Rough Weekend, again

This is a picture of our friend Brandon. He was shot and killed last Saturday while he was out with his friends hunting. We attended his calling hours Friday night along with 1500 other people and his funeral talk on Saturday. It was a REALLY hard weekend. I feel bad even saying that considering what his family is going through. We will miss seeing him and hearing his contagious laugh. It is crazy how quickly life can change. We have had several reasons to reflect on our life lately. This weekend was a bigee.


About a month ago, he had written his young son a touching letter, letting him know how much he loved being his dad and how much he treasured the time they spent together. The memorial speaker, John's brother, read it toward the end of his talk. When he lost it part way thru, so did everyone in attendance. That was so hard to hear. We saw Brandon and his family three weekends ago at our Special Day assembly and he was asking us all about Lucy and when we will get her. He loved being a dad. Come to find out, his wife is pregnant again with his 3rd child. It only gets more tragic every time we hear more details. You never think this would happen but it did and we still can't believe it. We are really going to miss this guy.