I have to go to the bathroom starting to keep this short following a verb is always a tough task but I'll give him my best shot a few months ago I was talking to Alan and he's like I don't really want you to speak my wedding but you're the only brother I have for those of you that do not know me my name is Erin and I'm today's phasma brother I decided to enter the best brother steep stakes so the best mainly deep stakes because there is less competition Michelle and Alan it is an honor to stand up here today I can't be more happy for you two so glad we could celebrate stay with so many friends and family from not only around this area but from around the world there's people from Quebec Alberta states there's even someone from Australia here it's amazing how far some people will travel for a free meal Allen I'm honored to be part of this small army that you call a wedding party that's the biggest table I've ever seen when I want to say today would include a big party I thought I was talking about the reception I don't know which group is larger Allen's groomsmen or Rita Vanilla's pallbearers her music will live in my heart forever especially awesome that were here today considering Alan had kidney stones only a few days ago for a short period of time there Alan was in quite a bit of pain and looked as today might not even happen there was always a part of me however that knew the wedding was going to happen I knew Alan would not let anything get in the way of a married Michelle that the fact we were Dutch family and everything had been paid for so uh let me tell you a bit about my relationship with Alan we met in the 80s back in a time when spam was simply canned meat first I think Alan respected me because if we do courteous things for me including give me the top bunk within a few short years however our brotherly rivalry intensified and Alan was already bigger than me if you look at old family photos such as the one at Table three you guys can check it out after Alan kind of looked like a child body builder and I look like Jana never fed me even to this day she's always like alla needs as protein elements as protein so we just starve I guess because of Alan's physique I avoided getting into physical confrontations with him instead I tried to at smart in my favorite tactic was giving him a hard object such as marbles and then standing in front of glass objects such as mirrors windows and pitchers I would then insult him and he being kind of like a large dog not knowing his own strength would have her all tomorrow about me I would dog the glass would break I will love every second of it as the years went on though I thought the rivalry was dying down a possible friendship was beginning I guess I was mistaken though I received an email from Alan on my birthday one year it said happy birthday mom made me send this I won't make much more fun of Alan though because a we all know he's been through enough pain already this week and be let's be honest making Konev Alan is very hard to do that was kind of I may be the older okay I may be the older brother but Alan was and is so good at so many things he has so many good qualities oops sorry I was the one usually looking up to him because Alan is nearly perfect and it really doesn't make any mistakes it really made me hard for her to cope with the material for this speech I need it better if it wasn't for the kidney stones I'd be screwed so whether it's Alan's there's a lot of qualities that Alan has whether it's MS maturity in grade school animals busy running a website business most of his classmates were probably worrying about their voice is changing in hair growing out of weird places whether it's Alan its toughness the guy just peed out a rock enough said let's repeat that raka no I know you did Allen told me yesterday he actually went into the toilet with his hand and grabbed the stone and Allen usually doesn't watch us wash his hands as uh john davis told me yesterday i hope he did that time whether it's Alice ahem we're talking about Allen's qualies here I got a sidetracked so whether it hits his compassion he spends countless hours giving gathers with his athletes in action sports ministry or as they call it AIA at first I misheard him though I thought he said a a once he told me he was going to a for the weekend and I'm like Alan I didn't know you drank whether it's Alan smarts only Alan will be able to maintain a ninety average and still be cool or whether it's his athletic ability his trophy collection was huge always bigger than my seventh place ribbon collection there was and always is a reason to admire Alan many younger brothers learn from their older brothers with Alan and I it's the other way around but enough about Alan and his Nobel Peace Prizes today Alan is a married man today is about Alan and the love of his life his MacBook Pro in life there are people that procrastinate and leave everything to the last minute like myself and his speech and then there's Alan you can look no further than the planning that went on for today he actually had his wedding website up and running even before he met Michelle and as herb was mentioning Alan likes to plan when we were younger we called him the plan man he always planned ahead thought things through and organizes actions in a way to achieve whatever his goal was at the time the plan man things started years ago when Alan was about five or so Kristen if you remember we would watch him spend two hours making a sandwich two seconds eating it I wouldn't really call it making a sandwich though it was more like designing a sandwich he would laid all the ingredients on the table carefully placed them on his bread we knew from that point on the plan man was destined to be an engineer I have no doubt that Alan's grand plan including sharing his life with the beautiful wife Michelle you look amazing today Alan you didn't even shave I'll never forget the day Alan got engaged partly because he videotapes proposal he's a bit of a creep apparently because he called me that day Alan never calls me when he calls you know what's about something important as soon as I picked up the phone I could hear his voice I've never heard Alan sound happier than he ever had before I always tease him about how he shows off his engineering ring on his pinky finger I can safely say though today Alan's much more proud of his new ring even more proud to show off his new wife Michelle ever since we met you we knew you are a keeper I am particularly liked you from the start because he always laughed at my jokes even though Alan would just shake his head and call me an idiot you were beautiful in sight no kind compassionate genuine smart caring and most importantly you make my brother happy in a way that I never could these last few days have been tough with Alan's health Michelle you have been there for him every step of the way Michelle or should I say Mitch welcome to the family there are many Michelle's in this world but there's only one Mitch for those of you that don't know our family calls Michelle Mitch why I have no idea I think once I call her that for some reason it's stuck I think you heard misunderstood me though because he sometimes calls you Mitchell don't worry about that too much he sometimes calls me Kayla seriously though bugs I couldn't ask for a better sister-in-law and I sincere sincerely apologize about the horrible last name you have to use from now on I told Alan easy to use styler I went to pick up my tux Saturday there like last name please I'm like good ooh like huh I went to the baby to pick up a gift from the registry there like last name please I'm like goof they're like huh these are the struggles you will have to deal with a daily basis I'm fully confident though that you would thrive being good Alan and Michelle I wish you all the best in your life together I love you both mom made me say that so I don't have a glass but let's all raise a glass do most important important people here at the bar staff to Alan and Michelle thank you I'm gonna go hug them and then I can go to the bathroom