TyMo

richard's younger brother tyson (middle name moroni, hence the nickname "tymo")

is 17 years young, and while he's been out of school this summer he came up

to hang out with us for a couple of weeks.  he did dishes just about every day, is

hilarious, and gave us an excuse to eat out almost every night, so we were more

than happy to have him crash on our couch this long.

we watched lots of movies and ate lots of yummy food, and i even got him to

start reading the harry potter books with me.  he has now left me in the dust on

#4 - he's starting #7 today!  i love this boy.

here are some of the highlights from his visit:

numerous dinners out on the town...

here we are @ javier's

and @ rovali's

el matador

mikado...biggest mouthful of sushi ever ha!

porter family 4th of july extravaganza...

5k & red velvet cupcakes for breakfast.  waiting for the west point parade

to start.  best parade ever.  except that old naked guy didn't make an

appearance this year.  very disappointing.

i left the boys for a few hours to play some volleyball w/ my peeps.

sadly, they didn't take any pictures of what they did while i was gone...

they shaved tyson's head.  bic'd it.

after richard broke his nose he needed to recuperate...so they went to the

driving range.  i guess he thought he needed some extra protection after

his accident.  to be honest, i'm surprised he's not wearing a helmet with a face mask.

a little happy gilmore action.

and then a stroll around our old stomping grounds (the mortuary) before

dale dragged tyson kicking and screaming to st. george.

tyson, we love ya, buddy!  we're so happy you came up to

add a little somethin special to our summer.