Danielle Jarvis

We have some super special friends that live in Hamilton, Montana. Their names are Steve and Terri Jarvis, and they have two children named Danielle and Kevin. Kevin Jarvis and Brandon have been good friends since first grade. In third grade, the Jarvis family moved to Montana:( . When we lived in Arizona we would get to see the Jarvis' every Thanksgiving, when they would visit family in Az for the holiday. We miss our visits, now that we live in Ohio, but we still keep in touch via email, phone calls, and this blog. This is a picture of our last visit with the Jarvis', before we moved to Ohio.


A few weeks ago (we have all been super sick and it has taken me too long to blog about this:)), we received this newspaper article from the Jarvis'. This is what Danielle looks like today:

Danielle secretly (only her brother and best friend knew about the book until she finished it) wrote, illustrated, and self published a book. After revealing her secret to her parents and others, this article was written. After receiving this article, I called Danielle to congratulate her, request an autographed copy of the book, and get all the details first hand. Her mom told me that since the article was written, Danielle has had two small bookstores in Hamilton request copies of the book to sell, as well as a book signing at each store. She has also had many orders for the book from friends (such as ourselves), family, and strangers (Trevor's reading teacher being one of them:)). We are so proud of Danielle! Congratulations Danielle!!

I am adding these videos on the bottom of this post because we may also have a future writer in our home. Tell me what you think...(we had to upload these videos in parts because the original was just too long to post)

Jason did continue to tell, not the rest, but another portion of, his story after the camera went off - but - the dishes had to get done...