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Hey, this is Kristofer. I'm Jessie's oldest (but not biggest) brother.
My current adventure (aside from raising two boys) is pastoring a UCC congregation in Wisconsin.

The pic is mom (Kate), Jessie, Nicole (my wife), Kristian and Casey (our boys) adventuring in the Colorado Rockies back in '04.

I want to fill in the background of the family motto. Before Jessie was born we moved from Des Moines, Iowa to Boston, Massachusettes with a U-Haul truck and grandpa Rouse's pickup. Well U-Haul's motto at the time was "Adventures in Moving"... When our disaster of a move was done Mom (Kate) said something like, "What a lie, Adventures in Moving my butt!" [that is probably nowhere near what she actually said, but since it was like 26 years ago I hope all will forgive me a slight memory lapse]

Anyway, "Adventures in Moving" and adventures in general became somthing of a family joke. Always a fan of James Bond's family motto: The World is Not Enough, I began to say that we needed a family motto and a coat of arms while we were at it. Eventually I began to threaten to create a motto and coat of arms. I don't remember if we ever actually discussed what the motto should be, it just sort of happened. I presented the coat of arms (complete with motto - in Italian, because I couldn't find an online Latin translator) to mom and dad for their twentieth anniversary.

As Jesus once said, "Come on kids, let's go have an adventure!"

Peace and blessings,
Kristofer