Saying Goodbye.

I am so proud of this man! This is my only big brother, Jared. He is headed to Afghanistan in a few weeks and is now in Miami training hard there. He is such a strong person, amazing Dad, Husband, great priesthood holder and most of what I saw, a great brother. (of course there was the occasional pushing me out the window thing, but I'm over that :)) He has always been there for me in my greatest times of need, and most dramatic times in my life. I'm so lucky to call him my brother and we are already missing him. Jake is so proud of him to and tells me he is going to be a GI Joe like Uncle Jared. I'm OK with that because I couldn't ask for a better example for my son to look up too. What he stands for in life, and eternity is what I am so proud of him for. Good luck big brother, I love you!

Our Cute Pirate turns Five!

I can't believe how big my little buddy is getting. He turned five on February 23rd. We sure partied hard. He got to have his first friend party. Thank goodness for amazing friends, or else I would have never survived all those pirates. Jake is very spoiled with some amazing cute little friends. With allot of fun and many meltdowns we all came out alive. On his birthday we had a great family party at Pirate Island (which is now our favorite place ever!) We got two bigger than the world pizza's and had so much fun playing in the arcade! He was also very spoiled with lots of love from Aunts, Uncles, Grandma and Grandad, and sweet Aunt Mer. Thanks to everyone who helped make this birthday so memorable for him. He is an amazing kid and so dang smart. I learn more from him than I think I could from anyone else. I love my Jake!