thirty. three.

happy birthday to my big brother matt!

matt's the older, mysterious bachelor brother who spends his time in far off lands doing, what seems to be, posh things with his posh job and posh camera on posh flights across the ends of the earth. and when he's not doing that, he's in flip flops and a skateboard on the beach in san diego. {i think jealousy just starting seeping through my pores...}

he's the older brother who seemed to find what everyone else is in a life-long search for - a childhood hobby turned well paying career. {yup, jealousy.}

and the best part - he looks after his {only} little sister at just the right times.

hope your 12,045th day is great, bennino!

i was just about to feel really sad about life when i had to google my brother in order to find a picture of him... i guess that's what happens when you live on opposite ends of the earth...

but then i dug up this old picture... circa 2005.
mom. matt. brett. aubry.

kinda pathetic. but we feel the love.

this photo is famous among the bennions {and there are many of us} and we have matt to thank.

he's funny enough... and clever enough... to pull off pranks like this. {remember this photo from the hurricane katrina fiasco? classic!}

and lastly, matt is crazy talented with the nikon. in true bennion fashion - less is not more - he's got a lense collection that ansel adams {or scott bennion} would envy. i've said it before, but i would be infinitely cooler if i had a sliver of his talent {and frequent flier miles}.

happy birthday big brother. hope your peeps celebrate the guts out of you. don't do anything i wouldn't do...