OHHHHH...you're brent's little sister...
that's what i heard all of my growing up years, from teachers and friends. brent was only 10 1/2 months older than me. he was cute and smart.
we were great friends when we were younger. (we had to be, we went to 5 different schools in one year, when i was in 2nd grade) but... he was the "typical" BIG BROTHER. being the oldest of 7, 6 being born within 6 1/2 years of each other. (sorry, ginny, i don't think you were born yet, when this picture was taken, and i know marci wasn't) he liked to sit on us, and let his spit drip until it would almost fall, then he would suck it back up - sometimes he slipped and it DID fall -YUK! he was very persuasive and could get steve and i to do almost anything. except i remember one time ~ we were most of the time 'latch key' kids (when we got home from school, our parents were usually not home from work yet) ~ when dad and mom got home, 'someone' had been playing with matches, and of course, no one would fess up. so, brent, steve, and i were sent to our room. brent kept saying "i know you did it, why don't you just tell 'em, so we can eat?!" (going back and forth from steve to i) . finally dad and mom came in and told us to put our hands out so that they could smell them. dad started with steve, and imediately brent's hands go into his pockets. HE WAS CAUGHT! i don't remember what punishment he got, but i do remember that we were starving and grateful to get to eat dinner... finally!we were so close in
age, that we hung out with the same crowd, until we moved to lehi. he was voted "most preferred man" of the sophmore class the year we moved to utah ~ all of the girls loved him and all of the guys hated him. after his sophmore year, we went on different paths (mine being the better one - i would say). brent was killed sept 14, 1995 from a gunshot. he would have been 53 this sunday, april 20th. i have some great memories of him and the older i get, the more i realize how important family relationships are. so....YES, i am brent's little sister and always will be. happy birthday and i love ya brent 
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way to make me cry! what a handsome big brother we had.
i always loved brent... i can't believe how much hunter looks like alan in that picute... such handsome men in our family...
Wow- you did make me cry. Thanks, I truely love my family and i wish that they all knew how important they are to me and how much they need each other. There are no ties stronger than family!
Brent was a great uncle we always had fun with him.
And little Dahl looks just like my dad!
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