to connor:

i cant believe your leaving on your mission today. i cant even believe that your all grown up. i still see you as the little brother that i could tease and wrestle to the ground. clearly you aren't that little boy anymore. im now scared to beat up on you because when you fight back it actually hurts. bad. :) i swear that it was just yesterday that you were sleeping on the floor in my room watching monsters inc. over and over. and we were running around the campground trying to catch squirrels. i cant even tell you how much i have valued the memories that we have made over the years. i will forever remember going to all of your baseball games and yelling "lets go one..","good eye..".  i thought i was so cool. i always think of you whenever we go to any kind of baseball field and probably always will. thank you for taking care of me when i got my wisdom teeth out. you were the best bedside nurse i have ever had! if i needed anything you were right there getting it. thank you for dancing with us in the kitchen. "500 watts?! that's a lot of watts!!" remember the time when i could whoop your butt at guitar hero? i was amazing! then i stopped playing and now you whoop up on me. however, when you get home i will regain my title no doubt! as much as i didn't like it at the time i'm going to miss your random yells. scares me every time. i wish i would have been at the dinner table the time when mom grabbed your shirt. :) thank you for letting us take you 80's dancing on your 18th birthday. you sure can bust a move. i am so excited for you to preach the gospel to all those you meet in orlando. your going to be an amazing missionary. just be your awesome self. the people in florida are so lucky to have you. you will be missed here at home. we will miss the "guys you know what..." and your not so quiet indoor voice. :) thank you for being such a good example to dax, i know he is to little to understand right now but he will look up to you his whole life. he is so lucky to have an amazing uncle like you. i cant wait for you to come home and help coach his little tee-ball team. maybe he will be able to slide into home plate like you did. :) i love you a lot and will miss having you around, but i know that your doing an amazing thing by serving the lord. we cant wait to hear about all of your experiences. good luck little bro. 

love, us