Friday, September 13, 2019

JAKE....THE BIG 16 AND I WANT TO CRY....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

THERE HE IS ON HIS HIGH SCHOOL INSTAGRAM.  IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS REALLY DIGGING IN!
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND LOOKING COOL!! IT WASN'T COOL THOUGH....IT WAS HOOOOTTTTTT!
HE, AND HIS BROTHERS ENDED UP PAINTING THIS DOG HOUSE IN THAT HEAT...WOAH~



HERE HE IS AT BAND
 IN THE HEAT AND ON TURF.  HE  REALLY LOVES FOOTBALL AND BAND.
TORONTO .....HE LOVED IT!
THEY LOVE PALMYRA AND GOT TO SEE THE PAGEANT.  IT WAS A VERY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE FOR HIM!
THEY WENT TO CHURCH IN CANADA AND THEN THE TEMPLE.  JAKE SAID IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
HE HAD A BLAST AT NIAGARA FALLS.  THEY WENT FROM THE CANADIAN SIDE.
HE TOOK A LITTLE TIME TO MEDITATE....THIS IS SO LIKE JAKE.  I WISH I COULD BE LESS RUSHED AND MAKE THE MOST OF EACH MOMENT.
HE HAS HAD TWO BREAKS FROM CONDITIONING IN THE HEAT.....AND MOVING INTO HIS HOME IN THE HEAT.  HE HAD THE VACATION.....AND WENT TO FOOTBALL CAMP IN IDAHO.  I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF A BREAK CAMP WAS BUT AT LEAST IT WASN'T AS HOT AS THIS FIELD WHERE HE PLAYS.....IT'S A SAUNA!
THIS WAS JAKES FIRST YEAR TO EVER WRESTLE.  FOR A NEWBIE....HE DID AWESOME AND REALLY LIKED HIS COACHES AND THE OTHER WRESTLERS.  I WISH IT DIDN'T MAKE ME SO NERVOUS, I KNOW HE IS CALMER THAN I AM.
HE IS THE LEADER OF THIS CREW AND THEY COULDN'T HAVE A BETTER EXAMPLE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.....HE HAS HIS OWN BEDROOM.  I THINK HE IS ENJOYING THAT.
LAYING THAT SOD WAS A LOT OF WORK BUT THEY WILL LOVE PLAYING FOOTBALL ON IT!!
OH HOW I MISS THESE DAYS.....INSTEAD OF CHARMING ME WITH HIS SMILE...HE CHARMS THE GIRLS.  I THINK HE HAS SEVERAL THAT LIKE HIM.  I KNOW HE IS PRETTY POPULAR AT HIS SCHOOL, AND THE THING THAT MAKES ME THE HAPPIEST....IS THAT HE IS SO WELL LIKED BECAUSE HE IS SO KIND TO EVERYONE.  HE NEVER LEAVES ANYONE OUT....AND LOOKS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED A FRIEND.

HE TAKES HIS CHURCH, SCHOOL,FAMILY,AND OTHER COMMITMENTS SERIOUSLY.....BUT ALWAYS WITH EASE AND A SMILE FOR EVERYONE.  WHEN I TALK TO HIM ON THE PHONE I FEEL LIKE I AM TALKING TO AN ADULT.  HE SEES THINGS IN A VERY MATURE WAY.

THIS TURNING 16 HAS BEEN HARDER ON ME THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.  I STILL THINK OF HIM AS THAT CUTIE THAT SANG,"DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS."HE STILL LOVES TEXAS...THE COWBOYS,AND THE LONGHORNS.  HE HAS LEARNED TO REALLY ENJOY WATCHING THE PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY TEAM IN VEGAS.  JER GETS A COUPLE OF FREE TICKETS TO THOSE GAMES AND THEY ROTATE GETTING TO GO.  I AM VERY THANKFUL HE HAS NOT EXPRESSED ANY INTEREST IN PLAYING HOCKEY.  THAT SPORTS HE PLAYS ARE ALREADY HARD ON ME.  WHEN I THINK OF JAKE I THINK OF A SAYING I LEARNED WHEN I WAYS A TEENAGER.  "BEFORE LIFE'S BATTLE HAS BEGUN....A SMILE AND IT'S HALFWAY WON."  KEEP SMILING YOU 16 YEAR OLD AND LET'S KEEP THE TIME FROM FLYING.  WE LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER AND HOPE YOUR 16TH BIRTHDAY IS THE BEST ONE YET!!!!!

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