I havent posted for a while and I am going to be better.. But I want to make my blog into a book and have a history of our lives. Losing my brother is a huge piece of my life...

Brian Samuel GainesFebruary 10, 1974 ~ November 21, 2012 Brian Samuel Gaines, 38, was welcomed home into the loving arms of his grandparents on November 21, 2012 after a long struggle with an addiction to alcohol. He was born on February 10, 1974 in Huntington Beach, California. He graduated from Pleasant Grove High School. He was married to Trish Blood Jensen and later divorced. He is survived by his parents, David (Geniel) Gaines, Spanish Fork, UT, and Linda Mann Gaines, Pleasant Grove, UT, 4 brothers, Craig (Nicole) of Orem, UT, Eric of Magna, UT, Matthew (Kerrilee) of Roosevelt, UT, Justin(Staci) of Pleasant Grove, UT, his sister, Kimberlee Tidwell (Mark) of American Fork, 3 nephews, 8 nieces, aunts and uncles, stepchildren, Brighton and Camden, and a daughter, Marissa. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ray and Betty Mann and Samuel and Alice Gaines, and his Uncles, Clyde Mann and Blair Proctor. Brian had a beautiful Tenor voice and loved to sing. He loved kids and Halloween. And as he would have said, "This would be a great story if it had a Vampire in it." Funeral services will be on Thursday, November 29, 2012 in the Mount Mahogany  LDS Chapel at 1541 North 1300 West, Pleasant Grove. A viewing will be held at the Olpin Mortuary, 494 South 300 East, Pleasant Grove on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 from 6-8 pm and on Thursday from 10:00 to 10:45 am at the church. Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.