Happy Birthday Randall!

(Randall 12-24-07)

So, my little brother has been bugging me about blogging ever since I got started. He thinks I am obsessed but is always bugging me to write something about him. Well, today seemed like the best day since it is his 17th birthday. It was really not a great day for the family since Christi just got her wisdom teeth out and her whole family has been sick, Julie's new nephew is still in the hospital after being born on Monday and Mike had his left ACL repaired for the second time. Then, to top it all off, his phone broke while he was bringing Zane home this afternoon. However, Randall is a trooper and just goes with the flow.

(Randall with his birthday present in 2006, a great dane, Brutus)

He is the world's greatest brother. He is absolutely the funniest person that I know. No one else can make me laugh so hard that I cry and sometimes (especially when pregnant) almost pee my pants. he comes up with the craziest things to say. Also, he is the best uncle. He is always playing with all of the nieces and nephews and cousins. He loves all of these kids and they love Uncle Randall.

(Uncle Randall and Zane 6-18-06)

Randall is a great athlete, even if he does get hurt a lot, he plows right through and is right back out doing everything as soon as the last injury heals. He has definitely put my college degree to the test and given me a ton of practice and diagnosing broken bones.

(Wakeboarding 10-13-07)

(Wake boarding 2-06)

Anyway, we are so lucky and blessed to have Randall in our family and it our family would certainly not be complete without you!!!! We hope that you have a good birthday (don't worry we will all be celebrating his birthday on Sunday...we didn't just blow you off this year) and a fabulous year!

(Please excuse the bad picture. This is the latest one that I have of all four of us together and it was just after Zane was born and just before Christi had Emily 7-06)


PS. I am sorry that I don't have any more recent pictures, but Randall does not always like to have his picture taken. Plus, most of the time I am around him, I am laughing too hard to take pictures.