Thank you!!!

Our family would like to thank all of you that sent, emailed or dropped of letters for Dylan's stocking. We were so touched by the outpouring of service you all did. From secretly taking cookies to others, helping at a women's and children center, donating toys, helping a family move, singing at an assisted living center, donating supplies for kids in a hospital, taking the time to make gingerbread houses with all of the grandkids, helping others that had recent back surgery and instead of exchanging gifts with family members donating money to a trust fund for a family whose father was shot and killed, and many many more. We were impressed! I was surprised by some of the letters we got. Not by the act of service but by who sent letters, meaning they were very unexpected in a good way.

One little boy called the day he did his service, "Dylan Day". Kalen and I really liked that. We are hoping for an annual service "Dylan Day". We'll keep you posted for next year.

Our hearts were touched that people served others with Dylan on their minds. I'm so glad that he was remembered this holiday season by all your wonderful examples of service. Service is one of the greatest gifts we can give to those around us. We are true examples of our Savior Jesus Christ when we put other's needs before our own. We hope that as you served, you felt our Savior's love.

The past few days have been extremely difficult for our family. We miss Dylan. Lots of tears have been shed. It wasn't the same this morning with him not being here. Little things that made him laugh were hard as we didn't get to hear it this year. We decided to have a laugh for Dylan and used Kalen's two new massive Nerf guns for laughs. We had fun running around the house shooting each other.

Thank you again for helping this holiday be a little more bearable for us. You helped us by helping others. Seeing Dylan's stocking so full was wonderful.

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

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