Because I can't handle losing...

Dear Baylor Football,

I really need you to beat the Aggies today.  You see my in-laws are coming in for the game and most of them will be wearing maroon.  This is a problem for me because I grew up learning to make fun of Aggies and now I am having to go against my upbringing to love them.  I've had 5 years of practice so I'm pretty much there, except when Baylor plays them in football.  You see guys I am a fourth generation Baylor Bear, I cannot take the emotional toll of you all losing and then having to hang out with my Aggie in-laws afterwards, it's just simply asking too much of me.  So if you win today I'll be eternally grateful.  I even promise not to rub it in after the game...at least not out loud where they can hear :)

Forever at your service,
Katie Ferguson Murray

apparently we share genes?

This is my youngest sister Mary

gah isn't she beyond gorgeous?????

One of her friends posted this pic on facebook from her homecoming dance and my jaw dropped.  What happened to my little sister??? She had just turned 9 when I left for college in 2004 and now she's 15!

She always gets frustrated that I still treat her like she's a little girl but this is what she looked like when I left for college!  I'm still trying to come to grips with the fact that she is a sophomore in High School and playing in the band (it feels like only yesterday I was in her same shoes)

Even with our 9 year age difference Mary Jane and I have always connected and I love seeing the beautiful woman she is turning in to, even if I can't come to grips with it on most days. So in honor of my beautiful sister I decided to make up the list below.  enjoy!

My top 10 favorite things about Mary Jane

1. she's easily one of the funniest people I know

2. the girl is beyond witty.  her quick comebacks even give my dad a run for his money

3. she's humble and doesn't realize how gorgeous she is 

4. she is friends with everyone

5. she's the sweetest person you will ever meet (thus number 4)

6. she loves to lend a helping hand 

(Lizzie James and I take credit for this because we always used to make her do things for us when she was little...perks of being the youngest :)

7.  Because we are 9 years apart I got to use her as my excuse for watching the Disney Channel all through High School.

8.  She laughs at my dorky jokes

9. She will talk to me on the phone for as long as I want

10.  She's slightly OCD and has organized my apartment ever since grad-school (the first time I lived on my own)