Reminiscing about Rexburg.

When I think back to the happiest time in my life I would have to say the summer of 2004 was definatley a highlight in my life. I ended up going to BYU- Idaho. I had been accepted to BYU and was planning on attending in the fall. But i wanted to do something fun for the summer and my mom talked me into going. Thank heavens she did. I went up without knowing anyone i was going to room with. It was the biggest blessing in my entire life. I met two amazing girls there who will forever be a part of my life. Cori Miles and Emily Tappert. They really taught me how to come out of my shell and live every little moment with vigor. I've never laughed harder in my life than when i was with them. They are both from redlands california and have a good friend named Sachin Tekade( he was Brandons roomate) Sachin came over to our apartment Nauvoo building 311 and brought Brandon ad thats how We met. Playing cranium on the floor of our apartment- and right when i saw brandon i knew there was suppposed to be something between us. Sachin is another reason i loved rexburg so much. He one of the most interesting people I know. Very witty and speaks his mind. Whether it was a who wants to go to denny's- at 2 in the morning or who you rather be eaten by 10 sharks or ride on a horse through the burning desert being chased by a sandstorm. Or whether it was him coming up to you and purring or barking like a dog or trying to kick our other friend John Spooner- just to watch john push him over. Sachin was just fun to be around and the life of the party. I'm so glad i have him as a friend. cori and emm also had a friend named drew simpson. Drew was very adventurous and shared the same love of sharks with sachin. I have lots of great memories with him also - like singing disneysongs really loud in my car in front of all the efy kids trying to freak them out- climbing the walls of the gazebos at the byui gardens -making fun itineraries, having coloring contests and throwing fruitloops across the room trying to cath them in our mouths.Which brings me to Brandons other roomates trevor, brent,bryan,rob,matt and spooner- all of these guys made life up there so fun and entertaining. From watching them all play x box till 2 in the morning to burning a couch on the sanddunes and having the police comeand tell us to pick out the nails-lol without a flashlight and without the fire to see where they were-lol-jumping off waterfalls at monkey rock and going dam sliding in if-buying a quart of ice cream and sneaking it into the movie just t hear sachin the whole time saying whats behind that door just as he opens it - never watch a movie with the man. Rob and i had a humanities class together and for one of our projects he took pictures of me in a filed i still love those picturs he got an a i got a c on that assignment he still owes me!-watching him and sachin play volleyball with intermurrals was fun- and i loved plying soccer on the ridge team- even though we lived in nauvoo and the boys were at the ridge- thanks spooner for making that so fun. To Brent who always made me laugh with smart sarcastic humor and helped my hubby ask me out along with melissa- ahh but melissa and i thats a whole other entry. Making movies-trev your the best sherrif anywhere-And the night we took a mask put it on brooms and raised it up to the girls apartments and shot there windows with a air gun theyd look out there window and scream- so funny and the time where we bought hot peppers and went around to aprtments and dared people to eat them- i just have so many fond memories of rexburg- this is probabally a lot of jumbled thoughts but it will help me remember someday how special these people were to me. Luckily i decided to stay at byu-i after this great semester. You truly have to make your own fun in rexburg and everyone gets so close. I love it there. And i love all the friends I made while I was there. ill talk later about winter and other semesters.