Matty

I just had to do a little blog dedicated to my brother Matty. Anyone who knows him knows that I have been blessed with the world's most incredible brother. There really is no one like Matt, and I'm pretty sure he's everyone's favorite person. Even as a very young girl, I knew it was a blessing to have a brother like Matt, and I only wish that everyone could have had the same privilege. He is seriously the funniest kid I know. My mom was here visiting yesterday and since Matt is in charge of Family Home Evening at my parents house, he called with a special lesson all planned out for us, so of course we had to do it. Then he called later in the evening to see how our lesson went. It was adorable, and so Matt, our little vise and virture cop, as my dad calls him... There are so many sweet things that are so Matt I thought I might reflect on a few of them. First, Matt knows just about everything there is to know about every PG-13 and under movie there is: all the stars, the director, who did the music, what other movies the actors have been in, etc. And along the same lines, he has two of every action figure known to man, and also knows all of their names forward and backward. He can name every President of the United States, number, who their wife was, how many terms they served, if they were assassinated, etc. He is very specific about his routine, eats almost the same breakfast and lunch every day, always has a bowl of popcorn with his afternoon movie, and before bed every night, he eats a bowl of cereal and a glass of chocolate milk. He always sits on his floor with his legs crossed in a hyper extended version of indian style, I don't know anyone else that flexible. He's always cracking his knuckles and grinding his teeth. We're always giving him a hard time for "picking his bald spot," to which he always candidly replies, "it's my business!" He loves his "job" volunteering at the DI. He loves to bare his testimon in church and does so almost every fast Sunday without fail. He has looked forward to being an uncle his entire life, and absolutely loves every minute of it. He is so cute with the kids and they love their uncle Matt! What a guy! So I would like to dedicate this blog to Matt, who, by the way is about to celebrate his tenth anniversary since he was diagnosed with Leukemia! Way to go Matty, you rock!