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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Roommate Reminiscing

Last Saturday I was able to go out to dinner with 3 of my former roommates from my Junior year at BYU-Idaho/Ricks. It was so great to see them, catch up, reminisce, and enjoy some quality girl time!

Me, Jessica, Michelle, Keri

It got me to reflecting on how blessed I was during my college years to have such fantastic roommates. Each one of them helped me grow in some way and helped to create many wonderful memories of college. So here is my little walk down memory lane. Feel free to join me, especially if you were one of my past roommates.

FRESHMAN YEAR (1999-2000) - RICKS COLLEGE, Chapman Hall

Kathleen, Kristi, Yuki, me, Mindy, Kari (This was second semester so Liz, who was replaced by Yuki after she moved out, is missing)

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2000-2001) - RICKS COLLEGE, Royal Crest #204

Kari-Lynn, Sue, Sherri, me, Amy


Kari-Lynn's mission farewell ~ Trisha, me, Kari-Lynn, Sue, Amy

JUNIOR YEAR (2001-2002) - RICKS COLLEGE/BYU-IDAHO, Royal Crest #308

Our Valentine's Day celebration ~ Top 4: me, Amy, Erica, Aubrey. Bottom 2: Michelle, Jessica (Keri, who was replaced by Aubrey second semester, is missing but she was shown above at our roommate dinner)


Us being really silly one night and stuffing orange Runts behind our top lips so that we would look like "Who's" from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

YEAR 1 - BYU PROVO
Winter Semester (2003) Heather Cove #18

me, Britney, and Alicia on our night out in Park City

Summer Semester (2003) Santa Barbara #308

Cristina and I hanging out at an outdoor country concert (I forget who)


Me and Cristina after a rousing game of floor hockey, using a broom and mop for sticks and a frozen veggie burger (wrapped in plastic) as a puck! (Good thing we had the broom handy to clean up the mess after the plastic exploded! :)

YEAR 2 (2003-2004) - BYU PROVO, Heather Cove #18

Me, Jess, Jenny, and Mary with the awesome four-tiered ice cream cake we made for Jenny's birthday!


Me, Jenny, Mary, and Jess sitting on the red couch, that we covered ourselves, and sporting the awesome "Poker Pants" that Mary made us for Christmas.

Summer (2004)

Molly (my sister!), me, Cristina, and Katie diggin' into a delicious ice cream cake


Cristina, me, the feller in the middle was not our roommate, Molly, and Katie at the Ward Rodeo!

YEAR 3 (2004-2005) - BYU PROVO, Heather Cove #18

Jenny, me, Jess, Cristina


Cristina, me, and Jess in front of our favorite hot dog stand, J-Dawgs! We got these hot dogs for FREE when the rich dentist behind us in line offered to pay!

GRADUATE SCHOOL YEAR ONE (2005-2006) - BYU Pioneer Condos

Lisa, me, and Cristina at another country concert (again, I can't remember who)


Lisa, Cristina, and me at a "Mustache Party"


Cristina, Lisa, and me attending "Llama Fest" at the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, UT

GRADUATE SCHOOL YEAR TWO (2006-2007) - BYU Clearfield, UT

The day I tied to knot to my eternal and final roommate, Jayson!

Thanks to all my great friends from college, both roommates and non-roommates, for wonderful memories and treasured friendships!

5 comments:

Jess said...

Looks like you had some great times with roommates! One of my roommates got married this last week and I wish I could have met up with her to reminisce- so nice that you had a chance to.

shawnajctenney.blogspot.com said...

What wonderful memories and friends. I only had roomies two year before I found my eternal roomie. I had great times with them, but sadly they're not too good about staying in touch. We did have a couple of roommate dinners a while ago, but nothing much since then. It's kind of sad. I'm glad you are still so well in touch with so many of your former roomies. :)

By the way, I really want to get together with you and talk sometime. It's really been WAY too long.

Love ya!

Matt and Cristina said...

That was so fun! You were an awesome roommate. I will never forget all the fun times we had. (I think that concert was the Kenny one). I'm so glad we found our eternal roommates about the same time. Thanks for the memories!

Matt and Cristina said...

Clarification: The first concert was the Kenney one, the second concert was Keith Urban. Remember the scary man who took our picture?!?! Sorry if you were trying to forget that...

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too. I saw your blog link and was checking things out and ran across the trip down memory lane at college. WOW! How I look a little distant in that freshman dorm picture. But that's awesome to see the fun times you've had.