A family tradition...

There's a little tradition in Aggieland (well, more than one) called Yell Practice. Before every football game (home or away) Aggies gather to practice the yells we use during the game to prepare to stand as the 12th Man. 

Make all the Aggie jokes you want - you will never find a student body that supports their school, team and each other more than we do. 

This week the Kings attended a pretty historic Yell Practice - the last one we will have before our rivalry game with t.u.  - or as most people refer to this school, the University of Texas. Since our move to the SEC was made final t.u. denied our request to keep this epic rivalry alive. 

There has been lots and lots of discussion about it - even in crazy places like The New York Times. As a  person that is no expert on sports I will keep my comments to myself. 

Well, I will just say that it's clearly about ego. money. and who can pee the furthest. 

Any way. 

Yell Practice. How cute are we?

We went with the Munson's and met the Bailey's at Kyle Field. Krista got us VIP access which meant we had killer seats which was awesome for the kids!

And clearly, they are some VIPs!

Caroline '30, Radley '30, Emersyn '32, Annaliese, '31

and...

Millicent '34 - and if you will notice her fingers, she already knew to "Saw 'em Off!"

Radley was mesmerized by the Yell Leaders. He just thought they were so cool and kept trying to follow all the motions they make. It was pretty precious. 

I, too, was mesmerized by the Yell Leaders the first time I saw them as a shy, sweet, little freshman...but that was for a whole different reason. ;)

They are seasoned pros at being Aggies...

I was a little scared that sitting so close to the band was going to be too loud for Emmy ... but she loved it, at first, and then decided that resting on Daddy's shoulder was much more fun.

There really is nothing like the Aggie Spirit. Win or lose, we come together for our team. Standing united. Watching 80,000+ people on game day linking arms to "Saw 'em Off" is amazing - and thinking about these next generation of Aggies makes me happy!

And while the outcome of the game the next day was not what we had hoped for...we knew that we had done all we could to help our team succeed. 

And, well, our kids are way cuter than any tsips!

Gig'em Aggies!