Underneath the Boxes

Hey Fam,

How is everyone? We are all moved in-thanks for your calls. Most boxes are unpacked-not organized but unpacked! Kaobe and Ada had a tour of their school today and are excited to start tomorrow. Looks like a great school-I'm happy for them! Indy will hopefully start Friday or next week. We feel totally discombobulated-that you how you spell it? There are no neighbors under or next to us-no cars to scrape off and no flights of stairs to carry groceries up! You'd think we'd be in heaven but really we are in a stupor just taking this new life in! Our neighbors are very friendly as are most of the people we have come in contact with out here-we are so not in NJ anymore! People actually say thank you here!! I almost feel like I'm in happy valley!

Love you guys-hope Jess gets to Belgium safe and everyone is happy and healthy! Love, Amanda

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Tyson, you now have a phone message, an email, a facebook message and a blog...guess I covered the bases in wishing you a fun day. Love, grandma

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Bday Ty!! We hope you have the best Superbowl party ever! Thanks so much for your special visit to NJ. We had a fantastic time with you and your sister and mom. We wish you the best 12th year of life ever! Talk to you soon, The Osolu's!!

Happy Birthday Tyson

Happy Birthday T!

We heard all you wanted for a party this year were some awesome Super Bowl snacks! We hope that you get them and that you have a great day! To add to your joy today, here is a list of some of our favorite memories of you...

- Meeting you for the very first time! Your dad brought you into the waiting room at the hospital looking so proud! You were so teeny and adorable and we were all so excited to meet you!!
- Watching you dance and sing in your Blues Clues outfit via webcam when you lived in Guam!
- Watching you play "Toy Story" in grandma's living room after they moved into their new house! You had all of the characters down perfectly!
- Watching your art develop! You have such amazing talent and we love to see the things that you have done!
- When I was visiting you in Germany you gave me a pretty good scare one night - you had gone to bed and I was talking to Nate on the phone and you kept throwing my sweatshirt over my shoulder... I had no idea how it was happening until you started giggling...
- Hanging out with you and playing cards with you!
- Your love for anything that had a character you could play - Nate loved when you played Star Wars and whacked him on the head with your light sabers.


Happy Birthday!

Love,
Nate & Clar

Happy Birthday Blake

Blake,

Someday when you have internet you might look at this blog, so when that day comes, sorry we didn't get to chat on your Birthday! I hope that you were able to have a decent day! We miss you and we hope that we get to see you soon!

Love,
Nate & Clar

Happy Birthday Surfer

Surf,

We hope you have such a great birthday! I can't believe that you are already 10 years old! Here are some of our favorite memories about you:

- meeting you for the first time when you came to Utah for our wedding! I couldn't believe that you were so small, and you had SOOO much hair!
- coming to your house right after we were married! I was laying on the couch playing with you, and you spit up on me, right down my shirt - it was gross and disgusting, but Uncle Nate thought it was pretty funny!
- digging for worms with you when your dad and Uncle Nate built your sandbox on another trip out to your house. You were fascinated with them!
- A couple of years ago you were at grandma's house, and we were eating dinner. Somebody said, "I'm stuffed." I had just learned that in Australia, if you say your stuffed, it means you're pregnant, so I told you & Scoutie that. A little while later, that same night, we were sitting in the living room talking, and you and Scoutie came in with clothes stuffed under your shirt and said, "Aunt Clar, we're in Australia, and we're stuffed." It was hilarious. We even took this picture of you.



You always know how to make us laugh and we love you so much! We hope you have an awesome day! And keep your eyes peeled in the mail for your gift!

Love,
Uncle Nate & Aunt Clar

Happy Birthday Cody

Cody,

Happy Birthday! We're not quite sure how old you are, but you're getting up there, right? :) We love you and we hope you have a great day and a great year! We look forward to hanging out with you at some point during the year!! :)

Love,
Nate & Clar