this is for you guys.

some people inspire and up lift you every time you see them. i know soo many amazing people. truly. just cause you aren't mentioned in this post means nothing, trust me. there is something about you that i absolutely admire. guarantee it. there will be more shout outs.

but lets here it for the boys.
TRENT HOWARD. i have known the kid since i was 2. we played doctor. he hated it. but i was a bully. we are kinda like family. i've been there watching as he's grown up, and he has never been anything short of stellar. this kid has more love and understanding in one hair then i have in my whole body. he's the kind of person who is just himself and everyone loves him for it. my mom calls him glue. he holds together groups of people that you don't think you would ever see together. his farewell was today (as well as his birthday) and there was such a large variety of people there for him. only trent howard could bring them all together. he is a pillar. strong in the gospel and a light to all.

TAYLOR Dalrymple... obviously i don't know how to spell his last name...but he is a wonderful guy. i've only known him since this summer but i feel like a close friend. taylor has a talent that few completely possess. he is capable of making every single person he talks to feel like the most important, amazing person in the world. he seriously does nothing but uplift. i love it. today was also his farewell. it was beautiful. his testimony radiates so completely. he's had stuff in his life that had to be hard for him. but you'd never know it. he loves absolutely. and he is always, always happy.

DARREN WALKER. what a STUD. i can't even comprehend where to begin with darren. we were never tight, but that never stopped him from being my friend. he is hilarious, sometimes his jokes are super cheesy, but even then it's just funny coming from him. darren recently left to the mtc. but then he had to come back. honorably, for medical reasons. i hung out with him 2 days after, and you can just tell it kills him that he had to come home. i have never met someone who so badly yearned to be on his mission. the kid is amazing. absolutely. he is so kind and honest. and after 3 weeks in the mtc he is so unworldly! it was refreshing to be around. the light he carries with him is truly beautiful.

they are examples of the truly good men you can find in this world.