My wife, Anna, and I recently celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary.  After meeting her over fifteen years ago, I made the move from St. Louis, Missouri to Tampa, Florida.  We have two amazing dogs, named Wizard , a miniature Australian Shepherd, and Albert, an adorable black Pug, that were both named after players of my beloved St. Louis Cardinals. They both love to travel with us for work and vacation related interests.  Anna has been working in education for 16 years, so she has the ability to travel and experience summers where I am working, which has provided us many opportunities to "meet in the middle" and make new memories.  We have many similar interests (including our infinite love for the 90s country band, Diamond Rio, and Tampa's hockey team, The Tampa Bay Lightning), so when we spend time at home, you will find us heading to a Lightning game at the Amalie Arena or relaxing to Diamond Rio's Pandora station, which also gives us a variety of other tunes from artist, like Billy Ray Cyrus, George Straight, and Alan Jackson.  I hold loyalty to others as a necessity in life, consider myself family oriented (including the many friends that have become my family), and value making the most of each day with the people that make a difference in my life. There's nothing that brings me greater joy than bringing a smile to someone's face, which is why I believe that this is the key to most happiness in life.