Anyone who reads my blog knows who my 13 year old brother Mark is. He is as of now the runt of the family as we sometimes say. But in saying that I do not mean it in a bad way. My family always says, even though Mark will probably be the shortest (short as in 6"2 so the size of to most people a very tall person) but in being the shortest, stalkiest kid in the family he will probably end up the best athlete out of all of us as we say. The other day when coming home from work I checked the mail before I came in the house. I always search through to see if there is anything for me and I scrolled through a number of letters from a billion different unviersities with Joe's name on them for football scholarship offers etc. As I am searching through I noticed a letter from UCLA with Mark Kruger on it. I said to myself this kid is in eight grade this has got to be a mistake! I open the letter because I was so curious and in it is a hand written letter from the UCLA coach! Saying Mark, we can't officially recruite you now but please know there is a full ride scholarship waiting for you and we will be recruiting you as soon as you are of age etc etc! I burst out laughing in the driveway as I read this! I couldn't believe that my little brother mark was already recieving hand written letters from major football teams at his age. I mean coach Kyle Whittingham at Utah has already said there is a full ride waiting for him and so has coach Bronco Mendenhall but letters at this age is hilarious! As I'm standing there I look down the street and here comes rolling up in those rip stick/skateboard things is my still-in-his-baby-fat-hasn't-hit-puberty-yet little brother mark. He was sloppily trying to ride his ripstick and bounce a ball up the street as the same time. I just sat there and laughed at my collegiate athletic but yet so uncoordinated football dominating little brother. Even though Erica is younger than him we consider him the baby. Everyone always says that Paul, David, and Joe are going to all make it to the NFL, well guess what people.... My money is on MARK!!! Out of the three older brothers Mark is the only 8th grader in the family to recieve a hand written letter at 13! I am very proud of my little brother Marky.
