A Cougar in Our Midst!

Jeffrey was accepted to BYU! He will start this Fall.

I'm slowly adjusting to the fact that all of my children won't be Aggies. I guess if one of them has to go somewhere else, BYU is a good choice.

He's so excited. I know this is what he wants, so I'm happy for him.

But I'll always bleed maroon!!

Not What I Like to Read

Today I read the following on the U.S. State Department's website:

"You should exercise caution when traveling in the state of Veracruz. In recent months, the state of Veracruz has seen an increase in violence among rival criminal organizations. In response, the Government of Mexico has sent additional military and federal police to the state to assist State security forces in implementing operation “Veracruz Seguro” (Secure Veracruz) that focuses on combating organized crime."

I don't like to read stuff like that when I have a son serving a mission in Veracruz! Fortunately he'll be home in a little over 2 months, and I won't have to worry about his safety in Mexico any more!

Too Long

It's been over a month since I last blogged! I think that's the longest I've gone. I'm going to try to come up with a few things to write.

1. Poor Scott. 11th graders in Texas take the exit TAKS test. I know they are phasing out TAKS, but it is still being used in high school. Because Scott wasn't in Texas for 11th grade, he has to take the exit TAKS this year, as a 12th grader. He is not excited. He knows he will finish in about 30 minutes and then have to sit there and do nothing for the rest of the time. Poor guy.

2. The youth in our ward are going on a Pioneer Trek during part of Spring Break. We were invited by the Katy Stake. At first, Scott was excited about going. But as more details emerge, the less he wants to go. Robert and I finally decided he didn't have to go. I'm not really happy he made this choice, but if I force him, he might make it miserable for everyone in his "family". And that's not fair to them. (For the record, if this were our stake's youth conference, he wouldn't even be complaining. But since our ward is a tag-a-long, he feels differently.)

Here's the part that makes my kind of happy. I had already ordered two pioneer shirts for him. So I told him he has to wear a pioneer shirt Thursday, Friday, and Saturday - the days he would have been on trek! Oh yeah - that's the kind of Mom I am! He's now threatening to not leave the house those days. I may have to arrange some fun day trips...

3. Robert has been home since Thursday evening. It's been nice having him here, and I'm sad he has to leave today. We went out to dinner with different friends on Friday and Monday, and we went to dinner with Kimberly on Saturday. It's been fun to do things like that. I'm really going to miss him when he leaves tonight.

4. Suddenly our standoffish male Siamese, Brynner, has gotten kind of mellow! He likes to sit on the arm of my chair, and will often crawl into my lap! This is very unusual behavior for him. It's kind of nice to have him so sweet!

Well, there's a few items. Time to run some last minute errands with Robert.