Trip down memory lane........

Sorry but I was going through some old pictures and thought it'd be fun to scan these and funny for you all to see some really old pictures of us!

For those who don't know Rob and I met a long, long time ago! We were in 6th grade and just 12 years old. Oh, that fateful night at the roller skating rink where our older siblings helped me get to "couple skate" with him and he didn't say a single word to me. He looked so "cool" in his red bandanna and black roller blades. Believe it or not it was love at first sight for me. You might not think that is possible for kids who look as ridiculous together as these:
Oh boy!!!! Can we talk about my Sailor Moon shirt and huge baggy pants? So, I don't know the date we met at the Stake rollerskating activity but this is shortly after (in my skewed memory) at Rob's sister, Lizzie's, surprise 16th birthday party! My first time dancing with Rob. We danced to 3 songs that night - I Will Remember You by Sarah McLaughlin, You're My Inspiration by Chicago, and No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley.

After that I started tagging along with my older brother Andrew while he "courted" Rob's older sister, Becca. This meant I was able to go to lots and lots of Rob's football games from 7th - 9th grade! I went to as many as I could. I even went to some Football awards night thing with him and his family which now seems a little funny but I'm glad I got to tag along! And I know you like my leather flower choker here, really cute, huh?

And then all the times we made our parents drive us back and forth between Potomac and Kensington (a 20 - 30 minute drive) so we could hang out! Here's us at John Sabin's house. Rob and the boys were all playing basketball so he was all sweaty but that didn't stop me from wanting to sit next to him! Gotta love the giant Pooh Bear in the middle. One of my first gifts ever from Rob was a Pooh Bear holding felt roses. I slept with it every night for years. Just while we're on the embarrassing admissions in my life! :)

This is when we got a teeny bit older - more like the summer after 8th grade I think. I'd just come back from a Trunnell reunion in Sandpoint, Idaho and thought I looked so good with my tan and my colorful tank top and Army jacket! This was the first night seeing him after weeks and weeks! Note the Nike shirt Rob has on - he was obsessed with Nike....

One reason I married Rob is simply because I have always have been in love with him and really believe I would be for the rest of my life and that'd just be awkward to be married to someone else and still be weak in the knees in love with HIM. This is getting cheesy. It's just really funny to me to think that this strong bond was formed at such a young age when we both looked totally awkward and were so immature. I look at my younger brother in laws and think about the way Rob and I were and can not imagine them having feelings for someone like that. It just seems impossible!

Sorry if this was totally boring but at least you probably had a good laugh, huh??