Happy Fathers Day Papa Jon!

I couldn't ask for a better step dad. My mom found such an outstanding person to share her life with.

My mom and Jon met eachother online at LDS singles.com. They had planned to meet and when he came to pick her up.. on his way awesome motorcycle.. he brought her, my sister and I all flowers. He had always said something like, "If you give one woman flowers, you can't forget the other women in the house too!" Thank you, for my very first flower from a gentleman.

 I remeber when I met him and what I was wearing! It always took a while for me to like someone my mom was dating but I knew Jon had something special to offer. And I was right, Jon always has offered so much love and care to my mom, my siblings and I. I'm so glad my mom found someone who loves her dearly. My mom deserves the best and that is who she got :)

We've had some great memories throughout the years! He had a surprise planned for our family the day Kayla was flying in for Christmas. He had us all get ready and wait for the surprise, when it was time he had us go outside.. there was a limo there waiting to pick us up! I had never been in a limo and we were all so excited! We drove to the airport to pick up Kayla, who was also surprised! It then took us driving around down town as we had a good time enjoying eachother:) the last place we ended up was our family's tradition of going to get Icecream and Fries at Letherby's!! Thank you, for planning such a memorable night.

 My mom and Jon were great friends with my best friend Ambers parents.We got a motorhome and went camping a lot a long with using our new 4-wheelers!! Ambers parents also had a motor home and 4-wheelers almost identical! We would always go on trips with them..so fun. My do I miss those times! Thank you for the motorhome and 4-wheelers.

There was also one time when we drove the motorhome to Cali to visit my sister Kayla. We decided to go check out Holywood and it was the funniest thing, Jon driving us through the SMALL Holywood streets with all the expensive, awesome cars everywhere and there was us in the huge ol' motorhome and Jon honking at everyone haha. Thank you for the laughs :)

 Jon would also take us Jeeping in his black jeep that he loves! It got SO muddy that you couldn't even tell it was black, anywhere. Even the inside was covered. He had fun taking it apart and cleaning out though! Thank you for the fun times!

Jon was so great and always took care of our family cars. Whenever there was somthing wrong, he would fix it. Even if it had to be fixed over, and over.... and over. He was always on top of it! Always buying the right parts, randomly washing our cars and filling it up with gas, checking the oil.. I think back and wooow he did so much for us. Thank you.

I always had a hard time with math. I can't even count how many times he stayed up, helping me with the million math problems my teacher gave or helped me study for a test. Even when he had a lot of work to do himself and had to get up early in the a.m. for work. Such a blessing, thank you for all of your help.

Jon was always cooking up a storm! He is such a great cook. A lot of Sundays, I remember him just BBQing away with lots of yummy sides. Of course, it always tasted amazing. Thanks for the delicious food!

Whenever I was to go on a school dance date, or have boys and friends over to hang out, or whenever I had a boyfriend, he always made sure to get to know them and let them know if anything happened to me, he wouldn't take it lightly. He was always friendly but made sure they knew who he was. He gave one of my boyfriends a bullet. He told him to put it where he could see it everyday just so he could make sure nothing ever happend to me. (He ended up putting it on his nightstand and he always respected Jon for that.) It wasn't a threat. Just a reminder. Thank you Jon, for being that dad that no one messes with, or messes with his daughter.

One day Jon was riding to work on his Motorcycle. There was an accident. A car came out of no where and Jon slammed into it, breaking the car glass/door, totaling the motorcycle, and breaking open the helment. Jon was very injured.
I was out with my mom and my sister Kayla when my mom got a call saying to get to the hospital, Jon had been in an accident. My mom knew he took his motorcycle to work and started panicing. We rushed to the hospital (about 40 minutes away) the whole time praying everything would be okay. When we got there, he was in emergency care. When we walked into the room he was laying down, totally out of it, from the crash and from all the morphine, bloody all over and his face with a huge gash bleeding and a doctor using tweezers to pick out bits of glass out of the gash and out of his face. It was a hard sight to see, my poor step dad was hurt and miserable. Kayla and I ended up leaving the room, we couldn't handle the stress. But my mom stayed by his side the whole time and wouldn't leave him. Ends up he broke some ribs and had to re-learn to walk. When we went to visit him one day, it was time for his physical therapy so we had to wait outside the room. I remeber hearing random yells of pain and it just broke my heart. He was so strong though it all and I'm so thankful he was alright. Thank you Jon, for teaching me to never give up.


I do have a very favorite memory. That memory is all of your support while I was falling in love with Corbin...
Quick explaining before I share my memory:
I was 18 and had been dating him. I hadn't told any of my family because I felt it was hard to explain that I was dating a 23 year old who had a 3 year old daughter, and who wasn't here to meet. He was in Cali for the Marines- SOI school and all I could do was Skype. Corbin became my best friend very quickly. I finally was liking Corbin so much, I thought about him every second of the day and couldn't hold it in anymore. I had to tell them about this amazing guy I've been liking and missing so much. One day he sent me a message on Facebook, a very long, well put, heart felt friendly message explaining how great of a friend I was to him and how much I meant to him. I thought it was the perfect way to tell my family about him. I sat down with my mom and Jon and explained everything to them..that we met and became best friends.. spent a lot of time together.. he left for boot camp and I had missed him for 3 months and wrote him every week.. he came home and I had only seen him for 2 days... he left again and I missed him dearly. I then showed them the letter he wrote me and they were very impressed. Of course parents would be nervous for their youngest daughter dating a 23 year old Marine with a daughter. But my parents.. were so happy and supportive of what I was going through!! I don't know why I had been so nervous to tell them because that's the way they are. Supportive of anything for my siblings and I. They became very interested in getting to know him. I had them meet through Skype. They were always talking to eachother through Facebook. Wrote E-mails back and forth. They already had approved of him before they had met him in person. They couldn't wait to meet him. And I still had yet to meet Chloee. I would look at her pictures everyday on Corbins Facebook and would always love when Corbin talked about her.
Christmas was coming around and Corbin was unable to come home. Since he had to stay in Cali, he rented out a hotel room for himself to have time to Skype his family and I on Christmas and enjoy it the best he could.
On Christmas Eve, something horrible happened. Corbin called me and told me to get on Skype asap. He told me that Chloee's birth mother had taken her own life. There he was, daddy to a precious 3 year old, in the Marines unable to come home to his motherless little girl. To be there for her. And for anyone to be there for him. I stayed on Skype with him while he would talk to me, and I would listen and cry for Chloee. I wanted to be there with him and I couldn't. He would explain how he didn't know how to raise a little girl by himself. He would say he didn't want me to feel obligated in anyway of anything he was saying. I understood and just wanted him to explain what he was feeling.
Now for my favorite memory of Jon.
During this happening, my sisters boyfriend had just broken up with her, so she was in her room crying and I was in my room crying as I skyped. My mom and Jon kept running back and forth helping my sister and talking with Corbin and I.
Corbin had gotten off Skype just to be alone and think and do what he needed to do. Jon and my mom were there to talk with me all night till we went to bed. Whe I had gone to bed.. I couldn't sleep. I was wide awake. Thinking about Corbin. Thinking about poor Chloee. Thinking of the whole deal. Thinking of everything!! My mind would not stop racing. I ended up just being on my laptop looking up comforting songs and sayings and writing letters to send to Corbin. It was 3 or 4 a.m. Christmas eve night.. well, morning.. when Jon walked into my room, I was listening to music and painting my nails on the floor. He was surprised to see me awake and came in and sat down next to me. He saw my eyes all poofy from crying. He could tell I was so tired but couldn't sleep. We started chatting. We showed eachother some songs that were special to us, memories from his past. I started talking about Corbin a lot, and I told Jon I think the reason I can't sleep is because I have this crazy feeling I've never felt before. I knew I was falling in love with Corbin. I was so happy yet so sad for what had happened. Jon and I ended up talking for hours. We were already close but talking with him all morning bonded us even more. Thank you Jon, for being there for me every step of the way.

Throughout the years I wasn't very close with my dad, you were always there. To talk to. To listen. To cry on your shoulder. To hang out with. To go out on a daddy daughter date, just because. To be the dad figure I was missing. I thank you, Jon for every second of that.
There is one memory that is so hard for me to even think of. I can't think about it withought tearing up. I know you know what that is. The biggest thank you I can say Jon, is thank you for staying. And I mean, really, staying. It means more than you will ever know. I love you so much and our family is so blessed to have you in our life.

Happy Fathers Day Papa Jon !

Love always,

Miss Kizz

Happy Fathers Day Dad!

Okay, so before I write, I just want to tell you there are no words to describe how great my dad is. But I'll do my best.

I don't have much child hood memories before I was 7. I think it is cause I blocked it out somehow? At seven, my parents divorced, my grandpa died, and my mom got thyroid cancer. But I know everything happens for a reason!

I didn't really understand why they split, but I do now. Sometimes people just fall out of love. But it's okay because they are both re-married and happy which makes me happy! I have an amazing step-mom and step-dad. Also amazing step bros and sisters :) I got very lucky because I know a lot of people that dislike their steps. Like my step mom always says, "The only steps in our house are the stairs." (Or something like that! :) )


When my dad was 19, he served a mission in South Africa. It was a perfect mission for him!
He would see random elephants just on the road. He even road an ostrich!

Elephants remind me of my dad. They are his favorite animal and now becoming mine. Everytime I see a picture of one, I think of him.

He also had a love for Tarzan, not just the disney movie.. but I remember when I was little, he would always watch the old Tarzan shows, and I would snuggle up with him.

Everytime my sis and I would ride in his car growing up, we loved listening to the Tarzan soundtrack.. we could sing every song. The song, You'll be in my heart by Phil Collins, reminds me of him. I love that song and wanna cry everytime I hear it :)

My dad LOVES Mountain Dew and Peanut M&M's.

 My dad LOVES the mountains and nature!

After the divorce, my dad moved to my grandparents house. There was the HUGE downstairs.. they had a biiig open room, 2 rooms and 1 bathroom. It was always fun to go over there. I would bring my friends over and we would call that big room our "gymnastics" room. We'd play and play and play.
Thats where I have most of my memories of my other grandpa (died a few years ago). After dinner, he would dish us all some ice cream. He would always say, "Be careful, that icecream will get in your mouth!" Haha. Oh grandpa :)

My dad ended up finding the perfect condo. I loved the way he decorated, you could tell only he would live there! Each room had a different African animal theme. Kitchen: giraffe, bathroom: monkey, other bathroom: bamboo, mine and KaRynns room: zebra, living room: elephant, his work out room: gorilla, his room: leopard and the office was all his Tarzan stuff!!


I loved it!! We would always go to the pool to swim, my sis and I would always race to get the first shower, go to the pond to feed the ducks, get our favorite Papa Murphy's pizza on weekends, read our Harry Potter books together, watch disney channel while eating the best turkey sandwiches, collect all the snails outside to put in a bucket, paint and do arts and crafts, play on the weird stairs, draw in my scetch book, christmas where we got a butt load of presents, when KaRynn got her doggy Rambo.. brought him over and he was so tiny puppy that he ran into the wall.
I miss this. All of this.
I wish so bad I had pictures to post.

My dad is a nature lover. He loves the mountains. He would always take us hiking and camping!Bear Lake is one of his favorites. One time we went backpacking with my aunt, uncle and cousins and it was SO much fun. He definitely helped me to enjoy this beautiful earth we have!!

Donut Falls was my favorite place to go hiking with him!

When I was younger my dad was an Eagle scout den leader..or something like that. He is theee beeest story teller. He can do different voices, make the story intense and make everyone laugh!
He was so good at stories and scout stuff he made a couple books called, Crazy Cory books!
He also has written a few books and is now currently writing another. Go dad!

My dad started dating Terilyn, my step-mom. I remember when he first introduced us to her we went to the Mayan. Of course, my dad loved the Mayan, too! KaRynn and I loved her!
They ended up dating for a while and we got to know her kids and we all became close. When my dad asked us for permission to ask Terilyn to marry him, we. were. SO. happy and excited!!

They got married and together they have 9 kids!! Haha. So much to love! I know they complete each other and are very happy together. I love all of them and Terilyn!
They found the perfect house and made it their new home together. It has a huge back yard and is perfect for the family and all the grandkids coming along!

This picture was a couple years ago.. missing Trevor and Kayla! 3 of us are married now and there are more grand kiddo's to add also.
Need a new family picture!

I was always such a daddy's girl and always wanted to be around him. Jr. High came around and I let my friends get in the way of going to visit my dad. I very much regret that because I lost a lot of time with him that I can never get back.

My dad and I then became not so close. It was hard for me and I know it was hard for him too. I would go to his house for dinner every now and then or for holidays. During Jr. High and High school I did a lot of growing up and things just weren't the same. I remember always having a hard time when seeing people and being close to their dads. I don't know why I couldn't just go be close with my dad again.

I was in active from the church in my school years and while Corbin was in boot camp, I realized I just really wanted to get back to going to church. I didn't want to go to my old ward, because of some people.

Around that time, 2010, I was getting ready for work and got a horrible call from my step mom. She said my dad had a heart attack. I didn't know what to think. I don't know how I drove to the hospital while bawling my eyes out, scared to death my dad wasn't going to make it.
I got there and they were in the middle of a heart surgery. One side of his heart was 100% blocked and the other side was 90% blocked. scary, Scary, SCARY. The surgery went well and we got to see him. That heart attack made me realize I could have lost him, so I needed him in my life more!
My poor dad had to stop drinking his favorite Mountain Dew!!

I started going to church with him and my step-mom, it was great! I was learning a lot that I missed. My dad shared his testimony in church and with me at his home. We then started becoming closer and I was loving my life.

Corbin came home and we realized we wanted to be together, get married and someday go to the temple together. We later got married and I ended up moving here to Cali! I miss seeing my dad but make sure to see him every time we visit! I miss him dearly.

I can't wait to get sealed to my Corbin and Chloee next week. My dad is a big part of helping me get there. Thank you a million dad!!

My dad is the biggest sweetheart and wouldn't hurt a fly. He is very emotional and thats where I get it from! I have a lot of my dads characteristics and proud of it. I look up to him more than he knows. He has helped me get to where I am now and I couldn't thank him enough.

Happy Fathers Day Dad!

I love you always daddy and will always be your little girl. XOXO