Melissa is my best best best best girlfriend in the world. I can't imagine going through my life without her and hope when I have kids that they have half as much fun as we did growing up! I love thinking back to all the same things we would play over and over and over: building some kick-ass haunted houses, making up dance routines, lip synching to whitney houston to make our own concerts, playing school, giving each other blind taste tests of random foods in the kitchen (and trusting that the other wouldn't feed you something you absolutely despised). Then our friendship continued as we got older and played tennis together in high school and then went to U of I and joined the same sorority. I'm glad we both ended up in the same city (not necessarily st louis!) so our lives can continue together.

Crystal works at AT&T with us and was friends with Dustin initally, so that is how I got to know her. She's been a great friend and always been there for me and we have so many fun memories over the years and hopefully much more still to come...if we're not too old yet. I'm deeming her Dustin's 2nd wife because she does all the things with him that I don't enjoy-- such as dancing and karoake. If I have any nerves the day of the wedding, Crystal will be the goofball to make it fun!

Alexa is my youngest cousin, which really amazes me that she will be 12 cause seems just like yesterday that we'd be belting out veggie tales songs! She recently got a dog and they are really our first family members that will have a pet....so you know what that means, I'll probably never be back at their house! Although Scooter looks pretty harmless, so MAYBE, and I stress the MAYBE, there will be a dog that I'm not scared of.

Bit of advice for everyone. There we are in the old 1992 blue Ford Taurus: dad, Daniel, me, and Royi. We hit the border at Windsor on the way into Canada for a week of vacation. Naturally, border patrol asks for some nationalities. Dad turns around points to Daniel, "American", points to me "Canadian", points to Royi, "Israeli". Border cop stops dad right there, "alright smart guy, pull on over to the station over there and get out for some questions. Moral, don't try to cross the border with Royi.
Royi has been my best friend since I met him in 1986. His family has been like my family, I love him like a brother. Nevertheless, I am going to keep pestering them to move from lame Miami to beautiful St Louis.

Every blossomed relationship needs a starting point, something two parties have in common, like the same taste in fine art, the same favorite book, a secret french restaurant that nobody else knows about, or of course, just lots of beer. I don't think we've ever seen a painting we cared about, I'm almost certain neither of us have ever read a book, books make you dum, french restaurants, well I'm sure they're awesome because we love cheese. So there you have it, cheese and beer.
Having some of my closest friends here with me in St. Louis has really made me a happier person. Maurit I hope you and Lydia never leave because the city just wouldn't be as awesome without you.

Keenan is my newly runt brother and is just the cutest little guy! The ceremony aisle is rather long, so we're hoping we'll be able to get him to walk down the aisle without tripping and tossing the rings into a rose bush. He'll have just turned 3 before the wedding. Keenan loves playing with cars-- seems like he can be entertained for hours with them, so perhaps we should buy some car shaped rings.