Photohunt - In Memory

As soon as I saw this weeks topic, I knew exactly which photo I was going to use.

Josh was a huge part of my life growing up. He was my BFF Jennifer's little brother and also my little brother's BFF. The 4 of us were ALWAYS together. There is not a day goes by that I don't think of him and wonder what his life would be like now. Would he be married? Have children?

Josh died just weeks before his 21st birthday in a suicide attempt/police shooting. You can find the articles from the local paper here, here, here, & here.


Here is a letter I wrote to him about a week after I found out that he was killed:

What can I say? You were like a brother to me.
You were always at my house driving me nuts along with Patrick.
There was never a time that I was around you,
that you failed to make me laugh until I snorted. (Which you knew I hated)
These last few days, I have been thinking about everything that we did as kids.
We had some great times-the four of us together.
You asked me to marry you on many occasions, and every time I just laughed.
I couldn't marry you, that would be like marrying Patrick (yuck)
At your viewing, your mother asked me why I didn't marry you and keep you
out of trouble. Maybe you would still be here with us if I had?
Though, I do know that you were very happy for me when I met Keith.
You told me that if I wasn't going to marry you,
then Keith was the right man for the job.
You were right Josh! He has been wonderful.
He's so upset that he never got the time to come up and go 4 wheeling with you.
If you were still here I'd kick your a$$ for putting us through this.

I love you lil brother.

I'll see you when I get there.

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Photohunt - Yellow

Princess Amber at Silver Lake



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Photohunt - Four

This is my little sister Katelyn in 2007 at her 4th birthday party. Isn't she cute?

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Photohunt - Thankful

I am thankful for my wonderful family.


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Photohunt - Nautical

The subject for this weeks Photohunt is Nautical. Check out the other nautical pictures by clicking on the graphic.

With us trying to buy a house for the last few years, money has been a little tighter than normal and we haven't done much as far as vacations go. So, for this weeks Photohunt I am resorting back to this camping trip for my photo.

Keith and I aren't real big on celebrating Valentine's Day, so we decided to just hang out around the house and relax. We planted a bunch of flowers and cleaned up some of the ones that got hit by the cold weather. I also spent about 3 hours just laying in the sun and reading a book. Today has been a good day. Now, on to grill up some steaks and relax for the rest of the night. Who knows, I may even get some scrapping done.

Photohunt - Bridges

This is from a canoe trip we took out of Alexander Springs when we were camping there in Ocala - September 2007. Check out the rest of the pics from our trip here.



Here are some more bridge pics....