Friday, October 25, 2013

Happy Birthday Chaser!!

Wow!!  Chase turned 23 today!  I truly can't believe it!  When Jeff and I met he was 15.  A short time after we met Chase came to live with Jeff full time.  What a blessing for me!  I really got to know Chase and live life day to day with him.  I was not lucky enough to live with him for the first 15 years of his life but I get all the rest!  It has been so fun to watch Chase graduate high school, move cross country to attend college, graduate college and start his first "real" job!  WOW!!

Here of a few photos of Chase during the past few years:
 Chaser is funny!  Every Christmas he puts on EVERY article of clothing he receives as a gift!!  
 Chase loves his Dad.  I can't blame him!  Jeff is pretty great!  Chase is grateful for everything and always says Thank you!
Chase loves to snowboard, wake board and do anything that is athletic.  He is very good at everything he tries!  This is one of my favorite pictures of Chase and his friend Cade.  They have known each other since birth.  Now Cade is married, has served a mission and is attending Utah State.  Chase  has graduated College and is working in Texas.  They are both awesome people and life was never dull with the 2 of them around!
Chase loves his friends.  Here they won some dodgeball tournament (I think) on a cruise we went on!  These kids are all such good kids and I miss having them at my house!

Chase loves his family!  All of the little kids in our family totally look up to him and LOVE when he is here!  Mitchy especially absolutely loves when Chase is home!  
 Chase loves to read.  He is always in a good book!
Chaser is funny!  I wonder where he gets it!! (Uncle Greg, Chase and Jeff)
 Chase is smart!  Not only is he smart but he works very hard!  Here is his at high school graduation!
 Here is Chase the first time Jeff and I went to visit him.  He was a Freshman at Virginia Tech!  I loved the 3 visits I had to see Chase at school!  
In the past year Chase graduated form Virginia Tech in Mechanical Engineering!  What an incredible two days that was!  WOW!! So Proud!!  It is not every day you send your kid across the country to go attend school.  This great day made it all worth while!!
 Chase is always nice and respectful to me!  Trust me, I don't always act as if I deserve it!  I sometimes get texts during the day just so say he misses home.  I loved having Chase as home during school breaks and in the summer!  
 Here is Chase when we dropped him off at the airport to move to Midland, Texas!  Wow!  Just like that he is an adult!  He has worked so hard since moving and is doing really well!!
Chase's first picture she sent us after arriving in Texas!

Jeff is meeting Chase in Denver tomorrow for the weekend.  The Broncos play Chase's favorite team the Redskins on Sunday.  I am jealous!  I miss him!

Happy Birthday Chase!  You should be proud of the person you are, I certainly am!  Not a day goes by that I don't think about Chase and miss him!  I consider myself blessed to have a role in his life and only pray that I can fulfill that role well!  

I love you bud!  Hope you had a great day!!

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