Emelia comes for a visit

We were so excited to have Victoria and Emelia come visit tonight while Dan worked.

Great job on the road dogs!

The Bulldogs beat the Emmetsburg E'Hawks by a whopping 40 points...74-34.

From behind the arc...

...Tyler scored his first 3 point bucket as a Varsity Bulldog! He is #24 on both his home and away uniforms. The team won vs Spirit Lake 68-44.

Let's Play Ball!

Warming up before the game. The Bulldogs beat Unity Christian 61-53. Thanks mom for coming with us and supporting the team on their first game of the season.

Schindler Wedding

Saturday our cousin, Jeremy, married Diane. We had a great time celebrating their special day with them and seeing our extended family. The single males unanimously voted to have Jeremy take the garter off per his teeth only. Young to old single males were all gawkers. LOL

Chloe's first ISU game

She watched the first qtr, slept the second, and back to the RV by the third.

Where's Tyler?

Tailgating

Enjoying a chili feed tailgating.

Tailgating at the ISU game

The boys outside playin' catch and the girls inside watchin' a movie.

The boys

Tyler holding cousin Cooper for the first time.

Happy Thanksgiving

Chloe and Julia trying to touch Tyler in the chair. Eventually he started chasing them and they were all giggles.

Follow up

Today Tyler had his follow up appt w Dr Spanos. All 3 lymph nodes and parotid gland tumor removed were benign. He has a less than .02% chance of a tumor reoccurring. In a year he will have a follow up MRI. Tyler is cleared to play basketball which he is thankful for. The sutures were removed and steristrips put on. Dr said it all looks good. Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support, especially my parents. We were so blessed to have you with us while in Sioux Falls at the hospital.

Update

I'm in ahh of the healing power. This is Tyler's incision this morning. What a difference since Thursday afternoon.

Emelia comes over for a visit

Tyler holding Emelia for the first time!

Cousin Emelia Rose Devos

We got to meet her when she was 2 hours old! She's adorable!

Chloe's 4th birthday party weekend

How many men does it take to fix a fence?

Happy 4th Birthday Chloe!

We enjoyed ice cream at the parlor for your birthday. Can't wait to celebrate your birthday this weekend. We love you!

Gift

Yesterday we gave this to Tyler for him to wear. We've received lots of prayers and we appreciate them all. Our family and friends are so very important. Last night we went to the movie with grandpa and grandma and saw "here comes the boom." It was a funny movie but it also had a good meaning about never giving up on anything or anyone:)

Grandpas birthday month continues...

Tonight we had grandpa and grandma over for dessert and then supper. Yes, we headed to ice cream parlor first for dessert and then came home for supper. We are so blessed to have them close and provide us with so much support. Earlier this month we celebrated with a truly surprise birthday party. This picture along with a big thank you was sent to us. Uncle Rich said it best, "looks like only the motorcycle has changed!"

Mole Day at LCHS

Today in Chemistry class Tyler and Hailey Purves were crowned mole King and Queen.

ISU Party

Grandpa and Grandma hosted and ISU party today.

Total baseball development Fall Super Series

Today the team played at Striker field in Sioux City. They beat the Sioux City Junior All Star team 5-2 and lost to the Omaha Frozen Ropes 8-9.

Bulldogs vs Tornadoes

Roman and Justin came over before the game to go out to eat with Tyler.

Fall Ball

Tonight the Cyclones played Dauby's 307 18yo Legion team of Renner, SD. Hard to believe we're in October, 40 degree temps and watching baseball. Tyler played left field. They won 4-1.

Surprise 60th birthday party Grandpa!!!

 Sherry, Walt, Kathy

 The Tanner's

 Lori, Josh, Jerry, Barb

 Kevin, Lisa

 The Smith's

 Everyone eating and visiting

 The Janasko's

 The Riley's

 Enjoying the warmth of the campfire

 Giving a toast and speech

 Getting ready to eat

 A delicious BBQ meal from Jethro's

 How Cooper spent most of the party...

 A party isn't complete without birthday cake, half carrot cake and half champagne, it was yummy!

 Lisa, Grandpa, Lori...one last picture of the 50s decade!!!

 The "boys" watching football Sunday afternoon

What a blast we had planning and preparing a 60th birthday bash weekend for Grandpa!!! He truly was surprised. There were so many funny moments from the beginning to the end. It was so fun spending time with all of our family and friends.

First Hit!

Tyler has his first hit as a cyclone and got an RBI. He's doing such a better job getting a bat on the ball.

They played a doubleheader against the Grand Island Islanders at Explorers stadium in Sioux City today. They won both games 7-4 and 12-6. Tyler played third base, pitcher, and left field.

Baseball

This past weekend the Cyclones had a tournament in Elk Point, SD. Saturday they played the Frozen Ropes from Omaha and lost 5-7 and the Blizzard of Minnesota and won 8-3. Sunday they played the Blizzard again and lost 2-11 and lost 5-15 against the 18 year old Cyclone team. Tyler played many positions including pitcher, third base, left and center field. It's been very enjoyable watching the boys come together as a team.