Tonight we said our final goodbyes to dear friends. Many could not make it but sent messages. It's hard to believe that 14 years ago we started our adventures here in Aggieland. As Paul and I were discussing our time here we started talking about our Top 10 moments in Aggieland. We will probably think of a million more because it has been a wild ride!
10. The first really big game that Paul was on the sidelines for at Kyle- we beat Notre Dame in 2001! We just saw Coach Slocum the other night and he greeted Paul with a great big smile.
9. Eating dinner on Good Friday with Babs and George at Olive Garden. What were the former President and First Lady doing eating there?? We were a poor grad student and newly employed staff member at TAMU. That is what we could afford! We had no idea we would be in that company. That Olive Garden burned down.
8. After TAMU beat #1 ranked OU we went to Zapatos and had trash can nachos. The Sooners fans were awesome and joined us! A great night! This was when Reggie came off the bench as a fish and the "let him play" campaign started.
7. Bridgette Ingram asking Paul to sing Happy Birthday in Australian to her. We still talk about this so clearly it is still important!
6. Halloween parties, birthday parties and tail gates. Wigs, baby bjorns, solo cups, pink dinosaurs- so many great memories with great people!
5. The 2012 football season. All of it including Johnny Heisman and Johnny Hangover and the new tv that followed.
4. Pre-game and half-times in Neetum. This includes hanging with 41, seeing what tactics the team had before each game (depending on each diffident coach), walking out behind the team sometimes, and of course NAPS!
3. Working and playing with the greatest friends we could ask for! These people became our family.
2. The adoption of our sweet Dodge from God's Little Creatures.
1. The birth of our children.
CStat and Aggieland have been A&Mazing. We lived here as boyfriend and girlfriend, as a fiancé to each other, as husband and wife, and as mother and father. It will always be our home and we will miss it! Thanks for the memories!
From the outside looking in, you can't understand it and from the inside looking out you can't explain it.
You just have to experience Aggieland.
Not sure who Bridgette Ingram is but she sounds like a lot of FUN !!!!! AWESOME Top 10 !!!!
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