Tyler will always be remembered for his generous spirit and giving heart.
All those that had the opportunity to laugh with him will keep his spirit alive including his dog, Xena.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

How Did You Know Ty?

Tell us how you know Ty and leave any memories, thoughts or experiences that you had with him in the comments boxes. We want to turn the blog entries we have into a book and we need everyone's help. If you would like to make your own post, please put your email address in a comment box and we will invite you to be an "author" of the blog. Thank you so much for all of your support and love!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Our Friend

Let's never forget how wonderful, amazing, friend Tyler was to all of us, he could easily make you smile when you needed. A room will light up every time he walked in. He loved life and eveything about it. He had such an amazing spirit, such a strong testimony about the gospel. He loved everyone and everyone loved him. He will be missed. We love you Tyler. You will never be forgotten.

Jamesen Birkel share the following about Tyler "He's a very special and Unique person, And it was his time to move on. I don't doubt that his presense was needed else where. It's so nice to know the plan of salvation. It must be so comforting for his family at this time. For some reason I thought Tyler was still out on a mission. I forget that a lot of time has gone by since I last saw him at his farewell. He was a very spiritual person. I love that guy! "

This pictures were taken just a few weeks before his mission.





The Ty I Know

Ever since we have lived in Stayton(1995) our lives have been intertwined with the Graham family. We all started out as friends and it grew from there into a family relationship. Tyler has always been like a little brother to me. He was so easy to like and love. If you saw Ty smile, there was no way that you couldn't smile. It was so infectious! He had the BIGGEST heart in the world. And had more love for animals than anyone I have ever met...I remember his baby skunk (that wasn't very nice), his ferret, his chinchilla, his 2 or 3 pugs, and probably a whole bunch more that I never had the pleasure of meeting.

Ty was one of a kind, and everyone who knew him knows what I mean. There just wasn't anyone like him. He always put a smile on your face and made you feel so good about yourself.

I have a lot of great memories of Ty, but ones that I will treasure the most came right after I came home from my mission. Him and Brolin were preparing to go on missions and I was trying to adjust back into everyday life. Many mornings we would meet and go out on the Graham's trampoline and have a morning scripture study. It was so fun telling them experiences I had and share with them my testimony of the Gospel and vice versa. Ty and Brolin really helped me to adjust back to normal life and I will be forever grateful for those times that we spent together laughing and just enjoying each others company. I'm so grateful that I have memories to look back on and remember Ty. He will be sorely missed by myself and so many other people.

Thank you Ty for always being yourself, and not being afraid to stand up for what you believe. Thank you for your testimony of the Gospel that brought the Spirit into so many people's lives. I love you and miss you so much!

My cousin Stephen sent me this picture of him and Ty in the MTC. This is how I remember Ty. Man, I really miss him.

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Tyler's Family Pictures


We are so happy to have taken these pictures a couple of months ago just after Tyler returned from his mission. It was such a happy time and that is what we want to remember (also is what Tyler would want us to remember about him).