High School Pics

Here are a couple of pictures to accompany the previous post - forgive the quality, I think it's my scanner.

This is Mike Lloyd, the unfortunate recipient of the disaster pie (I think I had him over for pie with friends another time so I redeemed myself.)


Probably my favorite date dance - Sophmore Slide my senior year - I am the hot blonde in the back. Sidenote: right after this picture was taken I jumped off the car and twisted my ankle - it was still a fun dance. My date was Ryan Gardner and he was a blast to be with.



This is a part of the VL club - you can see which ones have already turned in their badges!



Any high school girls who read this, I have laughed and laughed as I've gone through pictures - Julie did a great job capturing our hilarity in her own little scrapbook that I saved and just read through.

I found a page that listed the boys we loved each year, I laughed to count that a very high percentage of those boys were my crushes. Boy did I have fun.

High School Tag

I'm not much of a tagger but I've been thinking about High School so when I came across this on my niece's blog I decided to reminisce.

1. DID YOU DATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL? No, but I had lots of fun.

2.WHAT KIND OF CAR DID YOU DRIVE?
It all depended upon the day and year (mostly I rode the bus ;)). For a time I drove my Grandma's old gold Cadillac, on occasion I drove the family suburban and my favorite - if I was lucky I got to drive my Dad's maxima. (funny story - I set off the alarm in front of my friends house and couldn't figure out how to turn it off. Eventually her neighbor came out - the mother of the current crush ironically - and helped us. I was so mortified.)

3. DID YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST YOUR FIRST TRY? Technically no, I had to get new contacts.

4. WERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL? Define party animal - I liked to be the life of the party, but the parties I attended were usually quite tame.

5. WERE YOU CONSIDERED A FLIRT? Yes unless it was a boy that I wanted to ask me out and then I could barely string two intelligent words together (miraculously I still managed to catch a guy!)

6. WERE YOU IN BAND, ORCHESTRA, OR CHOIR? Choir - loved it (it helped me attempt to overcome #5)

7. WERE YOU A NERD? In ways... I've never really been in style, I got good grades, so I guess, yeah.

8. WERE YOU ON ANY VARSITY TEAMS? Nope

9. DID YOU EVER GET SUSPENDED/EXPELLED? No

10. CAN YOU STILL SING THE FIGHT SONG? Sure can "We are the fighting Bruins of Mtn. View..."
11. WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHERS? Mr. Peterson (I loved A Capella), Miss Eddy (pretty sure there was a cute boy in that class) really I tried to block out class time from my memory.

12. WHERE DID YOU SIT FOR LUNCH? Lunchroom or hallway

13. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S FULL NAME? Mountain View High School

14. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S MASCOT AND COLORS? Bruin, Cardinal Red and Gold

15. DID YOU GO TO HOMECOMING AND WITH WHOM? Yes, Jonathan Fisher

16. IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN WOULD YOU? I had so many good times (my fair share of challenging ones too) I think if I could jump back in time I would and do a few things differently, but really who wants to move backwards?

17. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT GRADUATION? I remember most of my friends were heartbroken and I was stoked to move on. I got to stand in line to shake everyone's hand as they went by and I remember this jock who had barely said two words to me hugged me, called me by name and said he'd miss me. Odd.

18. WHERE DID YOU GO SENIOR SKIP DAY? I guess that was Lagoon Day.

19. WERE YOU IN ANY CLUBS? I was VLVP (Virgin Lips Vice President). This was our own little joke club but somebody thought it would be a good idea to put it in the yearbook (sigh). I was a bit of a spaz, but really, if the right guy had wanted to I would have turned in my badge!

20. HAVE YOU GAINED SOME WEIGHT SINCE THEN? Um, yeah.

21. WHO WAS YOUR PROM DATE? Darrell Gardner my Jr. year and my little 8 mo. old nephew my senior year. (Me and two friends didn't get asked so we went on a road trip to stay with my sis in Logan - I got some serious kisses on that date!)

22. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING TO YOUR REUNION? Yes

23. DID YOU HAVE A JOB IN HIGH SCHOOL? I volunteered at the Scera Theater, mowed lawns for my dad and stuffed envelopes for a company called United Education Centers.


I tag whoever wants to take a trip down memory lane. (I probably could have thought up some more interesting questions, in fact...)

24. Most embarrassing memory: I have several, most of which I don't want to relive, but the funniest one was when I tried to take a pie to a boy who I had asked out to a dance. The pie was kind of runny (I was still perfecting) and still a little warm (banana cream) so the whipped cream started melting and dripping over the edge even before we arrived (I roped Justin into helping me deliver). We got out of the car, I took the pie, walked up to the porch and tripped on the steps. Half of the pie sloshed out of the pan coating the porch and the door. I didn't know what to do so rather than just running, I made Justin turn on the hose and squirt of the porch while I rang the bell (I don't know what I was thinking). I tried to explain what happened to the guys little sister and asked for a rubber scraper to smooth what was left in the pie crust then I sure left that miserable pie there and left much humbled. So funny.

The benefits of wedding receptions

Last night as I was picking Izzy up from a birthday party I received a call from Ryan and this is the conversation that followed:
Ryan: When will you be home? (sounding close to tears)
Me: 20 minutes
Ryan: Cuz Dad has to go to a reception (down the street) and if you're not here he says I have to go with him.
Me: When does Dad have to leave?
Ryan: Wait--oh, (sounding pleased) he says he'll check out the refreshments and tell me if I should come. You know what I like about receptions (pause) the cake.

Air Guitar Photos

Ryan's Game Night

Ryan convinced me last week that he needed to have a game night with his buddies, so this past Friday we gathered his cousins and friends from the ward to play games and have snacks.

We had a rip-roaring game of "Do you love your neighbor" in which the kids played opposite what is usually done, they fought to be caught in the middle, often running in circles instead of sitting down.

We played "4 on a couch" which is a game Scott and I learned just recently and I discovered that it's a little tricky to play a competitive game with little kids who don't like to lose (Izzy screamed and Warren was close to tears). Despite that, they enjoyed the game.

My favorite time of the night (and I don't think I'm alone in this) was the air guitar concert. At first only Ryan and Isabelle wanted to participate, but little by little we had them all jamming to the August Rush soundtrack (so funny!).

It was a very fun night that I'm sure will be repeated many, many times in the future!

Two Peas in a Pod

My nephew Jackson is fascinated with pots and cooking. This adorable boy got a kitchen set for Christmas and was delighted with Santa Claus.

I was looking through pictures this morning and found these pictures of Ryan.

Kris, Jack's not alone!!

I forgot that Ryan was delighted by kitchen gadgets. I think the fascination was partly because of the mess, partly because of the noise (picture banging pots) and partly because he liked to be right next to me anytime I might be doing something interesting.

Needless to say, during his early years I went through many pie tins (they make great drums), boxes of cereal (dumped in pots, not eaten - well, mostly), and washed many, many dishes that were not used to prepare anything that was served at the table.

I love those memories. Thank goodness for pictures.