I can't possibly choose just one specific memory or time with you cole...We met when I was 15, you 14. We became friends in school having no idea our little siblings Madi and Cade were bestfriends in their Kindergarten class, causing our moms to become friends. One day we all made the connection!  What a small world.  I miss spending after school days hanging out and messing around with you in the quad and library.  I'll never forget Cade's birthday with the bounce house and us falling asleep on your couch watching Star wars together.  It was then that our moms got the bright idea..."hey you guys should just get married when you're older!" Eventually your mom got my mom into home schooling and I was enrolled second half of my junior year and got to spend it with you! Time went on and we both went different ways, school and life wise,  our moms still talking everyday.  I got a phone call one morning for an interview at none other than your dads office where I've been working ever since! We share an office and I must say you are one lucky guy to have the family that you do.  You would come in time to time...when I wasn't there I would return to foot prints on my wall and my chair all turned around..this always made me laugh.  Everyone you touched misses you so very much.  Your family is a family to everybody and you all are truley amazing people and I consider myself lucky having all of you in my life.  Surf big up there...I know you're in paradise.

Cole and I had been in the Boy Scouts together and during that time we had the opporutinity to go camping and have a bunch of adventures. I remember when we went to Beaver that it was pouring rain on us all the time every night but during the day it was dry. So being the awesome boy scouts we were we would try and make a fire out of matches and white gasoline. Never in our lives did we know the dangers of pouring white gas on to a flame. Cole being the take charge guy started pouring the white gas and instantly a flame went from the fire and burnt his leg hairs off! For the rest of the day all I could smell were his non existent leg hairs, we had such a blast downing each others tents being the young crazy guys we were. Cole felt most at home on our lake campouts, the guy was born to be on the water and loved everything about it. He had so much knowledge of the water and boating he knew more than the leaders. Cole you are an amazing brother and friend and will be sorely missed.