Thank you

Alright so i am not so good at this blog thing as you well know. But i am even worse at saying thank you to everyone. But i am sure as heck going to give it a try...P.S. i leave for Basic Training March 9th thats in 2 weeks.

So i want to say thank you to everyone. You have all been a big help and a major comfort...even when i didnt show it :) i dont remember alot of my childhood really but im sure everyone was there and helped me in same way...

Amy...Since you are like 16 years older then me im sure you where there when i was just a little lad and took care of me and helped mom out and all that grand stuff. I could be wrong you coulda been majorly popular and hung out with friends i dont know i was to young :) but i do know you love me so that has to count for something right? And im sure if i needed to talk to you you would be only a phone call away..unless you werent home in which case it would be more of a wait then phone call because you dont believe in cell phones :) But i just wanted to say thank you for everything im sure you have done for me growing up and i just dont remember and everything you are bound to do in the future. So thank you and know that i love you.

Alison...your not quite as old as Amy (no offense Amy) but still with the distance in age i dont fully remember growing up. But im sure you were there just as Amy was and thats just amazing...unless you are the popular girl and spent all your time with friends...Again i was to young so not fully sure...But i do remember different occasions in Texas (two in particular) that you held me when i cried...obviously i was a little tyke because you know how i do "I'm a big kid now" but i dont think i ever thanked you for that and you have always been a comfort to me. Oh and your the only one who calls me "David Hollis" its how i know im in trouble :) but anytime i think about you i always think about when you just held me while i cried...so thank you very much and always know i love you.

Andrew...your just way awesome and your a super big help with information about Basic Training and getting around base. But you have always just been an awesome big brother with being nice and all that. I remember i used to always want to be just like you...wanted to be tall ish and since your the only brother married im assuming your good looking so i always wanted that to...and your smart so i wanted to be smart. Obviously im no genius and im not to tall either but i think i kick your butt in the looks department...No just kidding but seriously though you have and always will be a big help...its really kind of weird to tell your brothers you love them but yeah i love you man...

Jonathan...obviously you dont have a Blog but im sure Susannah will let you know about this...but as big as a pain in the butt that you are you really awesome at the same time. For every mean thing you do you do twice as many good. and i am no good at working on cars or even understanding them in the least So thank you for all the help you have provided me with and im sure you will help in the future especially when it comes to mechanics because i am completely clueless and since your family i guess i am required to love you...no jk but yeah i love you to just like everyone else in our family.

Susannah... you help on a daily basis and your always just in the other room or at most a text away and so i know i could talk to you with ease...my problem is i dont really like to talk about things that bother me...it causes emotions and emotions cause tears and such and im not big on tears in public...but i really enjoy going places with you because you get to talk and i enjoy listening to you talk...even if its complaining about ashley or whomever it is your having an issue with at the time...its still just fun to listen and maybe eventually you will be the listener...but thats a different subject all together..maybe :) Oh and i know i hardly ever or never say it but thank you so much for the hard work that you do with cooking and cleaning and everything i know its especially hard with having Rebecca and everything but thats why you have family right? we are always here to help...so long as we are actually home...so yeah thanks for everything and know i love you.

Melissa...i dont know if you have my blog accessible or not i dont have yours unless i do loops and stuff through other peoples but just like with Jonathan someone will let you know about this. I want you to know that you have been a really great big sister and really patient when dad was staying with you and me samuel and kayleigh would come up for a weekend. I know i never once said thank you and i feel terrible for it but in my defense i was young and stupid and really didnt say thank you to anyone for anything. Now i am older smarter...well older anyways :) and so thankyou so much for being who you are. You are and always will be amazing. I heard about your baby and i feel really bad and i pray for you every night and day and i hope you are doing better. I love you Melissa again thanks for everything.

Timothy... I am sure mom will give you the heads up on this but you have always been my inspiration. Like Andrew i always wanted to be like you but different i dont know how to explain it umm...i always saw you reading your scriptures and praying and i have always wanted to be like that...i have recently been doing a ton better i read just about every day i miss once in a while and i pray every day. And you have always been super smart and everything and a really good artist and i have always wanted to be able to even draw half as good as you. You have helped me sometimes but i just get angry with myself and frustrated that i give up where you just keep it up. Again you are a huge inspiration and motivation and i just wanted to say thank you. I love you man

Mathew...I never really knew you at least not here on earth anyways but im sure we would have gotten along really well...im not sure if you are reading this even but im sure someone will mention it in a prayer and you will hear about it...But im not sure what it is but sometimes i feel like your here...even though i have never really known you its like i can feel you watching over me you know? but yeah i love you and thank you for being around even when i dont know it.

Nathan...when we were younger we were really good friends always played games and talked and such...im not really sure what happened but we dont do anything together anymore...we dont even talk its really kind of sad...i feel like i dont really know you that well like you have changed i dont know how to describe it. maybe it was just because we both got older and both of our interests changed and we dont have much in common to even talk about anymore...i dont really know but as younger lads that we were you were a really good friend so thank you and know i love you...no matter how much we are different and change.

ME...well we all know me so ya'll can just fill in the blank for this one :)

Samuel... you have always made me jealous...you always got dads attention and stole it from me when i tried...all you had to do was talk about computers or construction or whatever and dad was right there discussing it with you...not to mention you had straight teeth your whole life and i had to have braces to fix mine. and your just super smart with computers and thats just something i dont understand like mechanics but your always there to help me when i need it and i want to say thank you...plus your just really fun to hang out with and all that jaz your funny and stuff so thanks again i love you man

Kayleigh...i hope i spelled your name right...if not i think you will forgive me...if not then i will make it up to you eventually i will buy you pom poms and bring them to you how about that? i will even try and swing pink ones. but you have been the best little sister i think anyone could ask for. You always made people laugh and you gave amazing hugs. Your kisses were sometimes slobbery when you stuck your tongue out at the last second but it always made for a good laugh. Anytime you needed help there was always someone there to help you and no matter what we always dropped what we were doing to help you. I think you brought us all closer together our family is like one of those puzzle ball things and your the key to it. We all love you and miss you and i know you watch over me just as much as Mathew does...I feel you near especially when i feel sad or alone. So thank you so much Baby Becca you are amazing and i love you.

Mom... I know a week ago or few days or something im not sure time is all a blur to me but i blew up on you...i told you i had a terrible child hood and i blamed you and Dad saying it was ya'lls divorce and not having family home evening and not having family moments and stuff like that killed my childhood...but it was a lie...I had a wonderful Childhood...yeah if you and Dad never got a divorce it woulda been better but it was the best that you and Dad could have given me. I think back now and i see all the little sacrifices you made to make it as good as it could have possibly been and i am sorry i blew up on you the other day. You are the single most perfect mom anyone could ask for. and you did everything perfectly and you just amazing and the only flaw you have is your not married to dad yet so you need to hope on it woman. But yeah thanks for always helping me with school and raising me from a tiny little guy and just being there when i need a listener I love you mom...and dont you forget it

Dad...well old man i remember once i gave you crap about never being home and never being around and i was being stupid then and selfish and i guess i just missed always having a parent around cause mom just never really had a job...well she did for a minute but you know cleaning ceramics is hardly a job (sorry mom) and she did it during school hours so she was always home and when i moved here you where always at work and it doesnt change you are still always at work. But my idiot childish selfish mind didnt see that it was because you had to so you could support your big family and so we could eat and have the stuff we had and needed and your fixing the house and still dont have time for me but thats ok because everyone has to grow up sometime...right? So i guess when i leave for basic i get to grow up and then go on a mission and grow alittle more...and then go to collage and get married and grow some more...but i will always ask you and mom for advice and everything and i will visit as often as i can... I love you Dad..Thanks for everything...


haha so i hope i got everybody....if not i am a terrible brother and i apologize and i will fix it so just tell me if i forgot anyone... I love you Family