HaPpY bIrThDaY jAkoB!!! I can't believe you are 17 little buddy! It seems like yesterday we were running around dressing up, going to wrestling, soccer, basketball, baseball, football, and all sorts of activities all over Utah...and Wyoming :) I can still remember walking out the door and Mom being so excited that you were eating your first Saltine cracker. Or that time when I put you in my little baby carriage and started pushing you around the house (yeah...mom and dad were like "WHA???). So many good memories with you little bro :) I'm so proud of you and I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
It's weird as a pre-mi (pre-missionary) to start counting my "lasts" already. You know, "the last time before I leave..." However, my lasts are slightly different than your average missionary. This was the "last" birthday for Jake I get to spend with him. But, seeing as our missions are most likely to overlap, this is the last birthday I get to spend with him for 4 years. That's right folks, my little buddy turned 17 yesterday!!! The next time I'll spend his birthday with him he will be blowing out 21 candles on his birthday cake. Strange? YES! Sad? YES! But so exciting? DEFINITELY! As bummed as I am to miss out on some huge milestones in his life, I am so excited that, at one point, we will get to be serving together! I LOVE MY BROTHER!!
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