Is Laura your oldest sister? I think that I do remember her but no one else...sorry! I knew your dad was a huge fan and we use to talk about the Cyclones extensively!!! By the way my name is Robert (Bobby) McLaughlin. Remind me what your name is - if you wish - and your other sibling.
I know what you mean about having a spouse who favors the hocks...my wife use to like the hocks and of course when our son was born that all changed because all his uncles (her brothers) are hock fans and but I totally refused to put him in that cat poop and dirt (their true colors) gear! Curran (my son) totally loves everything I.S.U. and has even planned on going there when he graduates high school.
How many kids do you have? I have three (24, 21, and 14) and a 4 year old grand-daughter!
My dad still farms up there, so we go back to visit 5-6 times a year. If we can work it out, the husband and I would eventually like to go back and take over the family farm. I loved growing up there. We'll be back for the fair this year for sure.
That would be us. :) My two older sisters also graduated from Iowa State, along with both our parents. Dad was a big Cyclone fan and started us early on football games and wrestling meets. One sister lives in Wellsburg now and the other lives in Ames. My husband graduated from a small engineering school in Indiana, but favors the Hawks (I know..). I'm working hard on my kids, though. My three-year-old already knows the words to the fight song. :D
I was in Cinda's class. I use to babysit her cousins but really cannot remember their names. They lived just south of Cinda's home...or her parents' home.

I live in Lake Mills now and my wife thinks I'm crazy for checking out Cyclonefanatic on a regular basis...or even watching the Cyclones myself...lol
You probably knew my cousins - Cinda, Bret and Chad. I'm the youngest in the extended family. I really enjoyed growing up in Hampton. We may be crazy, but my husband and I hope to get into the family farm sometime in the next few years and move back up there. He's not from NC Iowa, though. He grew up west of Ames about a hour - just north of Jefferson.
i grew up just south of hampton on an acerage 1/2 a mile from the hampton hotel. my little brother's pic is on the wall in the wrestling room for being hampton's only second state champion at the time...he graduated in '88
I'm uploading quite a few pics I've taken of campus buildings, athletic facilities, and various other places I have been. My panoramio name is Haverhill.

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