Bridger is 14!! :)

Bridger is 14!! We love him so much. He has grown and matured so much this past year, he even has a mustache, haha. 

Story about that. 

We were getting ready for church sometime in the spring/summer and he walked into the kitchen in his suit and I gasped and was like, "you have a mustache!" He immediately brought his fingers up to feel it and rushed to the bathroom. He wasn't super happy to find out about it, he thought it was weird at first. I think he's accepted now, haha. 

Probably not the best way to go about telling him, but I was just as surprised as he was, hahaha. We laugh about it now. :) He still hasn't shaved it, so apparently he doesn't mind it (it's getting thicker, too, haha).

He has continued to stay interested in all things computers and programming, and has absolutely LOVED his programming class this year. It's his favorite subject BY FAR. He pretty much speaks in computer language, and I'm trying my best to keep up, but I probably don't understand 3/4 of it. :) But he is the go-to for tech questions!

I love his maturing sense of humor. He's witty and sarcastic. He'll sit with me and watch funny reels on IG, and some of the things he says are hilarious. He definitely has developed a teenage attitude (moody), and sass to go along with it, which we are working on. But I love seeing the man he's becoming, and I'm so proud of him. 

He loves to come in our room and hang out late at night, he'll just sprawl across our bed and want to chat. We've had some pretty late nights, but I wouldn't trade it. 

Pics from his birthday:

We went to a trampoline park early in the day!

And celebrated with cake and homemade pizza that night!

He has really enjoyed young mens, his leaders have been incredible and all the youth here in Montana have been extremely kind and welcoming. They have had so much fun together these past few years. His best friend's name is Magnum, he's in our ward as well. They play online together all the time!

He enjoys going to the temple with the youth and with our family, and he does awesome about doing his priesthood duties at church. 

Also, lately everything is "cringe" OR "everything is stupid" haha

His first try at baking!! German pancakes. He took them to YM for a food night.

22 Questions With Bridger:

1. What is your favorite toy? The computer. Or Xbox X.
2. What is your favorite part about school? Coding and digital art
3. Who is your favorite scripture hero? Jesus
4. What is your favorite food? Pizza. Or pesto sandwiches
5. What is your favorite dessert? Cake.
6. What is your favorite vegetable? Pickles. (I never realized I like them until I had the farm burger at this place on the final drive home from Grandma's house)
7. What is your favorite fruit? Apples
8. What do you want to be when you grow up? Gamer. Or coder, something like that
9. What is your favorite snack? Super tasty chips. (Preferably unhealthy. Like chips from the store)
10. What is your favorite book? Skyward series / Bounty Hunter
11. What is your favorite thing to have for breakfast? Any kind of cereal. (If I ever get the chance to eat it)
12. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
13. What does Mom always say to you? No
14. What does Dad always say to you? What are you doing on there? / Get off of there!
15. What is your favorite TV show? YouTube
16. Who is your best friend? Magnum
17. What are you really good at? Skiing (We're moving to Hawaii D:) or gaming
18. If you could have a wish, what would it be? 
19. What is your favorite primary song? Gethsemane (I haven't been to primary in years. Although, today the youth were helping in primary by making crafts with the kids. This one kid, Landon's little brother, kept talking about Fortnite.)
20. What vegetable do you hate the most? Sweet Potatoes
21. Best memory from this year? My birthday is only 4 days into the year, but I went skiing
22. Something you accomplished? I was trying to get 100 subscribers before 2025. But it's been stuck at 69 for like, 5 months now

I think I'm going crazy, but I can't stop thinking about the graphics of real life. I won't even get bored, because I'll just be staring at a rock for like, an hour. I always notice the ambient occlusion, combined with the actual shadows. If you think about it, you realize that shadows are basically nothing, since the universe is completely dark, and the sun and stars are lighting it up. If a rock is blocking that light, then technically there's not a shadow, but instead nothing there. Along with that, I like it when the sky is cloudy, since it's much easier to see the ambient occlusion. My theory is that ambient occlusion exists because the closer in object is to something, the harder it is for light to move around there, so it's naturally darker. I also love when it rains, just to look at the reflections in the road, and stuff.