I thought I would take a few minutes to write a quick post about my brothers-in-law, I just refer to them as my brothers though. In the picture posted above is my brother Joel Anna's brother (left), Andy Anna's sister's husband (middle) and me. This picture was taken at a Fall Fest that their church in St. Louis put on about this time last year, which was awesome by the way! In this picture the three of us had just finished a pie eating contest along with a handful of people that were there. A little background about the pie eating contest; one of us pictured here won it! One of us pictured took mouthfuls of pie and spit it into another one of our pie pans and one of us ate the pie that the other one spit in a failing attempt to win... We had a really fun time doing this, we got the opportunity to compete against each other, there was some elbow throwing and even spitting in the others pie to win. That's how competitions go with us... I look at this picture quite a bit and think how lucky I am to have married into such awesome brothers. Andy and I are almost the same age, at pretty similar stages in life and VERY like minded when it comes to most aspects of life. So he and I have found that we have a very valuable relationship to one another in that we can bounce ideas, experiences, victories and defeats off one another. Just the other day I told him how much I appreciate getting to go through life with him as a brother. Our talks are very meaningful to me and I am very thankful to have him to talk to. The most important thing that he and I have together is that we both married Westwood women, and having a brother in arms when it comes to that is PRICELESS! Just kidding, being married to Anna is fantastic and I'm sure Andy would say the same about Kerry. I am just thankful to have Andy as someone that I trust and who trusts me so that we can really talk about the things that we are struggling through or celebrate the victories with!
Then there is Joel... I came into the family when Joel was about 15 years old, and find myself lucky to have known him for so long. I have gotten to see him celebrate incredible high points in his life and I have gotten to be there for him when he needed me as well. Over the last few years, Joel and I have gotten very close. We talk almost every day and I very much value the relationship I have with him as well. He is 7 years younger than me and we are in different stages of life at this point. But there isn't much that he's going through or will go through that I have not already experienced. So we have very good talks about life and love and a lot of M.M.A. The trust between us has grown to a point where he is also someone that I can share all of my struggles and secrets with and know that it is safe with him. Having that kind of trust in someone especially another man is vitally important to me and I think myself very lucky to have that kind of trust with Joel. It has been awesome watching him grow from a teenage high school kid to the man that he is now. I have gotten to watch him make wrong decisions, pick himself up and then make the right decisions, and am incredibly proud of where he is in life right now! I am excited to think about what else life is going to bring for him in the future, he is a brilliant person (if you didn't know that just ask him he will tell you) and has a world of opportunity and his fingertips!
So thanks Andy and Joel for accepting me as much as I have accepted you and I look forward to growing old together and continuing to walk through this life together as the next generation of men and leaders in this family!
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