Meet my new brother

Guys, this summer rocks. Not only because I am not nearly as bored as I had originally thought I would be, and not because this heat isn't bothering me nearly as much as it should be... BUT because I gained a new awesome brother that pretty much completes our family.
Ready?
Meet Jerod Destories.

This kid is seriosuly so great! He moved out of his house to be able to get baptised and ended up moving in with us. I had seen him around at Mountain View, knew he was such a nice kid and that every girl pretty much loved him, but other than that, no one in my family besides my dad and myself even knew who he was.
But there I was, sitting at Les Miserables on a tuesday night and I got a text message from my dad telling me that I needed to move out of my room and into moms sewing room so that Jerod could move in. That night! It was madness.

And since he moved in, life has been great!! He is so awesome and seriously he makes the rest of us look like bad children. And my mom loves him. He is always willing to do dishes, he does chores like no bodies business, plays games with my mom (that MUST be the reason she loves Jerod so much...) and is always happy. I'm not joking, ALWAYS. We call him the happy bird. Tara and I ask him when he is going to stop being so polite, but I don't think he ever will. He is defintely the new favorite child. But it's okay because we all love him :)

Well actually, everyone loves Jerod. People are always asking my mom how she got so lucky as to get Jerod to come live with us, and seriously, we are so lucky! He and Nate have become the best of buds and stay up late  every night doing the most random things. It's comical actually. AND he is a saint for even putting up with us Schlappis! Because we are in no way a perfect family.

Anyway, Jerod is awesome. He is funny, and we love having him around.

This picture is right before his baptism on the 18th. Jerod had gotten his wisdom teeth out a few days before and he was just able to start eating real food again. So we ate some good ol' Mexican food at Tia Rosas. Oh Yes.
Sooo for all of you who don't know my whole family, Jerod is the one next to me and my little brother Nate-dawg. He looks like he could be one of us yeah? Well, except his eyes, he isn't cursed with the squinty schlappi eyes. Lucky guy.
But he's got the hair color. And the build!
So yeah, we like to think that he we look like we could be siblings :)

Anyway, now you all know about my new brother. He is great, and we love having him around!