Birthday Boy & Best Man (#3)

Lauren and I have had the thought of "unveiling" our bridal party via blog for a while but haven't done anything about it until now. The reason we decided to start was specifically because of this post. I am starting a little out of order with Best Man #3 (I am Best Man #1, because it is my wedding so why shouldn't I get to be the best man......Best Man #2 to be revealed soon). The reason I am going out of order is it happens to be Best Man #3's birthday today, so we thought we would do a double meaningful post for this guy.

His name is Kyle Chapman and he wears a size 8 hat. He has been my best friend since about my sophomore year in high school.

Some things you may or may not know about Kyle........

1) He was one of the top kids in his girl scout troop (not a typo, ask him sometime) when he was a kid, only beaten out by his sister.
2) Sometime between the time he was 5 and the time I met him around age 16 he developed and dropped a thick southern drawl......along with some solid cowboy boots.
3) He loves Micheal Jordan almost as much as I do.
4) He was the co-owner of the dream team his freshman year in college.......a litter of hamsters that we owned that we named after individuals on the 1992 dream team.
5) Goes on some of the weirdest eating binges I have ever seen. When I say binge I don't mean tons at once, I mean go through a box of 'Nilla Wafers and four bottles of lemon Propel a day for two straight months.
6) He was Mr. GQ in high school.

On a bit of a more serious note.....

I feel like I lived with his family for a couple of years at the end of high school and beginning of college. After my freshman year I convinced him to come to OSU for his one year stint....he now resides in Manhattan, KS at K-State and will be done with his undergrad (a semester early) in December. He is one of the only people I can be around for weeks at a time and not get frustrated. He had a small part in putting Lauren and I together, and was for it from day 1. We talk on the phone more than two 20 something males should, but I couldn't imagine it any other way!

So, we want to wish him happy birthday, the big 22!

......and welcome him to our bridal party.