The most anticipated event of the year

Graduation happenings began with an MBA kids graduation with the dean. It was SO nice. Even juice boxes on ice, grilled cheese and cupcakes!



Let me tell you, it was hard to get those kids' MO assignments in. Lots of nagging.. (JK)



This was North's favorite part.



The actual day of graduation Are You a Human hosted a luncheon for the team and their families. Their office space is at a place called TechArb in the Google building.





Ta Da! Then the big day. There was a nice reception at the school.





Then the graduation at Hill Auditorium.



Followed by dinner at Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse.



Congrats Babe! SOOOOO Glad it's DONE!

Easier Easter

Last year we burned ourselves out on making tons of visits and doing Easter, so the same weekend we did Kirtland, it was Easter. We had a small celebration once we came home and enjoyed remembering the resurrection of Christ.

Our annual "follow the string to your Easter basket."

Kirtland

We needed a little break from Ann Arbor life, so we headed over to Kirtland, Ohio, which is near Cleveland. We stayed at a weird weird Holiday Inn Express in downtown Cleveland. Usually we LOVE these hotels, but this one was downright strange.










The first Latter-day Saint temple was built in Kirtland. Although the church no longer owns it, and it slightly differs from modern temples, it still is a special place to remember where the early Saints lived and struggled. I highly recommend visiting if you're in the area!





Down the street is a renovated historic downtown Kirtland that the church does own. They have an old-fashioned store, mill, houses, etc.










These faces are funny :)

New Pictures!

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Once in a lifetime

Tyler was having lunch with a friend during the fall and he said, "You didn't come to b-school to just get any job, you came to get your dream job."

Well, sometimes dreams do come true. Tyler and his co-founders of Are You a Human? spent Wed - Sunday in Houston. Read on ...

Highlights from the press release:

Rice University Business Plan Competition awards $1.3 million in cash and prizes

The world’s richest and largest business plan competition brought 42 teams from across the globe to pitch their new technology business plans to more than 250 judges who themselves are successful venture capital investors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders. More than 700 people attended the banquet that marked the conclusion of the three-day RBPC.

FORTUNE covered the competition again this year and will feature the winners, teams and competition in the May 23, 2011 issue of the magazine and on CNNMoney.com beginning today. (CNN called them today, whhaaaat? and Tyler will be in the May issue of Fortune magazine)

Are You a Human?, University of Michigan won second place overall for a total of $154,100, which included the $100,000 Opportunity Houston Technology Prize and the $15,000 cash prize for second place sponsored by Finger Interests. Are You a Human? has developed a simple, secure, game-based human authentication tool that replaces the distorted text images known as CAPTCHAs.

Their elevator pitch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SV9qQqD7EE

Some team photos: