special shopping trip

Fall 1999

 

This is my college roommate, Megan. 

 

We were destined to be friends... we lived on the same dormitory floor at ISU our freshman year.  We are both small town girls, grew up on a farm, and have a lot of the same values.  Plus, her mom and I share a birthday.  Meg's family lived a quick drive from campus so there were many weekends I went home with her for some home cooked meals and laundry.  Our freshman year roommates turned out to be duds but we had a great time together and made some wonderful friends from that freshman dorm living experience.

 

We lived together every step of our ISU journey and have lots of fun memories together.  We both started our college careers with a boyfriend back home (and we both got smart about that).  We met and dated our future husbands at the same time and our husbands are two peas in a pod, too.  More than once, Brent and James were even mistaken for each other (but not by Megan and I - ha ha!)

 

 

 

The boys had hunting traditions in their hometowns the first weekend in December so this became a great weekend for Megan and I to go Christmas shopping... the week before final exams (study? what?)  Even after we were out of college, married and lived farther apart, we kept up this tradition.  As our children have come along,we've had to tweak our tradition.  Megan is a teacher but she always saves a personal day to use in November or December for her and I to shop.  Truth be told, it really isn't about the shopping.  It is about the whole day we get to spend together with limited distractions and catching up.  We can be apart for months and only have short phone conversations but pick up right where we left off.  I love that kind of friendship.  {Another truth be told - there is no short phone conversation with the two of us.}

Another random tidbit, Hannah and Megan's youngest daughter, Maci, were born on the same exact day, two hours apart.  I think they are going to be roommates at ISU in 2029. :)

 

We haven't discussed it but our shopping date is "on the calendar" for 2013 and every year we are able for the next 50.

 

This is Ellie (Meg's middle child) and Hannah.  How beautiful are these two girlies?