{Before & After} A Good Bull Texas Aggie Nursery

Do you yell gig 'em in your sleep? Greet people with a howdy? You might be a Texas Aggie. If you're looking for inspiration for a Texas A&M themed nursery, look no further. It's all things maroon here!

In our house, the motto is clear: Every color is a shade of maroon. Or, in this case, every room has to have a little (or a lot) of Aggie in it. When baby number six arrived almost two years ago, she camped out in our room for a long while. When we finally got…

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Spring Break Roundup

We may not have gone somewhere lovely and exotic like Hawaii, Cabo or Europe, but we did have a pretty spectacular spring break last week, y’all. The best! No sports practices, no dance, no homework, no packing lunches, no schedule and no alarm clocks. Scott took off a few days toward the end of the…

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An Open Letter to Johnny Football

{UPDATE, 2/8/13:  I’m happy and incredibly honored to say that Johnny did, in fact, read this letter. He tweeted out the link and all #### broke loose. But it must be said that my intent in writing  it was simple: years from now, I wanted my son to know just what that moment looked like…

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Vacation Recap: Louisiana, Part 2

After a great night’s sleep, we decided to fully partake in big city life and jump on public transportation. Our “original” plan had us riding the streetcar from the Archbishop’s residence all the way to Bourbon Street. Halfway through the trip we realized the streetcar rails were under construction and we would be transferred to…

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10 Lessons I Learned from Aggieland

You *may* have heard my beloved Aggies officially joined a new conference this weekend. All hail the SEC! It was a decision a long-time coming and while some say it had little to do with the t-sips, I think it had everything to do with them. But, that is a post for another day, opening…

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