on earth and got Disneyland underway. Our camera died during our trip to Zion so our Disneyland pix are straight off the cell phone.
from left to right above: Cass w/the awesome pirate band, us behind the pirate boat, and us on Space Mountain
below is our dinner at Blue Bayou-the restaurant in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride
After getting back from that adventure (and starting summer semester) Ty found out that he would be working 10-12 hour days for the next week or so. That did not excite Cass other than the paycheck-especially after her mishap with the Village Inn schedule book. Unfortunately she forgot to request off the Brian Regan half of vacation, but her ever loving friends and co-workers put her on hiatus for the summer. So looking forward to a week of nothing, Cass decided to escape to St. George. Kevin was passing though on his way home from business and Cass hitched a ride down with him and Michelle. You see the Days of Camelot was over Memorial weekend and we were planning to attend, so the ride back was all taken care of-Cass could just head back after that.
Which now brings us to the Days of Camelot Faire. Oh what fun we had! Thanks bunch to Kayron for making such awesome outfits.
jousting
After all this foolishness, we decided to check out one more thing before head back north-Snow Canyon.
So there you have it-our spring run-down, maybe next time we'll keep a better tab-but it doesn't look like it so far ;)
