Dr. Pepper

Last summer I was living up in Idaho with my sister Sara, her Husband and their three boys: Peter, Andrew, and Blake. They were house sitting for Randall's parents while they are serving their mission. While I was living there, I was going to BYU Idaho just taking some classes to see if I would like to further my education in Design, or in Business. So I went to school, worked at a restaurant called the Backyard, and hung out at my old apartment in Rexburg where I used to live prior before graduating. That apartment was a home to me, and it was a very hard move back to California. So it was really nice to be back in Idaho with all of my college friends, and to live with my sister, and her awesome family.
One time when I had just got out of class, I went back to my sister's place and I was drinking a Dr. Pepper. I turned to my sister and said "Sara, I love Dr. Pepper", and with her reply she said "Well if you love Dr. Pepper, then why don't you marry him?" I think it was Andrew or Peter who heard our conversation and said, "Aunt Kari, are you really going to marry Dr. Pepper?" I replied saying "Yes, I am. Dr. Pepper is so great, I am going to marry him.
About a week later, My sister, her kids and I are in the car heading over to Rexburg to hit up some garage sales to find her little boys some furniture. As I was sitting in the car I see this handsome police officer walking out of the convenient store with a Dr. Pepper. As I am checking him out and smiling to myself, My nephew Peter yells out: "Aunt Kari, there's your husband, Dr. Pepper!" And since then it has been a run on joke between my nephews, my sister and I.
Today my sister Sara posted some messages for me on my facebook account from my nephews and this is what they said:

"Dear Aunt Kari, I was thinking about Dr. Pepper because I love Dr. Pepper. And then I didn't love Dr. Pepper but now I do. Not right this second because I love it now. Now I don't like it. Now Peter does like it. And also I like Dr. Pepper. Andrew loves Dr. Pepper. And then I do love Dr. Pepper. AAAAAnd then I don't love Dr. Pepper. Then I do love Dr. Pepper. And I do... love Dr. Pepper. And I do love Dr. Pepper. And then I don't love Dr. Pepper. And then I dooooo love Dr. Pepper. Then I dooooo not love Dr. Pepper. And then I do love Dr. Pepper. And also I do really really REALLY REALLY REALLY love Dr. Pepper."- a perfectly verbatim quote by Andrew Larsen, written with laughing tears by his mother.

"Dear Aunt Kari, I love to be with you because you are so so so so so nice. Because you are beautiful. Because you are really really really um...... love you to play with me (Andrew wants to interject awesome)... and you are awesome. hehehe"- A perfectly verbatim quote (though Andrew interjects the word awesome after each of Peter's words) by Peter Larsen, written by his mother.

"Dear Aunt Kari, I was thinking about Dr Pepper. Andrew was."

From these sweet little words from my cute nephews, I thought about this story and wanted to share it with everyone.
To Andrew: Hey little tiger, you are so adorable, and I love you too. I hope that I get to play with you again very soon. And I Love Dr. Pepper soon, hopefully I will find you an Uncle Pepper, and we can all play together. Love Aunt Kari.
To Peter: I love you so much, you are the sweetest 5 year old boy I know, and I love talking to you on the phone. I hope that you are doing well, and you will always be my number 1 P-man :)
Love Aunt Kari
To Blake: You are so adorable, and I love you so much. I'm so happy that you are walking now, and have teeth. You are one heck of a cutie. I miss you too. Love Aunt Kari
To Sara: I am so glad that you and your boys are in my life. I am so happy that whenever I wear my Dr. Pepper shirt, or see a hot boy drinking it, I think of my cute nephews and this on going joke. Love you all so much-Kari