City:  Garland
State/Prov.:  Texas
Occupation:  Telecommuter
Marital Status:  Committed Relationship
No. of Children:  3
From Brenda:
Well, it's after the reunion and I am updating the website.  Had a really great time at the reunion.  Good job to the committee!!! 

  For the record, a little bit about me.  I am a telecomuter in the IT industry.  i have 3 children (Terrence - 30, Tray - 17 and Tara - 11).  It was a lot of fun seeing all of the old classmates.   Really cool Name tags, at least we all seemed to have "Big Hair"

I wish the best to all of you!

City:  Flower Mound
State/Prov.:  TX
Occupation:  Mom
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
Spouse/Significant Other:  Ben
From Leah:
Hello class of 78! I am looking forward to seeing all of you! High School was such a great time, and I think we were very fortunate to have a great class of people! I have been married for 17 years to a fellow Aggie! We have been blessed with 2 great boys, 11 & 12. They keep us very busy! In our free time, we enjoy boating, going to the beach and most sports. We also enjoy spending time with our family & friends, which also includes vacationing with Rexanne & her family. I worked for Southwest Airlines for 18 years as a flight attendant, before I decided to stay at home with the boys. It was a great job, but my real calling was to be a Mom! Life is good, and I can't wait to see all of you! A big thank you to all that have put this together!

City:  Tomball
State/Prov.:  TX
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
Spouse/Significant Other:  Lloyd
From Debbie:

Lloyd and I celebrated our 25^th anniversary on New Years Eve…the same evening that our son, Brian, got married. He and his wife, Tori, are now living in Washington DC. He will be working for the Federal Reserve Board beginning in July. Our daughter, Katie, is attending school in Alabama, majoring in Industrial Design. This has been our first year as “empty nesters” and I must admit that I hate it! Lloyd runs his own Environmental, Safety, and Health consulting business, EnvirOSH Services (www.envirosh.com). I help him out as best I can. We are living in Tomball but are building a house on Lake Conroe, hopefully to be completed by next summer.

City:  Teague
State/Prov.:  TX
Occupation:  Retired
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
Spouse/Significant Other:  Bill Andrews

City:  Midland
State/Prov.:  Texas
Occupation:  Hillcrest School 
Registrar
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  4
Spouse/Significant Other:  Lonnie Nelson Arnold
From Cindy :
Hi everyone,
    It has been so great seeing all of the past and present pictures of our classmates.  I'm still in Midland and loving it.  
     Nicole is 31 and lives in  Lubbock, TX working and finishing her masters in Sociology.  Amanda is 26 and lives in Austin, TX and is an Accountant for Seton Hospitals.  Jennifer is 25 and  lives in Midland and is engaged and will be getting Married in November to Doug Buchanan.  Shannan is 18 and pole vaults for the University of Houston Track and Field Team.
     Many thanks to everyone who is working so hard to put on our 30th reunion.  

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE,
Cindy Fazzino Arnold
    

City:  Fairfield
State/Prov.:  Texas
Occupation:  Area Manager-Operations
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
Spouse/Significant Other:  Nancy
From John:
It's hard to believe 30 years have passed. Doesn't seem like we are that old. I have moved around a bit since our last reunion. I have spent the last three years down in the Corpus Christi area as an Engineering Manager for Verizon but on April the 4th I got a wild hair and decided to retire after almost 28 years. I was retired for two days and went to work for another telephone company, Windstream Communications as their Operations Manager over East Texas and Nancy ('77) and I are moving to Fairfield. We are buying a house on Richland-Chambers lake and will probably retire there for good some day. Our girls Jessica 23 and Jenna 21 have both graduated from A&M and have jobs in Dallas so this gets us closer to them and the folks. I also finally completed college in 2006 which was a long time in the making but very self satisfying. We plan on being at the reunion, if the birth of our first grandchild doesn't stop us. He is due on July 25. I look forward to catching up with old friends and seeing if everyone else is as gray as I am.

City:  College Station/Dallas
State/Prov.:  TX
Occupation:  Furniture Source 
International & Puro 
Verde Spirits, Inc
Website:  www.furnituresourceint.co -
m & -
www.puroverdespirits.com
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
Spouse/Significant Other:  Trey Baumgarner
From Melissa:
I’ve been married 30 years to the most wonderful man in the world and I have two of the most beautiful girls. I presently live between College Station and Dallas, Texas. My husband and I own Furniture Source International in College Station. We manufacture furniture casegoods in Mexico and leather in Italy and sell to retailers across the nation. Our newest family businesses is in Organic Tequila - we just began Puro Verde Spirits, Inc and it’s hitting the shelves soon! (www.puroverdespirits.com) My oldest daughter, Ashley, presently works with us in both businesses. She graduated from UT with honors and my youngest daughter, Alison, attends UT in Dallas and will be joining the family businesses soon! We also love poodles!! When you’re home in Bryan/College Station, come visit Furniture Source International off Wellborn Road and say hello!!! It’s been a long time, I’d love to catch up.

Sincerely, 
Melissa

City:  Bend
State/Prov.:  OR
Occupation:  Real Estate Appraiser
Marital Status:  Married
Spouse/Significant Other:  Marty McGee Bennett
From Brad:
Is it me, or does time seem to be speeding up?! Its great to read about everyone on this wonderful website. Many thanks to the organizers! Since graduation, I've earned a BS (very appropriate don't you think?) from A&M, and an MBA from UNM in Albuquerque. Life has taken me to Dallas, Santa Fe, Maui, and now the high desert of Central Oregon. My wife, Marty, and I live on 10 acres of near paradise and raise llamas and alpacas in our spare time. When not working on the farm or managing our apartment building, I spend my time skiing, fishing, biking and doing a little flying. Marty's interesting work with Camelids has taken us to Australia and New Zealand several times, Peru, Europe and Scandinavia. We try to mix in a little sightseeing with our business travels, and I am always amazed at how much we have in common with other people from around the world! (BTW - Norwegians think Aggie jokes are hilarious!) I regret not being able to attend the reunion, but wish everyone health and happiness! Be well, Brad

City:  Clay Center
State/Prov.:  Nebraska
Occupation:  Scientist
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  1
Spouse/Significant Other:  Bill Jaeger
From Elaine:

Hi everyone! THANKS to our reunion organizers

—and what a great website. It has been very fun to read up on you all. My folks moved from Bryan right after our graduation in 1978 and I moved away in 1982, so I have not been back there very often. I spent several years as a professional student (BS, MS University of Nebraska; PhD, North Carolina State University) before settling in Clay Center, Nebraska (pop. 825) about 13 years ago. I am a scientist at a large USDA food animal production research center, doing research in the areas of food safety & environmental microbiology. Bill and I have been married for about 11 years now. I have a step-son Rob, a daughter-in-law Jaime, and a cute little 2-year old grand-daughter Leah. We live on a small farm, keep a garden, and feed a few pigs now and then. We are not exactly on the way to anywhere, but be sure to give us a holler if you are passing through! I look forward to seeing you soon at the reunion.

Going to Texas,

Elaine

City:  Round Rock
State/Prov.:  TX
Occupation:  Tech industry analyst
Website:  notabob.blogspot.com
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
Spouse/Significant Other:  Karen Hejtmancik Blakley BHS '79
From Bob:
I'm currently VP and research director of the Identity and Privacy Stratgies service of Burton Group, a tech industry analyst firm.

Karen & I just celebrated our 25th anniversary; our son Sean is a Junior in Physics at the University of Texas and our daughter Laura is a Junior at Round Rock High School.

Outside of work, my main interest these days is photography; you can see some of my photos by clicking the flickr badge in the links section of my blog at http://notabob.blogspot.com