HOLY COW...16 AND ACTING MUCH OLDER!

LOVE YOU!!!!

THIS PICTURE PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP HOW MUCH I ADMIRE AND LOVE HYRUM.  HE IS THAT TEENAGER THAT HAS HAD MANY TRIAL......AND LEARNED TO CONTINUE TO GIVE TO THE LITTLE PEOPLE IN HIS FAMILY.....AND OH HOW THEY LOVE HIM!

IF I WERE A CHILD AND GOT TO PICK MY BIG BROTHER IT WOULD BE HYRUM.  I REALLY DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN A BIG BROTHER THAT SHOWS MORE LOVE AND ATTENTION TO THE LITTLES IN THEIR FAMILY!

HE HAS HAD A  ROUGH YEAR WITH A SERIOUS BREAK ( TO BONES) IN HIS ARM THAT HAS KEPT HIM FROM USING THE COMPUTER...WRITING WITH HIS RIGHT HAND..AND MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR HIM RIGHT NOW.....SHOOTING BASKETS CORRECTLY AFTER HE HAD SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS PERFECTING HIS FORM. THINGS WITH HIS ARM ARE STILL NOT GOOD...I THINK I'M TAKING IT HARDER THAN HER IS!

AS ALWAYS....HE IS TURNING LEMONS INTO LEMONADE AND WILL BE REFFING AT THE REC CENTER IN FARMINGTON ON SATURDAYS.  HE HAS A HARD TIME SHOOTING BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP HIM FROM DRIBBLING AND IMPROVING HIS BALL HANDLING SKILLS. IT'S TOO BAD SPORTS COMMENTATORS LIVE LIVES THAT WOULD NOT BE TO HIS STANDARD.....AND HE KEEPS THEM HIGH...BECAUSE HE WOULD BE SO GREAT AT THAT!

 THAT SMILE LIGHTS UP MY LIFE!!I THINK HE KNOWS THAT!

WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME WHEN THEY CAME A STAYED A FEW DAYS. THIS IS AT MANDERFIELD CHURCH!

HE IS ALSO SO KIND TO HIS COUSINS!

.....................AND HIS COUSINS LOVE HIM!!!

HE'S EATING BREAD....HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN SOMEDAY!

HYRUM LOVES OHIO STATE AND LOVE GOING THERE ON THEIR FAMILY VACATION. HE WAS BORN THERE WHILE JUSTIN WAS IN SCHOOL.

WHEN I GOT THESE PICTURES LAST MARCH IT TRULY BROKE MY HEART....AND WHAT IS MORE HEART BREAKING IS THAT WE ARE STILL NOT FINISHED WITH IT.  THEY PHYSICAL THERAPY AND EVERYTHING HE HAS BEEN THROUGH...AND NOT FIXED HIS ARM YET SO IT COULD STILL MEAN SURGERY. HE IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS TURN OF EVENTS THAT HAVE CAUSED HIM SO MUCH PAIN, MADE HOMEWORK SO HARD, AND TAKEN HIM OUT OF BASKETBALL FOR NOW......BUT HE IS HANDLING IT BETTER THAN I AM.  I HAVE BEEN DEPRESSED.  HE ALREADY HAD SO MUCH TO COPE WITH AND THEN THIS.  I HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS FEELING PRETTY DOWN AND THEN A FEW WEEKS AGO I HAPPEN TO STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH A SR. BOY FROM GUNNISON. HE WAS AT A GAME BUT NOT DRESSED AND WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT HE SAID THAT HIS DAD WAS THE COACH SO HE LET'S HIM GO TO THE GAMES WITH THEM HIS HE IS NOT TO SICK.  HE SAID HE WAS TAKING CHEMO TREATMENTS AND THEN I NOTICTED THE SCARS ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND THROAT.  I THOUGH," HYRUM SEE'S THESE THINGS AND TAKES THEM TO HEART BETTER THAN I DO.  THANK YOU HYRUM FOR BEING MY ROLE MODEL.  FOR HELPING ME TO REMEMBER WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT.  THANK YOU FOR YOU DILIGENT SCRIPTURE STUDY.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR STRONG TESTIMONY.  THANK YOU FOR LOOKING OUT FOR OTHERS AND BEING KIND WHEN YOU COULD BE FOCUSED ON YOUR HEALTH ISSUES. THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME TO PUT THINGS INTO THE BIG PICTURE WHEN I LIVE IN THE MOMENT.  WHAT A BLESSING YOU ARE TO ME!   EVEN THOUGH YOU DO ACT MUCH OLDER....IT IS HARD TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE 16 AND GROWING UP SO QUICKLY.  I TREASURE OUR T1!!!ALKS AND THE TIME WE SPEND TOGETHER.  YOU ARE MY HERO.  I LOVE YOU MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF AND PRAY FOR YOUR HEALTH AND A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.  NEVER FORGET THAT.  LOVE YOU SO...SO MUCH!

LOOKING SHARP AND READY TO REF!!!!!  YOU'LL BE AWESOME!!!!