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.

Working with Cole on the boat was an adventure. From getting 2 hours of sleep to waking him up 5 times at 3 in the morning to make bait cause he would say "ok im getting up!!! or stop pulling on my arm!!!" and 30 min later with his pants half way down crawling out of bunk room lol. He always had to have his two pieces of cheese cake and 6 redbulls on the boat but what ever makes the trips more liveable I guess. I remember one specific trip when we had been working for 4 days straight and about 3 hours each of sleep. It was freezing cold and we were working a helmet 1.5 charter. people were rude and we had been up for 15 hours straight. No matter how much the trip continued to suck Cole atleast made it amusing, He would always say something retarded and make me laugh or do something that was just like "uuummmm .......... OK haha". we always got caught talking and messing around and getting in trouble. He was a good friend and a fun co worker. i will miss seeing him on the boat and having interesting coversations when he came to pick up his car and my other job. Just sitting and talking about stupid crap.

Im gonna miss you buddy. You left to soon!

Cole was there on the best day of my life. 

There were just four of us and it was the most special day, a day that changed my life. In the midst of that sunny campgroud Cole's beautiful smile, warm embrace, giant hugs, light whistles, and positive attitude is something that has never left my memories and never will. Cole I love you so much, and I miss you. I will always miss you.

Thank you for being such a wonderful part of my life, my thoughts are with you and your family. 

 

Cole,
Thanks for making high school a fun experience. Trips to Disneyland, going to dances and just doing teenage shenanigans with everyone else. I still remember when You me Dylan Kim and Mak were driving to the Spectrum together for Kelsey's 16th bday, you put on the song Never Knew by Rocket Summer on the way there, just repeating it the whole way. I guess we Never Knew it was going to be your time to go so soon, but I know that one day we will all get to see you again. That song will forever remind me of you <3 RIP