I am either very lucky or very blessed I don't remember a time when Itch and Lori were not in our family, after all Lori was just another redhead for us girls to blend into.

And then the boys came along. And I was not that much older than them, but I remember babysitting chasing their little towheaded pain in the asses around while I babysat, with a touch of torture. Kidding. Kidding, I tortured them as much as I did my nephews Ryan and Steve so, we're all good 😁and we had good times.

The Ikes they were family and still are. From the time I could remember those boys would just walk in the house wave, say hey Grandma and Grandpa and down the basement they would go to meet my nephews up until they moved to Arizona. And they were funny. Tyler would do anything for a laugh and he didn't have to do much sometimes just looking at him you would laugh.

I’m also grateful that my parents were the kind of people who welcomed everyone into our home. Those boys could walk right in the front door, wave, and say, “Hey Grandma and Grandpa,” before heading straight down to the basement their whole life right up till moving to AZ. That’s just the way it was. I had great parents who made everyone feel like family.

He will be greatly missed by all of us and think of all the people that will never get to know him and his laugh and his family all that they will miss out on.

I wish I could come down for the memorial but that's just not going to happen for me too long to drive.

Ok, I should shut my verbal diarrhea off but I just got so many good stories lol

You will be missed greatly Tyler but I know you're never really gone.