Our son, brother, friend and last but not least, father. Adam was and still is thought of as an outstanding man. In this day and age when fathers are not taking care of their responsibilities of being fathers Adam relished this responsibility, Adam loved his kids like no one I've ever known and I know he is still looking down at his kids and trying to talk to them and letting them know that he did not leave them by his own choice but at the hands of thugs that did not know Adam or they would not have made the choice that they made because they took someone off this earth that all of us could have learned something from about being a man. I'm not talking about making money, having cars, and having children, I'm talking about doing everything possible to make sure his children had everything that they needed, they might not have had all that they wanted but they had all that they needed. Adam would do without lunch money for the week to make sure they could eat at school or whatever they needed.

Adam Jr. was the happiest when his dad and he went off to t-ball practice and it was just them two. Oh and what a sight it was. But, to tell you the truth, I don't know who was more excited, Jr. or Sr. Just seeing Adam with his children was quite a sight. I have never known someone who loved his kids more than Adam did and I'm sure still does. Out of all this tragedy our family has gone through the hardest thing we have had to deal with is knowing and seeing how much his children miss him. Don't get us wrong: there is not a day that passes that Adam is not in our thoughts. But just imagine what is going through those two children's mind. Adam Jr. was just 5 years old and Anastasia was just 2 years old. Not only did they lose their father, but they had to see him get murdered right in front of their own eyes, imagine what was running their little minds seeing their dad laying on the grass across from their grandmother's house and then having to watch them seeing their father being buried and visiting the grave site on every father's day, Christmas and his birthday.

If Adam could see his children today he would be so proud of them, AJ is such a mirror image of Adam when he was his age, the most loveable and caring young man that could possibly come out of this tragedy. Anastasia, was the apple of Adam's eye, he loved that little girl more than I ever thought was possible and she has grown up to be such a beautiful young lady that he would be so proud of her. He did such a wonderful job showing them all the love that he could in the short time that he got to spend with them and I'm sure that is helping them get through this.

Adam, I know you are listening and reading this as it is being read, we just want you to know that we love and miss you as much today as the day that you left us behind, I can tell you from the bottom of our hearts that we can not wait until the day that we can hold you again in our arms and you hold us in those big arms of yours. Until then brother hold a place for us and don't ever forget that we love you and miss you.