My parents didn't order football pictures this year, so I took pictures for them. Yes, these are my little brothers. And yes, I'm old enough to be their mom. I wanna take this opportunity to brag on them a bit, as if I were their mom.
I was already graduated and out of the house when these boys were born into our family, so I didn't get to grow up with them as much (unless you count the multiple times where I came home to live temporarily) :)
But even though I didn't "grow" up with them, they each have this special place in my heart.
Royce- always so helpful and courteous. He tries to act tough on the exterior and he could talk your ear off about cows and hunting, but he's got a soft heart that is quick to express his love through small acts of service and kindness.
And then Cody- always a smile in his eyes (in fact, he had a hard time not cracking a smile for our "serious" face pictures). He's fun loving and has a jokester personality. He loves to tease, but he also has a soft heart (especially towards my mom...don't tell him I told you he's secretly a mama's boy).
One Christmas the family got some dance video game. My sister Kelsi was taking her turn at the game while two of my sisters and me sat around watching. We all noticed that the cartoon character in the game wore very immodest clothes and we were all commenting. Then I happened to look over at my two brothers, who had also been taking turns at the game. Both of them were looking at the ground refusing to look at the immodest cartoon girl. I laughed, but I was also amazed. You see, these two boys are the last born into a family of six girls. They've been taught young to respect women, that ladies go first and that pornography is wrong. And from a young age, they are striving to do be obedient to what they've been taught.
Tough football players, yes...good boys mingled with mischievousness, yeah...one day great men...definately.
I was already graduated and out of the house when these boys were born into our family, so I didn't get to grow up with them as much (unless you count the multiple times where I came home to live temporarily) :)
But even though I didn't "grow" up with them, they each have this special place in my heart.
Royce- always so helpful and courteous. He tries to act tough on the exterior and he could talk your ear off about cows and hunting, but he's got a soft heart that is quick to express his love through small acts of service and kindness.
And then Cody- always a smile in his eyes (in fact, he had a hard time not cracking a smile for our "serious" face pictures). He's fun loving and has a jokester personality. He loves to tease, but he also has a soft heart (especially towards my mom...don't tell him I told you he's secretly a mama's boy).
One Christmas the family got some dance video game. My sister Kelsi was taking her turn at the game while two of my sisters and me sat around watching. We all noticed that the cartoon character in the game wore very immodest clothes and we were all commenting. Then I happened to look over at my two brothers, who had also been taking turns at the game. Both of them were looking at the ground refusing to look at the immodest cartoon girl. I laughed, but I was also amazed. You see, these two boys are the last born into a family of six girls. They've been taught young to respect women, that ladies go first and that pornography is wrong. And from a young age, they are striving to do be obedient to what they've been taught.
Tough football players, yes...good boys mingled with mischievousness, yeah...one day great men...definately.
