Holy Moley!

Meet Jonathan:

Jonathan is a goofball

He likes being one of the guys, Even when he thinks something is ridiculous, he can be talked into it. 

98% of the time, Jonathan is a pretty dang happy guy. Jonathan and Derek are twins.

Besides summer camps, they haven't been away from each other for long periods of time. So being in different states for two years is weird.

They are really similar, but completely different at the same time.

None the less they did a lot of similar activities in high school.

We were all in the wizard of Oz. Jonathan was a monkey

He was a senior when i was a freshman. We spent a lot of afternoons together eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the back of the car talking about randomly deep things- one of Jonathan's Favorite subjects.

Jonathan loves kids. I have literally a whole album FULL of sweet jonathan pictures where he's holding a sleeping baby or playing with toddlers or watching worriedly as a small child walks on something jonathan didnt think was safe. Jonathan just connects with kids. He's an awesome uncle and I hope he gets do help kids as a career someday because he'd be awfully good at it.

Jonathan loves movies. Especially Sci-Fi. or fantasy. Did he watch a Harry potter, Star wars or Lord of the rings film every Saturday morning? naturally.

Jonathan loves BYU. He was accepted to BYU-Idaho and eargerly calls it, "BYU-I-do!"

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But really, Jonathan is a straight up ladies' man. The kind you only hear about. Sure he opens doors and lets women take his seat, but its more than that. He is gonna be the best husband and dad ever. and whoever his wife will be, she's is gonna be treated like a dang Queen. You have no idea how much Jonathan respects girls even if they're mean to him or completely ignore him.  Jonathan deserves the sweetest Girl ever. and he's gonna get her because he's gonna do every little cheesy thing that girls love and she will totally fall head over heels for his dorky pick up lines and his quirky date ideas hahaha she's gonna be a lucky girl.

I talked about My School and it's history awhile back.

The split and switch of schools was hard for jonathan, but i'm glad it stuck to his guns because he loves Madera South.

He was in the first graduating class, And he was on a championship XC team there

Jonathan ran a lot. sometimes i think he hated it. But don't we all hate things at some point?

even if he ever hated it, he was always good at it.

At the end of every race, no matter what place Jonathan came in. No matter how long it was, or how tired he was, he shook everyone's hand.

Every guy that he ran against that race that came through the finish line, there hand was going to be shaken. and they were going to be given congratulations on a job well done.

And soon, the rest of the team followed suit.

Jonathan Loves making people laugh. He's the entertainer

and the food-eating-machine. can't leave that out. Hungry Hansen award every march? yes.

Jonathan is the youngest brother, But that never stopped him from being the most curious or the one who would sneak around campus to watch out for me.

Here you see Jonathan re-enacting Nephi chopping off (Derek) Laban's head.

Jonathan loved looking like Napoleon Dynamite.

And singing.

But more than ANYthing, Jonathan loved...loves. The scriptures. He loves his brothers And his Father who is exactly like him in every way.

And then Jonathan was called to Ohio.

On a mission for the Lord.

I can't tell you how excited he was to share something he loved so much with everyone.

So we all said good luck and good bye for two whole years

we bickered a LOT. but i think he understood me better than most people. which is weird because I didn't like, treat him like a diary or anything. i didn't spill my guts out to him or quiz him about things going on in my life. he just got me. he didn't ever have to ask me why i was sad, he just knew. i don't know. Me and Jonathan have an interesting relationship. but we've always understood each other.

Now those two years are winding down. in exactly one week he will be laughing on the couch with me in good ol' Madera. and let me tell ya, I CANNOT wait for him to be home!

He's had the time of his life in Ohio. Literally. and i'm sad for him that it has to end. but that just means he gets to continue the work here!

 7 days goes by way too fast i promise.

So sprint home buddy!

You're so close to the finish line, don't stop. finish hard.

You've made your team and your coach proud.

See ya soon Brother :)