This post is in honor of my little brother Ted’s 25th birthday today! Happy Birthday Teddy! For those of you who are wondering about the “Tedward” – well his real name is Edward, but he goes by Ted (like my dad) – hence my all time favorite nick name for him, Tedward. I think it’s got a nice ring to it. Don’t you?
Ted is only 1 year younger than me – and in a family of 9 kids, he was my definite buddy growing up. At times it almost felt like being a twin. There goes “Tami and Teddy.” I think we shared a room with bunk beds until we were like 8 or so. One of my favorite memories of growing up with Teddy was when we were little and after we were tucked in at night I’d get scared of the big open closet and the boogeyman who was hiding in there. But of course I was too scared to get out of bed myself and close it – so almost every night I would tell Teddy that if he got up and closed the closet door I would give him a quarter in the morning. Never failed – he did it every time and forgot about the quarter every morning! What a sucker! Ha! I probably owe him about 50 bucks in quarters. (Don’t expect me to pay up anytime soon Ted.)
I loved growing up with a brother so close in age. We always got along really well. (Besdies the few times as children we tried to kill each other via hair pulling, trampoline shoving, and vicious poolside tactics.) Ted was one of my best friends through high school and college. We actually liked to hang out together, had several mutual friends, and were able to conspire against certain authoritative figures when necessary. Teddy – remember the “dead body” on the side of the road? And when Kelly nailed that seagull at the beach?! HA! I’ll never forget the last few moments of your goldfish’s life. And don’t forget Todd selling bananas on the side of the road or Kenny flying off the treadmill… ah memories.
It’s weird that we are all grown up now. I’m so proud of my bro. He is a returned missionary, has a degree in business from BYU, and is married in the temple to a really cool chick who I actually like to hang out with (and who is perfect for him!). I’m also proud that I recently got him to run a 5K with me (Ted hates running even more than I do!). I love how laid back and truly cool my brother is. I also love that we can have entire conversations made up of nothing but movie quotes. On his mission, our emails often consisted of movie quotes – and nothing more! It’s an art form, really. Anyways, here is wishing Tedward has a great year and great day. Happy Birthday little brother! Love ya!
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