JER....ALWAYS GIVING SO MUCH OF HIMSELF

JER IS ALWAYS SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND LIKES TO TAKE THEM TO DO FUN THINGS.

JER AND ANDREA MADE A ONE DAY ROUND TRIP FROM HENDERSON TO BOUNTIFUL TO GO THROUGH THE TEMPLE WITH ABIGAIL.  THIS IS VERY TYPICAL OF HIM.  WE DO LOVE HIM!

JER IS OCD LIKE US....ANDREA IS PRETTY CHILL SO THEY MAKE A PERFECT COMPLEMENT FOR EACH OTHER.
JER WORKS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HARD.   

I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE WITH SO MUCH DRIVE.  HE HAS IT FOR HIS FAMILY, CHURCH, AND WORK.  HE NOW HAS HIS CHURCH RECORDS IN TWO WARDS....IN HENDERSON WHERE HE COUNTIUES TO SERVE AS THE ELDERS QUORUM PRES. AND IN SANDY.

THESE PICTURES REMIND ME OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR HIM TO MAKE MEMORIES WITH HIS FAMILY.  EVEN WITH COVID THEY HAVE MADE SOME GREAT ONES.

IT IS HARD FOR ME NOT TO WORRY ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE WORKS SO HARD AT WORK, IN THE CHURCH, AND MAKING MEMORIES WITH HIS FAMILY.  AS WE TALK HE CONSTANTLY REMINDS ME THAT HE ISN'T GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THESE BOYS IN HIS HOME FOREVER, AND IN THIS WAY....HE IS LIKE ME.  HE DOESN'T WANT THAT TIME TO COME FOR THEM TO LEAVE. HOWEVER...HE REALIZES IT IS PART OF LIFE AND HE WORKS TO HARD AT GUIDING THEM SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR FUTURES. 

THEY HAVE ALL MADE MANY SACRIFICES THIS YEAR AS THEY MAKE THE LONG DRIVES BETWEEN SLC AND HENDERSON.  HE AMAZES ME.  I COULD NEVER HAVE WITH STOOD THE PRESSURE OF HIS JOB....NOT CONSIDERING LIVING IN TWO PLACES AND KEEPING UP WITH HOW HIS KIDS ARE DOING IN SCHOOL AND THEIR OTHER ACTIVITIES.  ....IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.  HE AMAZES ME.

I HAVE BEEN PRETTY NERVOUS THROUG THIS COVID PANDEMIC AND IT HASN'T SEEMED TO FAZE HIM.  I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURE THAT IS A GOOD THING BUT WITH EVEYTHING HE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH ....I KNOW HE HAS KEPT MANY DRS. CALM.  I THINK IS JOB INVOVLES A LOT OF THEARPY SKILLS WITH PEOPLE.

ALL OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE HAD TRIALS BUT IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT JER HAS HAD THE WORST.  I AM SO THANKFUL FOR HIS EXAMPLE TO ME.  I KNOW HE DOES NOT SHOW HIS FEELINGS PUBLICLY BUT HAS HIS MOM...I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW HE FEELS.  HIS TESTIMONY CARRIES HIM AND I AM TRYING TO BE MORE LIKE HIM. HE UNDERSTANDS COMPLETELY ELDER HOLLANDS STATEMENT ABOUT SOME TRIALS ARE SOLVED NOW, SOME IN THE FUTURE, BUT FOR ALL FAITHLUL MEMBERS.....WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT LIFE.  OH THE JOY WE WILL HAVE TOGETHER.  HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FIRSTBORN. IT IS WITH HIM THAT I LEARNED THE TRUE MEANING OF LOVING SOMEONE MORE THAN YOU LOVE YOURSELF.  YOU BLESS OUR LIVES AND WE LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER!!!