My little Brother :)

Let me tell you about Todd aka (my little Toad)!! Toad was my little big brother. He was huge and towered over me :) He and I were born 2 years apart. Therefor Amy, me and Todd were the three little ones that were inseaperable when we were growing up. Sense Bobbi and Shawn were older they didn't pow wow around with us much... Todd loved everyone. No one was ever judged or mistreated by Todd. He was such a big teddy bear. He had the most tender heart anyone could ever have. hahaha He always would say" I'm a lover not a fighter." But he fought hard for everything he did. Shawn did well teaching him how to play, basketball, baseball, and football. Todd was an amazing catcher in baseball. He loved to taunght and sing songs to the hitters behind the plate. And in football the kid was scary, and motivated his teammates to play their hardest. There was an 8 year age difference between Shawn and Todd. But that didn't matter Shawn still played the big brother role and Todd looked up to him more then anything. Todd was the only one Shawn was actually still talking to before he died.... Todd loved to dress up and play. He changed more then 8 times a day. His outfits were very creative a cowboy, basketball player, football player, baseball player, army guy, knight, and so forth. He didn't only pretend to play he had to dress the part! haha There was even times when he would dress up as a girl. When we lived in Sweet, ID we dressed him up in red furrly dress, tights, shoes and purse to be our land lady!! hehehe Todd always played the part well. He should have gone into acting!! What we remember most about Todd is the way he loved his neice and nephews. They made him so happy and he made them happy. On a snowy January day he called up Bobbi and asked if he could come play in the snow with Kaiden... At christmas we rotate family names. No matter who Todd had he would always make sure everyone of his little buddies had a present from him. We still have the toys that he gave Keplar and Kyly that last christmas we had with him. He had a heart of gold and love to share it with everyone. He was so likeable and it was hard not to like him. He loved everyone and saw the best in people. It was amazing to see all Todd's friends at his funeral and see the many different walks of life they were on. He reminds me so much of the Savior that way. He sought out those who needed a friend and were having a hard time. Todd's life was not always an easy road for him to take. Like the rest of us Stoddard's we are stuborn and don't like to take the road easily laid. He tended to wandered down other paths to search for the meaning of his life as we all do. I hope that now in heaven he has found the peace and forgiveness he was seeking.

It was hard for me to make this video for Todd because there were so many happy memories to reflect upon. It made me cry every time I started on it. I taught Todd how to drive my car my senior year when he was a sophmore. Those mornings we spent together are priceless. We sang in the Freelancers chior together in High School... We shared alot of the same intrest. We got eachother in trouble alot of times too. No matter what though we were in it together. He had a hard time when I started to date Adam and I was no longer there as much as I once was. I look back on alot of things and wish it could have been different, but nothing will change that. We made our choices and it is something we all have to live with.

I love my brothers and sisters. I am so glad that we chose to be apart of the same family. There was never a family that belonged together as much as our does. Mom and Dad were blessed to have some very stuborn children and have loved us endlessly. I know that when we were in Heaven in our pre-mortal life that we chose each other and knew of the trials we would have to face, but knew we would do it together. My heart is full of love, pain,graditude and longing right now. Trials can be hard to face, but I know that they can be over come with the help of our Savior Jesus Christ. My family has felt the many prayers that have been said for the behalf of our family.. We gain strenght each day from them. It has been 3 years and 2 years sense they have died and it still feels like yesterday. We are an eternal family and know that with everyday that passes it brings that much closer to our happy reunion with Todd and Shawn.