CHHS 2000

In January 2020, Jeni Sorensen reached out and planned a weekend trip for us to get together- a HS reunion of sorts of the people we would actually want to see again. We planned for April and then COVID happened. We rescheduled for June and her sweet parents offered their house in Preston, ID or us to stay. I was SO ready to get away for a weekend. 

I literally haven't "seen" most of these girls in almost 20 years. We are all friends on insta and FB that was all. It was SO fun. They are all wonderful, beautiful adults and we had a blast. Jeni's house is HUGE- we each had our own room. I slept in, left the window open to let in the breeze, we had rain and thunder to wake us up one morning. There was also a rooster wake up call at 5 AM. 

Our sweet friend Jen Walker cooked for us the whole weekend (we only ate out the first night). She made tikka masala, breakfast cinnamon rolls from scratch, chicken salad,  breakfast burritos- no cooking was the definite win of the weekend. 

We laughed, looked at yearbooks (those inside jokes we thought would last forever were clearly forgettable). We talked about our kids, our college lives, our jobs- we have a lawyer, a Derm PA, teachers, city councilwoman and moms with awesome kids. We have all been successful in our own right and that was the most amazing part.

We did the Napoleon Dynamite tour- what else is there to do in Preston, ID? It was nice to go to a place that wasn't completely shut down by COVID too. We could go in stores, didn't have to worry about masks. It is such a small town- so weird. They have soda machines on the street so you can get a can of soda after church on Sunday and not have to break the sabbath. There are literally two stop lights, one grocery store and farms for miles. It was beautiful and quiet. We took out the side by side to a quiet lake, sat on the wrap around porch and just enjoyed being outside. 

I don't remember much from high school- I wanted to be done so badly but what I do remember is these ladies. We were good friends and they were good examples. It made my heart happy to spend time with people who knew me when I was a teenager and still like me now. These are the kind of high school reunions I can get behind. 

Napoleon's house-  left to right, Jen Walker, Ginger Thompson, Jeni Sorensen, Karissa Young, Rebecca Sorensen, me, Trica Norwood. 

Karissa and I- I think I missed her the most. We were SUCH good friends. I missed being able to laugh with her about stupid movies and music that we used to watch. 

Yearbooks

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