Reunions

Can I just say that I love the blogging world? I wonder why I was so hesitant to start one...it must be because I'm a little bit rebellious and like to go against the flow instead of with it. That said, I'm so happy I started one. Although I love keeping in touch with my local friends, I get to see and talk to you on a pretty regular basis. In the past few weeks I feel like I've had a mini high school reunion and a mini family reunion. It is so much fun to get reconnected to these friends and stay close with my family since we don't live near them any longer!

FAMILY REUNION:

My little sister, Melanie started a blog a few weeks ago, then Kelly's little sister, Nani started one, and then my long-lost cousin, Jenni found my blog and we get to keep in touch now. There is a funny story about how I met Jenni...Last year when Kelly and I went to Arizona to watch the Fiesta Bowl, we knew we were staying at our brother-in-law's cousin's house. I felt a little weird about it because I'd never met them, but decided to make the best of it. At breakfast the first morning I noticed Jenni's maiden name on a piece of paper. I told her that my mom had relatives with that last name and then told her some of the last names that I was related to. She told me that her grandma's maiden name was the same as my grandparents last name. Then I said that my grandpa had a sister named Mary. Long story short, we figured out that her grandma and my grandpa are brother and sister, that our parents went to high school together and that our moms were in the homecoming court together, and to top it off she married my brother-in-law's cousin. Needless to say, it was so much fun to find out that we were related, and I didn't feel one bit weird about staying at a stranger's house after that:) It was really fun to get to meet her parents and get everyone caught up on everyone else's lives!

HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE REUNION:

Now, on to my high school reunion. I've known Autumn has had a blog for awhile, but now Jenny, KerrieLeigh, Kayela, and Lisa all have one. We all grew up in good ol' Blanding, Utah. It is a very small town in the south east corner of Utah. When I say small town I mean small! When I lived there, the population was probably 4500 people or so, no stop lights (just one 4-way stop sign on Main street), one grocery store, no fast-food chains...you get the picture. That said, I loved growing up there! We had so much fun figuring out ways to get into trouble, and entertain ourselves. I have fun memories of each of these girls. My freshman year in college I roomed with Kayela and Lisa, it was a blast! We had Tetris tournaments on GameBoys just to make one of our other (clogging on the entry-way, speaks in sign language when she isn't deaf and expects you to understand her, tantrum throwing) roommates mad (hopefully she doesn't come across this post!), we also scared the you-know-what out of this same roommate one night when she was walking home from a neighbor's house and we were hiding in the bed of a truck in the parking lot. We jumped out and she got so scared, she ran into the house and locked us all out for a LONG time. It was snowing outside, but we kept warm because we were laughing our butts off about the look on her face...it still makes me giggle even as I'm typing this!

It's also fun to see what time has brought to each of our lives. Where we live, who we married, how many kids we have, what we look like, etc. My favorite part of getting reconnected is that we are all grown-ups now. There is none of the high school drama and we still pick up like we've been talking to each other for years. So if there are any "lurkers" out there who went to high school with me (Candace, Stephanie, Storm, and anyone else) leave a message on my blog and start a blog of your own! They are so much fun and a great way to keep in touch!