10 Year Reunion

It's hard to believe ten years have passed since high school.  When I get together with my friends from Northrop, it feels like we could still be roaming the halls, playing ball, and living the easy life!  hahaa.  Most people don't have fond memories of high school, but I truly loved every minute!  I had an amazing group of friends and amazingly enough, we're all still really close.  We call ourselves the Roots and Wings....maybe a little cheesey to you, but it defines us.  Most all of us have moved away, but we still make it a priority to get together once a year in Fort Wayne.  I'm so thankful for these amazing ladies. 

That being said, three of us were class officers and thus, in charge of this reunion.  It turned out great, but it was nothing less than a nightmare from the beginning.  We have a class of 475+ so we were sure we'd get a decent crowd.  We booked a banquet room, DJ, provided pizza and beer, and set up an online account to purchase tickets.  Well, we should've known better than to put all of our own personal money up front (there was no fund from the high school) because people did not purchase tickets ahead of time.  We were freaking out!  Only 60 tickets were sold before the reunion began, and that included all of roots and wings and their significant others...that's like 20 people....we were in trouble. 

Thankfully people showed up at the door!  We ended up having about 150 people there, and it really turned out great.  We got all our money back, but not an extra penny to spare.  Next reunion we'll have a different plan, but we're so thankful it turned out okay.  Pheww....!  Anyway, here are a few pictures from the night, unforunately I didn't get picutres of more of our class.  I'll have to do better next time.  :-)

Angie and her parents invited us all over for a pool party and cookout with our families on Sunday.  It was nice to get the kids together and have a little more time to visit.  Thanks so much Jerry and Anna for opening your home, we had a blast! 

Angie, me, Megan:  The Reunion Committee

Roots and Wings

 Top L to R:   Megan, Mandy, Lyndsey, Angie, Zehra, Nicole, Heather, Jenae

Bottom Row: Janelle, Jody

Ty (megan's hubby), Steven (mine), Steve (angie's fiance)

Janelle, Lyndsey, Jody

Me, Janelle, Heather, Zehra

Me, Megan, Janelle, Heather

Justin and Nicole

Angie and Steve, Jody and husband Mike, Justin (Janelle's fiance)

Heather and husband BJ - high school sweethearts! 

Shannon, Angie and Gerald

Lynds and Rachel

Shannon and husband Robert, Megan and husband Ty

Mandy and hubby Matt

Eric and wife Amanda

Robert, Steve, Steven, Ty

Hard to get all the kiddos to smile at the same time!  Still, super cute! 

Left to Right:  Cole (Megan's), Macy (Heather's), James (mine), Eli and Noah (Jody's)

Jody and her oldest son, Noah

James loves the water, he was in so long his toes got pruney!

Cole and James

Noah kept kissing Cole!  too cute!

Macy was lovin on James!

Megan and Cole, Me and James, Mike and Eli.