Day 4- Your Parents

So today is about my parents!! Neil and Paula Dugger are my parents!! An interesting fact about them is they both go by their middle names. My dad's full name is Harry Neil Dugger and my mom's is Lydia Paulette "Anderson" Dugger. My parents met back in like 1981 while they were both teaching at Nimitz High School in Irving. They dated about 3 months, got engaged, and were married 6 months later!!

My dad grew up in Temple, Texas and went to Angelo State University. He said he always planned to go to The University of Texas but was going to transfer in after starting out at Angelo State. He says he has always been a UT fan, but we still tease him that he's the only one in the family that didn't graduate from there! My dad also got his master's and doctorate degree from North Texas! My dad has a love for golf! He's actually a really good golfer! My dad also has a love for history which he's passed down to me! He especially loves anything about Texas History!! John Wayne's "The Alamo" is his favorite movie!! Growing up we'd go on vacation to places and we'd always have a history lesson from my dad about where we were! He started out teaching history after he graduated college. He eventually became and vice principle and worked his way up to where now he is the Assistant Superintendent for Personnel in Irving!

My mom grew up in Vernon, Texas and moved to Ft. Worth in middle school! She graduated from The University of Texas with a bachelor's and master's degree! She was a reading teacher/specialist most of her career but is now the reading coordinator for the district in Irving. My mom loves anything related to UT, she bleeds orange through and through! Both of my parents also LOVE their ranch! They bought a 28 acre ranch about 14-15 years ago. They planned to just get a couple of acres so my mom could have one longhorn steer! Well they ended up with 28 acres and have probably almost 20 longhorns now!! Those longhorns are my mom's babies!!

My parents have been married for 28 years and counting! They are each other's best friends and been a great example to me on what marriage looks like!!