How I wish I could turn back the time and go back to April 10th, 2013. Looking back there are so many things I would have done differently. We lost Tate very early in the morning on April 11th, 2013. Brandi woke up in the middle of the night to his Angel Mat alarm going…
This post was written by my wife, Brandi. Dear Tate, Today is your 2nd Birthday, but just like your 1st Birthday, it is not the Birthday that I had planned for you. Last year I stayed up very late the night before your birthday putting the very last touches on your party stuff. It was…
I read an article on the Primary Children’s blog. The blog article is about bouncing back as a family after you experience some trials. I love this quote from the article: The definition of resilience is bouncing back after adversity. Resilient people have skills they can draw on to see them through difficult life events…
How did we get here? This is the question Brandi and I asked each other as we stood over our sweet Tate’s grave a couple weeks ago. It seems like everything since April 11, 2013 has been a blur and as reality continues to set in the sting only seems to get sharper. We have…
Brandi, you are an amazing person and I am lucky that I get to call you mine. I hope Brandi doesn’t mind if I share this story, but 12 years ago on her Birthday I almost made the biggest mistake of my life. Clearly she was out of my league and I was lucky enough…
We are pleased to announce our new little guy, Tate! We have been very excited to meet Tate! To say this pregnancy was tough is a bit of an understatement. Here is the story of his birth according to Travis. At our 20 week Ultrasound (around Memorial Day) we found out that Tate was missing…
We had such a fun summer and not enough time to blog about it. Back in August the boys spent a few weekends hunting. This year they decided it was time to get the little guys up hunting too! Hunter and Carson… such cute boys! Carson is lovingly referred to by our family as “Choo-choo”….
Many of you may know that Brandi is not much of a camper. You may also know that I absolutely love camping. This has been a conflict our entire married lives. I tried to take Brandi camping once, but as we were headed up our car broke down and we had to head back to…
It is quite clear to everyone that I married up when I married Brandi. I still remember when Brandi first caught my attention. She had the coolest personality I had ever been around and she was smoking hot as well. Needless to say she is the total package! I hope you have a great Birthday…
I often tell Brandi that I am the luckiest man alive because I am married to her. She is truly incredible and I am grateful for everything she does for me! Even though we didn’t have a ton to spend this Christmas she made it the best ever with her creativity. She did the 12…