Sam,

Today you would have turned 24 years all.   That phrase ‘would have’ always sticks in my throat.. al the would haves, could haves, should haves..  You are still so present in our lives. We love you deeply.. you could feel that love today in all your freinds who showed up to get together and toast your birthday

a small group of us braved the 90 degree heat and climbed Bolotn like we do every year on your birthday 

 

the guys managed to climb into a hanging chairlift

 

gabe and I climbed up the fire tower and did a tribute mortor round for Sam 

 

then down to the group again

 

on the way down I picked up the giant heart rock we’d found on the way up

 

it was 91 degrees when we got down.. a new record for this time of the year i think

 

soon after we got home folks started trickling in for the pot luck We had a nice sized group and a nice cross secion of people.

 

we did a red bull toast like always !

 

and  ate a ton of food .. igor was great with the grill !

it was still 86 degrees at 7PM !

 

thank goodness we got the pool workign this morning

 

last folks left around 10.. so it had been like a 7 hour party 🙂 // lots of love.. good times nice memories.. 

 

ok.. time to go to sleep..

happy birthday my son.. We love you so much !

 

ntite all, nite sam

-me