Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The B-man

My little brother, Brandon (or as anyone who knows him, calls him B-man), is leaving for an LDS mission to Lima, Peru tomorrow. He'll be gone for two years. I hate even typing that. He is one of my very best friends. For the last couple weeks if Nate or anyone else even brought him up, I'd start crying. Claire said something about him last night, the tears started coming and she said, "You missin B-man? Don't be sad. Be happy." Anyone who reads my blog regularly, knows I love the B-man. So I thought I'd give him a little shout-out before he goes.
Here they are - the top ten things I'm going to miss about B-man:

#10 - His goofy sense of humor.







#9 - He loves his family.







#8 - He's an amazing uncle to Claire.











#7 - He's athletic and fun to play sports with - whether its snowboarding, lacrosse, ping pong, bowling, frisbee, jumping off high dives, etc.













#6 - He loves to flash gang signs in almost every picture I take of him.









#5 - He's really random.




{Yes, one of his presents for her second birthday was a chocolate Crucifix.)



#4 - He's one of Nate's best friends too.





#3 - Did I mention he's an amazing uncle?









#2 - He's the best youngest brother a girl could ask for.





And #1 - He's going to be an amazing missionary.










I'm going to miss him SO much. But I couldn't be prouder of everything he's accomplished and has yet to accomplish. I love you so much B! The people of Peru are lucky to have you!

6 comments:

Marie said...

Congrats to the B-man! I wish him all the success in the world. Or at least all the success in Peru!

Trish said...

Ah--I'm so jealous of the relationship you have with your brother! Good luck B-man!

Sibber said...

Sniff, sniff! We're going to miss him SOOOO MUCH too! He is such a great friend and neighbor to my boys! We will miss his cute smile and friendliness as he walks into our home! Now, who will just walk into our house... We will miss him dearly.... this is a beautiful post to a most awesome young man! Lucky mission president/wife to get to be with him for the next two years!

Kristy said...

What a sweet post. I love the people of Peru and know that your brother will be doing such a great work there!

Stephenson and Katie said...

I still cannot believe he's old enough to be a missionary, I remember when he was BORN! He is so dang cute, loved all the pics! Great post, you're a sweet sister! Hope today is going okay, just remember how FAST it goes! Andrew gets home tomorrow and I swear it feels like he just left!

jakenapril said...

aw! he will be an amazing missionary, i'm sure of it. but one more thing i'm sure of is the neverending amazing packages of love and stuff that he'll get from his loving family, especially you...right?!?

great post, meliss.