Well, in the past month my little brother graduated college (from my alma mater — GO, MEAN GREEN), moved out of his house three miles away from mine and, on Friday, got on a plane to Spain for WHO KNOWS how long.

I’m proud of that guy – -who he is, what he values, that he has goals for himself and is not content to sit still and wait.

Before all of these huge life events though, we took a morning to document his life as it has been lived the past few years. In his home, wearing my PaPa’s hand-me-down button-up, biking the streets of Denton and spending way too much time and money at Loco Cafe.  I don’t know who it was more important to for us to document the end of this season in his life — me or him. It’s been one of my absolute most favorite things living in the same town as Jacob, seeing him often, both on purpose and also unexpectedly. Gosh, he’s grown up so much since he first moved here four years ago.

Also I wanted to take these photos because he is DANG HANDSOME and he needed a new Facebook profile picture on which my mother did not have to (lovingly) comment, “Comb your hair, son!” or just plain *sigh*

For those of you wondering why my brother is in Spain for an indefinite amount of time, he’s volunteering at my FAVORITE PLACE, Colegio Alfa & Omega Denia. And the bright side of this whole arrangement is that I’ll get to go visit him and help run/document some kids camps there in early July — WOOHOO!!

Gosh, I hope his hair is combed when my mom gets there.

p.s. LITTLE BROTHER, hook me up with a Spanish wedding while you’re in the area, mmkay? Thanks.