Playing Matchmaker, i.e. My Brother Might Kill Me!

When I read that Kelly was doing a Friday spotlight on great single guys, I immediately thought about my brother, Judd!  I had to twist his arm and then twist it some more for him to let me do this, so today I'm playing matchmaker!  I thought about doing it without telling him, but I knew that would not be good!

I'm more than a little biased, but my brother is a great catch, if I do say so myself.  Lately, I've been praying for someone that will be the perfect match for him and a sister for me!  I don't have a sister so I've always thought whoever Judd married would be like a built-in sister to me.  I pray that God has the perfect girl picked out for him, whether it be here in Arkansas (he's thinking about moving, who knows?!)  or our homestate of Alabama. 

This sound awful, but I'm going make a little list of facts about him: (Judd, I KNOW you're dying here and I'm SO sorry but I just had to do this!!)

-Judd has a bachelors degree in political science and a Masters in Public Administration from THE University of Alabama.  Auburn girls, need not apply (I'm just kidding, we might accept an Auburn fan into our crimson and white family!)

-I know he would be looking for a Christian girl with family values.

Judd as a groomsmen at our wedding.

-Judd is very interested in politics and at one time had two political blogs of his own.  He knows A LOT about history and tons of stuff about politics.  I hate politics.  I constantly call and ask him questions about conservative, Republican stuff that I just don't have the time or care to look into.

Our whole family (minus Jordan!) last Mother's Day

-He is super funny!  Judd has a quiet, dry sense of humor.  We're always laughing when he's around!

-Judd is the middle child and the only one in our family who is tall, thin, blond-headed and blue-eyed.  He never seems to put on weight, and I hate him for it!

Here he is pushing John Michael (his nephew!) in his favorite red car!

-He has the most amazing life story of almost anyone you'll ever meet.  What he's lived through, endured and conquered over the last 10 years would put most people's mundane lives to shame.  God has done wonderful and amazing things with his life.  I'm hoping he'll write a book one day!

Judd with baby John Michael. He is such a great uncle to our boys!

-We loooove us some Alabama football in our family and football season is super-important.  Judd played most all sports in middle and high school and was very active in his fraternity. He practically ran freshman orientation at Alabama for a few years.  Roll Tide.

-He is very neat and clean.  Everyday in high school I would walk past his door on the way out the door for school and his bed was made every, single day!  He's definitely the neatest person in our family!  He likes things nice and tidy!

-Our mom is all about good, Southern etiquette, so the boy has some manners!

Judd with John Michael at Magic Burger, home of yummy burgers and grape ice cream!

-Judd has been a totally awesome uncle to our boys, as has Uncle Ray.  They love these boys to no end!  On our last trip home I got to see how great he was with helping John Michael with things and he even fed Matthew and changed him one day when I was passed out asleep from being up with two children with high fevers during the night.  He helped me a lot just by holding Matthew and playing with him.

-And lastly, and most importantly, he just has a great heart.  When you grow up having a sibling with a disability as we do, you just have to have a caring heart.  You are different than families that don't have someone with a disabilty.  Not worse or better, just different.  You grow up automatically doing things to help them like helping getting them ready for school or fixing them breakfast or a sandwhich for lunch.  As we've grown up this has not changed for Judd (and myself when I'm at home).  He still cares for Ray and helps him with day-to-day things.  Things like that speak volumes about a person's character.

OK, I suppose I've embarrassed him enough!  Hopefully he won't mind me posting about him!  Who doesn't like bragging on their brother?!

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