Kevin's Birthday Party & Tribute

July 10 was Kevin's 22nd birthday. Spencer was in Cabo, Kevin had a party with his friends and we were in Park City all weekend at Shawn's soccer tournament...I will post on that & Rick's birthday next...So we celebrated Kevin's birthday last night.

Kevin & Me.

His Birthday dinner was Salmon...so yummy!

Mom, Spencer, Kevin's good friend Justin, Dad & Kevin.

Dad, Spencer & Mom

After dinner we decided to go to Talons for some golf...we actually had a ton of fun!!!

Justin in his 80's attire/mohawk, & Kevin.

Me...golfing in heels...My dad has definitely given up all hope on me. I spend most of the time hitting air or just the very top of the ball.

After the range we decided to have a little mini tournament. My dad & kev were the captains...dad's team had my mom & Justin. Kevin's team had spencer & me (I was the last to be picked). You had to go through the team lineup...like kevin would hit, spencer would hit where his ball landed, and then I would hit that. Who ever had the least amount of strokes won.

Our team had a little bad luck...but we won...I think. My dad would tell you that we cheated...who knows?

Kevin way out in the distance looking for my ball...I thought I hit it well?

After golf we headed back home for ice cream cake!

Kevin's Birthday Tribute

Where to start? Kevin is the closest brother in age to me. I think we are only like 21 mo apart. I feel like we have always had a pretty great relationship. He is an awesome brother. I love him so much.

Growing up when we would fight he would say something mean and then just walk away. It drove me nuts! He would always be the last person to say something...but always the first one to apologize. He is very sweet when he wants to be.

Kevin is hilarious. Ever since I can remember he's been poppin' his colla' . . . that just came out of no where, sorry. No, ever since I can remember he has been quoting movies. That kid can see a movie 1 time and have every funny part memorized. It is a talent. Shawn and I try so hard to remember lines so that we can quote them with my brothers and sound cool. It usually doesn't work very well for us.

Kevin is definitely the most stylish of my brothers. Before his mission he was like preppy/skater style. Now he has his own unique european-latin/preppy/urban thing going on. Growing up he would always ask me "Ang does this look good? Ang do my shoes match my shirt?"

He has a "baby" or maybe a couple... they are his Nixon watches. When he left on his mission he sent his favorite one to Scott & Jenn's (the "safe house") just so he would know exactly where it was at all times. Before he left on his mission he actually gave me a Nixon watch for my birthday, I love it.

He might have had the 2nd worse teenage relationship with my parents...me having the absolute worst. When Kevin was mad he would just hold all of his feelings inside & give my parents the silent treatment until he would finally explode. When he did explode we were all so shocked that we didn't know what to do! After he got everything out he wouldn't want to talk about it ever again. He has gotten a little better about expressing his feelings...I think. He never told my parents anything that was going on in his life. If you asked him questions about life he would either not respond, or give you short sarcastic answers.

Kevin has always had great taste in music. He is always telling me of new bands to listen to.

Kevin loves to be taken care of by his "mommy". I would say his responsibility level is somewhere in between Curtis & Spencer's. His mission actually made it worse. I don't know how that happened, but it did. He loves having my mom make him breakfast, lunch & dinner. If Kevin is hungry he sits at the bar in the kitchen until my mom asks him if he wants something to eat (kinda like a puppy). Jenn says that when Kevin & Bryce were staying with them she asked Kevin if he wanted an orange. He said, "yeah, but only if you peel it for me. My mom always peels my oranges". Or whenever she would make something he would say "that was good, but my mom's is better". Good luck to his future wife!

Kevin has some of the greatest friends. They are all so much fun, and we love that he shares them with the family. He is a such a great example to his friends. He was the first one to go on a mission and I know that he had a big part giving a lot of his friends a little push to go as well. Most importantly he is an amazing example to Curtis & Spencer.

Kevin succeeds in everything he tries. He came home from his mission this amazing singing, guitarist!

Kevin's is obsessed with the idea of being an uncle. He always asks me if I'm "knocked up" yet. Some Sundays when we do family dinners he says, "it would be so much more fun if you were bringing a baby with you". I hope one day we can make his dreams come true. He will be a great uncle. He is so cute with all of our little cousins. They LOVE him!

Dear WeeWee,
I love you so much,
I hope you have a great year!