Our Missionary is on His way!

This was the last picture that we got of Tyler when we dropped him off at the MTC. We drove up and there were about 100 missionaries standing on the sidewalk greeting us. It was a little overwhelming for me....I am not sure how Tyler felt because it all happened so fast. They opened our door, Tyler got out, Alan grabbed the suitcases out of the truck and they started to whisk him away. I made sure to stop him long enough to take this picture and give him a big hug before he walked away. As we drove off Alan said he tried to look back and see if he could see him, but he had just blended in with all the other missionaries and dark suits. I did shed a few tears, but we know that Tyler was ready and that we wouldn't want him to be doing anything different than going on a mission right now. We are so proud of Tyler and his decision to serve a mission!!!

Here is a picture of President Reynolds, Elder Griffitts, Uncle Steve and Alan the night that Tyler got set apart as a missionary. We were able to stay at the Gerrard's the night before Tyler went into the MTC and he was able to see Matthew also. It was a great last evening together and we thank everyone for helping to get Tyler to where he is. We will miss him, but are so excited for him. His first email to us was very positive and he sounds like he really likes his companion (who is a 220 lb. football player). Right away they had sports in common.