Brian Badger:  

After graduation from Hillwood in 1981, I went down the street to Vanderbilt University, where I continued my work as an athletic trainer that I had begun at Bellevue. Having earned a partial scholarship, I worked primarily with the football team, including the 1982 Hall of Fame Bowl team. I graduated in 1986, and worked in the Christian music industry until the early 1990's. I was engaged in December of 1992 in Washington, DC, and married in San Antonio, TX, on June 12, 1993 to the love of my life: New Braunfels, TX native Suzanne Bock. We now have beautiful Rachel, born December 1, 1998; and handsome Benjamin, born November 19, 2002. I have worked in the automobile business for sixteen years, including eight years as Finance Manager for two Mercedes-Benz dealerships here in Houston. We have lived in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land for over fourteen years now, having also lived in the San Antonio area and Corpus Christi in the three years before that. Since moving to Texas I have also been a sports reporter in radio, and managed some political campaigns. Suzanne's dad was in the Texas Legislature for ten years, which affords us some contacts in Austin and Washington, DC. He once had a Ford dealership in Seguin, TX but now spends time at his horse farm in New Braunfels and cattle ranch in the Austin area. We are proud to be conservative Republicans from Texas, and aren't ashamed to be gunowners "clinging" to our religion (and we're fond of the rest of the Constitution as well). Suzanne has been a stay-at-home mom for years, but three years ago began hosting a live, call-in talk show for KSBJ Radio, the local Houston station that plays Contemporary Christian Music. She has a degree in Journalism from Stephens College in Columbia, MO, and worked as a reporter in both TV and radio until we began having children. When we met in Nashville I soon discovered her many talents: she was a songwriter, she's written a screenplay, and she's excellent at scrapbooking. Her latest venture is into the world of "voice-overs," for which she is now acquiring an agent. Three years ago we also began the very demanding task of homeschooling Rachel, which allows us more control over the curriculum she experiences. Rachel, in fact, attends a University Model School (UMS) called Logos Preparatory Academy, here in Sug...Expand for more