What's in a name...

I thought I should write down why Dave and I chose to name our two boys the names they have.

Jefferson David Sykes
Jeffie's middle name comes from his dad's first name. Pretty obvious, I know. However, Dave was named after his grandpa, David Russell Safford. So, Jeffie is named after him as well. We came up with Jefferson because Dave wanted to have another Jeff in his life. Dave's best friend, Jeffry Hyden, was killed in a car accident in 1999. So to honor Jeff, we named our first son after him.

Jorgen Niel Sykes
For Jorgen, we reversed my grandpa's name. His name was Niel Jorgenson. He died when I was 5 years old. I have vague memories of him which are really special to me. Grandpa turned his life around two years or so before he died and experienced all of the blessings of the gospel. I believe he had amazing courage and faith to make those changes.

Kayleigh Lynne Sykes
Although I wasn't involved in naming Kayleigh, I do know that her parents had her name picked out long before she was born. As the story is told, Dave came up with the creative spelling.

If I were to have a third little boy, I might try to name him after his other two great-grandpas. A lot of creativity may come into play because their names were Mack Grant Lunt and Eli LaMar Sykes.