OH MY GOSH!! Ryan made the best flipping dinner of all time. I always knew he knew how to cook but this blew me away. He made me chicken cordon bleu, homemade salad like from Olive Garden, mashed potatoes, and gravy. It was so amazing. I love him so much and I couldn't picture my life without him in it. Its hard to believe that we've been married over 3 years now and together for 5. Its just crazy. It seems like each year just keeps getting better and better for us. He is such an amazing guy. We decided not to get each other anything for Valentine's day since we're getting ready to buy a house soon and another reason I'll write about later. We got the boys the same outfit so they looked all cute for Ryan when he got home from work. I'll have to get the pictures from my mom. Its was the best day ever!!!
So on Tuesday night I got the call that my best friend from high school Kyle Hopkins was shot. We were born on the same day, in the same hospital, hours apart. When my mom called me I honestly thought it was a really sick joke. Ever since I moved to Utah and he moved to Alaska for the Coast Gurard we kinda lost contact of each other but we always leave messages on Myspace every once in awhile. Now that he was back in Marysville (where we grew up) we were all (my whole old group of friends) going to get together soon for lunch now we can't!! I just can't believe that he is gone. He was such an awesome guy, so brave, loyal, couragous. Of all people that have been taken I can't believe it was him. He was loved by all who met him and will be truely missed. Last night my whole group of friends got together to make a memory board for his funeral. It was nice to see everyone but not on those terms. I just have to keep in my mind that the Lord has a purpose for everyone even though its hard to see the purpose in taking a young man that I thought would be around forever. This made me wake up and realize you have to cherish the friends around you and not let a day go by without thinking of them and stay in contact with people because you'll never know when you want to see them.... you can't.
Please pray for Kyle's family and all that knew him this is going be a lost we feel forever!!
This is the newspaper article about his death:
Marysville Police are shown leading Michael Hopkins outside the home of 510 Glen Oaks Court, after medics transported his son from the scene. Accidental shooting kills manFebruary 13, 2008 at 11:43 amBy RYAN HORNSVictim’s father, a Kenton lawman, fired fatal shotThe residents of Glen Oaks Court stood in their windows hoping for the best, after police cruisers crowded their small cul-de-sac responding to a shooting.But those hopes were dashed as a 22-year-old man was killed, the victim of an apparent accidental gunshot fired by his father.According to Marysville Police Assistant Chief Glen Nicol, just after 3 p.m. Tuesday Michael Hopkins shot his son, Kyle S. Hopkins, in the chest with a .308-caliber rifle. It happened inside their home at 510 Glen Oaks Court, located just off Route 38 on the city’s south side.In the neighborhood just after the shooting occurred, several teenage boys and girls stood gathered around an open window on the second floor of a house across the street from the shooting scene. One girl called out, “Do you know what happened? My brother is over there.”Other neighbors stood on their porchs or gathered on the sidewalks asking what happened. Their worst fears were later confirmed. Marysville medics used CPR on Kyle Hopkins and transported him to Memorial Hospital of Union County.Union County Coroner Dr. David Applegate said this morning that the young man had died at his home and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.On the scene, a young man who appeared to be in his early 20s sat in a the back seat of a police cruiser, watching as the father, Michael Hopkins, was led out of the home by Glenn Nicol and a detective. A look of shock and devastation was apparent on Hopkins face. An older woman walked fast onto the scene, as the young man in the cruiser hopped out and ran to embrace her.“The shooting appears to be accidental at this point,” Nicol said, after Michael Hopkins was driven away. “His friends and family were inside the home at the time.”Nicol said there were not a lot of details available. The rifle was reportedly a high powered weapon, often used by law enforcement for conducting sniper shots. The rifle is also used for hunting large game such as elk.Nicol said Michael Hopkins is an auxiliary officer with the Kenton Police Department, located about 30 miles northwest of Marysville.Officers are still trying to piece together how the weapon went off and why it was loaded, Nicol said.Applegate said that an autopsy is being conducted today, but he does not expect anything other than accidental death as the determination.He also helped shed light on the events that led up to the shooting. He said the rifle had recently been purchased.“His father was showing the weapon to him and was trying to remove the magazine,” Applegate said. “It is unclear as to whether Kyle was coming over to help his father or to change the television channel. But he walked in front of the weapon.”He said that Kyle Hopkins was 10 to 12 feet away from the rifle when it went off, and with such a high powered rifle the bullet did not cause much damage inside his body, in terms of bouncing around and striking organs. Instead, the bullet went in through the chest and exited his back.Applegate said his initial determination is that the bullet clipped a blood vessel and the young man died as a result of blood loss. Law enforcement had no answers as to why the weapon was loaded, when it had been purchased, or where it had been purchased.Nicol said no charges have been filed against Michael Hopkins and the investigation continues.
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