Another brother down...

I love being the only girl with 5 brothers. I can think of many reasons why. But one thing I do not love, is having to say goodbye to each of them for 2 years. I hate it! It never gets easier, believe me. In fact, I think it's gotten harder with each one....I dunno. I am very proud of my brothers for serving missions, and am proud of my little brother Garrett for doing so as well. He has been called to the Roseville, California mission. He left Wednesday to the MTC, and will leave March 2 to Cali. It's pretty weird that he wont see my baby boy until he's almost 2!! It really is a sacrifice...but such a blessing to him and his family. I must say I am really surprised that out of my 4 brothers that have gone so far, none have been called to South America or spanish speaking. I feel like every other missionary I talk to is spanish speaking! So maybe Gavin, the last of the bunch, will get called to one. :) If not, Drew will be the only member of our fam that speaks spanish! Weird. Anyway-we love you Gare bear...you'll be awesome! Here are a couple of cute pics of the kid...crazy that he's old enough to be a missionary.
I think this is precious...Garrett and his girlfriend Chellcee outside the MTC...and Garrett with his BFF and little bro, Gav.


All of us at Garrett's graduation last year.

Count your many blessings...

I was browsing on Facebook the other day and came across an invite to a group called Prayers for Bronson. I usually join groups with titles such as this just because I like praying for people that need help. (Shouldn't we all?) As I looked more into the group of the little boy I was asked to pray for, I couldn't believe the heart breaking tragedy that struck this family on a typical Saturday morning. The blog site is www.stakerzxposed.blogspot.com. To get the whole story you will need to scrole down quite a ways to the date February 1 where it all starts. As I read the story I couldn't help but feel for this family, even though I don't know them. With my own baby boy on the way, I had many mixed feelings as I thought about bringing him into this world. It's a scary one, and bad accidents can happen. I am excited for him to be here, and I know that my life will be forever changed once I see him. It has already changed as I sense and witness the amazing miracle of his growth so far. I want to hold on to how I feel about him forever, because you never know what can happen. It's a scary thing, but we can only go forward with faith and knowledge and hold on to what we have. I need to think more often of the people I love.

Sorry, this was a little heavy. I just really wanted to share so that little Bronson can receive even more prayers. And hopefully we can all count our blessings after hearing of such a tragedy.