And He's Off to College

We took Uncle Caleb to college on our 2nd week here in Oregon.  He is attending George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon and is studying to be a mechanical engineer.  We were quite sad to see him go so shortly after our arrival, but are excited that he is only about an hour away which means that if we haven't scared him off we may still get to see a lot of him this year.

 



 Love my brothers and all the fun they add to my life in their own different ways.  Can't you just see the mischief in their eyes in this picture.  Who knows what they're saying?  Probably something about me since I was the designated picture taker or maybe they were laughing about how cute their pose was.   Either way it makes me think of all the pictures I take of Wyatt and Cooper and the mischief I see in their eyes.  Glad my brothers don't take themselves too seriously and I sure hope Wyatt and Cooper learn to love life the way their uncles do.

 

Sending her baby to college.  My mom is a strong lady for sending her baby to college with a smile on her face, most of the time, and for getting to the point of sending him off in the first place.  I'm 31 so that means that although her job of parenting isn't really over she has already spent 31 years of her life raising us and putting up with all the many things we've put her through and given her a hard time about.

We Love You Mom!

 Love that when I stand next to him it feels less and less like there is 13 years between us.   So proud of what an independent and strong young man Caleb is.

And how he's grown into the role of Uncle.

Sadie and Wyatt love and miss their Uncle Caleb!

 If anyone is wondering, this is part of why Caleb is so great.  He's such a good sport and even humored me with this picture.  I should probably be ashamed of myself for even asking on his first day of college, but it didn't seem to embarrass him one bit.  Actually I think it was Grammy's idea, but either way. :)

 

These ended up looking a bit like senior pictures but they were just to cute!

Time to go!  Visit us soon Uncle Caleb!!!