~We thought it would be fun taking Jesse to college and doing a road trip to Rexburg, Idaho where the magic all started for us! After a very fun 13 hours in the car we drove into town. Every single hotel was completely booked - after begging the front desk guy at the Days Inn at 1 a.m. to let us stay there, he finally gave us his last room - with one King bed..so much for a romantic getaway before our four months of separation, but I laughed so hard this night I would not have wanted it any other way~ 
~We both showed up in 1995 studying Landscape Horticulture and having almost every class together. I got butterflies in my stomach every time he would talk to me or sit next to me.. I went back to Rexburg in 1999 and was so happy we were able to reconnect.. we have so many wonderful memories of our times laughing and hanging out together at good ol' Ricks College USA~
~I felt like the ol' mom and ol' dad, who are so proud to send their son off to college. We took Jesse to the bookstore to try to get him set up with his books and we told him we would buy him his first college sweatshirt. He had many choices.. but our boy did us proud and chose the only Ricks College sweatshirt in the store.. who are we kidding, why mess with a good thing?~
~We spent a lot of time at our favorite restaurants.. a lot of things had changed about this town, but to me it was pretty much the same old place. And I was very happy that Gringo's salsa was still as delicious as I remembered it from 10 years ago~
~As soon as we saw the Maverick Convenient store, we had to stop. This is what got Steve through school. He was up so late every night and in order to study they would take their 64 oz. "Mav" mugs in to get their refills of Mt. Dew for a quarter! I had to come home with some souvenirs from our trip. They have now replaced the 64 oz. mug with the 100 oz. mug!!! Can you even imagine what this would do to you?~
~After spending two days in Rexburg, walking around campus, going to our favorite restaurants, walking through our classroom buildings and greenhouses.. we decided it was time to get going. On our way out of town, we looked down at the temperature gauge and we saw -11 degrees!! We love this town for the magic it created for us.. but we will never miss that kind of cold weather.. now that is bitter cold~
~And this is what was waiting for us when we got home.. I am so glad that we got to go and walk down memory lane, and so glad that one day we will have the chance to see magic happen like this for our boys~
~We sent Steve off to Missouri for 4 months, but the magic still continues.. we miss & love you Steve(Dad)~
Monday, February 16, 2009
~Going Back To Where The Magic Started~
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I just need to give an extra shout-out to the Mav mugs...I sure do miss them!
Maverick also had some firece sugar cookies with pink frosting. I ingested many while in Boise the summer of 1991.
Thanks so much for taking Jesse to school and showing him the ropes! He couldn't have had two better people to share that experience with. I saw Jesse for the first time this weekend since he left. We met up in Boise to celebrate Nana Mary's b-day and to enjoy the long weekend. It felt good for both of us to get a break from the routine of our live and hard to say goodbye when it was over.
Glad to hear that you were still feeling the love even though your hubby isn't home. Carl left twice for clinical rotations for a combined total of six months. Though it was hard distance made our hearts grow stronger and I loved making memories with my kids. Hang in there!
Dag! 100 ounces. That is quite repulsive actually.
Joe and I have shared a bed with my sister. Not something I'd want to do on a regular basis, but funny once in a great while. That was brave with Jesse being the third party... he could fill the entire King by himself!
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