Good Laughs & Ghosts of the Past

I received this inspiration from my friend, Kristen. Then my friend, Jenny, asked if I had any pictures of us as kids. I don't have very many photos of my own from my youth. My mom has most that are pre-high school. Herein are some good laughs and some moments in time that attest to my extreme coolness.

1986-This picture is when I was 12. l-r Jenny Hoover, Bobby Capener, me, Brandi Robison. So funny. That guy is a BYU basketball player that came for some sort of ward activity. We were in total awe. I think this picture is pretty perfect in showing our respective styles at the time. Jenny - pretty casual, always ready for real playing. Me - older sisters that were stylish so I borrowed their style and some clothes(the tie). Brandi - most popular brands, Esprit.

1999-This picture was taken the last day of jr. high. l-r Jenny Hoover, Erica Thompson, me. We went to the mall after we got out of school. We went to spend our refund. I never thought of it as my parents $. I guess I thought I worked hard and deserved whatever $ the school was going to give me. Yes, I do have small baby claw bangs going on there.

1990-This is Homecoming of my junior year with Brandon Poduska(sp?). Funny story here. The Friday before the dance my dad had some extra tickets to the BYU football game the next day. He said I could have them. I asked my date if we had any day date plans for the next day. He said no. I promptly turned around and told my friend, Carolanne that she and I could go to the game. It never crossed my mind to see if my date wanted to go. I ended up getting a sunburn and getting home 15 minutes before he was to pick me up. Needless to say no shower or makeup. I think my dress was made out of upholstery fabric. Yes, I do have some sort of scraggly perm going on.

1992-This is graduation day. This is Dave Jacobs. I went to jr. high with him, but his high school graduated right after mine, so I ran into him. If any of you have seen the LDS video "On The Way Home," you saw him. He plays the son/brother. He was also in another LDS film in the very early 80's about a family who's young son gets hit by a car while he's carrying his fish to school. My famous friend.

1992-There's so many things about this picture that just screams coolness. #1 - My friend Julia. I was working at Jacob Lake near the Grand Canyon in AZ. the summer after high school. We were split into girls and guys dorms. We would do raids on each other. Usually they are really mean things, but this year we were doing nice-ish things. We dressed in black, put cat make-up on and broke into the guys dorm in the middle of the night blasting Janet Jackson's Black Cat. Also, you can feel the mighty power of the fly-ness of my Dick Tracy midnight showing t-shirt. Yes, I paid for it and actually saw the first showing. Now I fall asleep just thinking about going to a 9pm movie, let alone midnight.

1993-This is when I graduated from Ricks. My friend and roommate, Marissa. I got this lovely corsage as a gift from my parents for graduation. My brother is going to Hawaii with his wife and kids and my parents for his graduation gift from my parents. I do like the corsage, it's beautiful. I'm not upset about Hawaii. I just got my associates degree and my brother is graduating from medical school. The gifts increase exponentially. So I just need to get my Doctorate and maybe my parents will give me a nice trip somewhere.

1994-Here you go. Proof that I know the coolest people. l-r Gary Ishmael, me and Kenneth Rawlings. I think I don't look super happy because someone put ice down my back. I'm a poor loser because if you look closely you will see that Kenneth's collar is stretched from me putting ice down his back. Ahh, such funny kids. We are at a Friendly's Restaurant in Ohio.

Well, I hope you enjoyed taking this trip with me down memory lane. Feel free to express how cool you think I am/was. You may also feel free to tell me the truth.;-)