IT'S GREAT TO BE NATE!!!!!

AT THIS MOMENT OF THE ABOVE AND BELOW PICTURES IT WAS ESPECIALLY GREAT TO BE NATE.   HE HAS PUT COUNTLESS HOURS INTO BECOMING CERTIFIED IN SOCCER AND COACHING FOR MANY YEARS.  TO HAVE 2 DAUGHTERS BE ON HIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WAS REALLY A DREAM COME TRUE.

BUT AS MUCH AS THAT CHAMPIONSHIP WAS A DREAM COME TRUE.....NATE IS FIRMLY GROUNDED IN WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT AND WHAT BRINGS LASTING HAPPINESS.  WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THAT!

JUST AS NATE HAS A GOOD RE PORE WITH THE GIRLS HE COACHES.....HE HAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS IN HIS YSA WARD AT SNOW.  THEY LOVE HIM AND HE RELATES TO THEM VERY WELL.

THESE PICTURES BRING BACK MEMORIES OF A TIME WHEN NATE WAS JUST FINISHING PHARMACY SCHOOL AND LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT JOB ANY PLACE IN SOUTHERN UTAH.  WE WERE HOPING THEY WOULD GET A LITTLE CLOSER, BUT WE CAN SEE THAT EPHRAIM HAS BEEN THE PERFECT FIT FOR THEIR FAMILY.

BECAUSE NATE TAKES HIS VACATION TIME OFF FOR COACHING....IT SEEMS HE RARELY GETS TO BEAVER, BUT WE GO THERE A LOT AND HE ALWAYS MAKES US FEEL WELCOME.

IF YOU ASKED NATE WHAT HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS HE WOULD DEFINITELY SAY HIS FAMILY WHO WILLINGLY SERVE AND DO THE THINGS THEY ARE CALLED TO DO IN THE CHURCH.

I KNEW I WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING PICTURES OF NATE.  WE MOSTLY SEE HIM WITH A QUICK "HI" AT A GAME.  WE APPRECIATE HOW HARD HE WORKS TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY, LEAD BY EXAMPLE, AND BE INVOLVED IN THEIR ACTIVITIES.  WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR HIS STRONG TESTIMONY BUT  WE ARE EQUALLY THANKFUL THAT WE CAN JOKE WITH HIM AND THAT HE IS SO MUCH FUN TO BE AROUND.  IT SEEMS LIKE HE HAS A FUNNY "COME BACK" FOR ANYTHING WE SAY TO HIM.  WHAT IS BEST....IS THAT IT IS  COMING OUT IN TOMMY AND THEN IT IT TWICE AS FUNNY.  LIKE FATHER.....LIKE SON!
IF WE HAD SEARCHED THE WORLD OVER.....WE COULD NOT HAVE FOUND A BETTER HUSBAND FOR SHANNON.  SHANNON IS VERY TYPE A  PERSONALITY LIKE BOTH SHAD AND ME.  SHE NEEDED SOMEONE TO HELP HER RELAX A LITTLE AND HAVE SOME FUN AND NATE HAS BEEN THE BEST FOR THAT.  SEVERAL YEARS AGO , I REMEMBER SHANNON SAYING THEY HAD BEEN INVITED TO A PARTY (COUPLES) AND NATE GOT CALLED OUT TO THE PHARMACY.  SHE SAID AFTER HE LEFT....ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PARTY JUST WASN'T AS FUN.  SHE THEN TOLD ME SHE HADN'T REALIZED UNTIL THEN THAT HE REALLY IS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY.  IT IS NO WONDER THE STUDENTS IN HIS WARD LOVE HIM SO MUCH.  HE HAS A DEEP TESTIMONY BUT HE CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME TOO.
I OFTEN THINK HOW MUCH MY MOM WOULD LOVE HIM.  SHE ALWAYS LOVED TO BE AROUND PEOPLE THAT COULD MAKE EVERYONE LAUGH.  I'M SURE SHE IS OFTEN SMILING DOWN ON THEM AND CHUCKLING OVER SOME OF THE THINGS HE SAYS.  NEVER...NEVER ...CHANGE NATE!   WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE WAY HE WELCOMES US. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO GOOD TO SHANNON AND THE KIDS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SO GOOD TO US!   WE REALLY DO LOVE YOU AND HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS THE VERY BEST!!!!