Don't Mess with Texas!

As most of you already know, we are headed to Killeen, Texas this summer. We are so excited to get closer to some of our family and friends for the next few years. For those of you that aren't Texans, you might not understand how hard it is to not be able to live in your home state. I have often heard the saying, "Texas, it's like a whole other country." I truly believe that because Texas doesn't really fit into any of the U.S. regions; New England, East Coast, South, Midwest, or West Coast. Texans are VERY proud of their home state and for good reason.

But as much as I miss Texas, I miss my hometown of College Station (Heidi, I know you can relate) even more. Peter and I always talk about the first thing we want to do when we get there but we can never decide because there is just too much to do. True, most of the places we want to go are eateries such as Layne's Chicken Fingers and Freebirds but just walking around the beautiful A&M campus will satisfy us for awhile. One thing I can't wait to do is go to a home football game. We haven't been able to attend one since we both graduated 5 years ago and since we were both in the Corps of Cadets and the Aggie Band, home games are somewhat sacred to us.




(top, a typical Texas A&M home game; bottom, Peter is 2nd from the right in the front row and I am 4th from the right in the second row)

Even though we will be living in Killeen; it is only two hours away and with Grammy (my mom) in C.S., I'm sure we will be making MANY trips there. Of course, any and all of you are welcome to come visit and learn why we enjoy Texas as much as we do.