Memories of 2005

As a tribute to the year almost gone, I thought I'd make a little list of some of my favorite memories of 2005.

~My 2004 New Years Eve Party~
-empty sparkling-cidar bottles
- Taboo
*"Play-dough...." "OH! Mac & Cheese!" "YES!"
~"The Rising" (February 9)~
-A good concert/worship-time by whatever the name of David's band was. (David Kavanaugh, Cory Doiron, Dana Budovitch, and Rob Meeks.)
-Another good concert/worship-time with Holyfire. (Justin, Chrisy, Jim, Brandie, John-Boy.)
-After everyone left, doing a 4-part harmony of "Amazing Grace" (Katie Bradley, Nicole Ballard, Christy Zbylut, and myself.)
-Making shadow puppets way into the night with Nicole
-Sleeping on the chairs of the New Sanctuary
-Having breakfast with all my awesome friends
-Going home, taking a nap, then going back to church that night.
~My birthday (June 11)~
-Getting all dressed up for church on Saturday night
- Going to see a movie with Nicole Ballard, Christy Zbylut, Nicole Bull, Katie Bradley, Alex Willette, and Chris Lavaway (Did I forget anyone?)
- Accidentally (!!!) locking Nicole Bull's keys in her car.
- Waiting for literally 2 hours while they looked for a spare key at Nicole's house.
*The people from the theatre called the cops on us, thinking that we were "making mischief".
*The cop was really nice and understood and said that it was fine. (Thank God.)
*Nicole comes back with her key and we all head to Washburn.
- Going back to my place, eating cake, talking for a while
- Sleeping in the awesome tent in my backyard.
`THE NEXT MORNING`
- Torrential rains cause us to quickly go inside.
- Christy and Nicole (Ballard) leave because they are on the praise team
- Nicole Bull stays and watches Back To The Future with me.
~Friend Day (June 26)~
- roast pig
- sun burns
- sunglasses
- my Lia Sophia necklace broke
- lots of water
- meeting of the interns
- walking around with Pam and embarassing her (Sorry, Pam...)
- the Flewellings arrive
- hang out with Danielle for the rest of the day
*walking a lot (that girl can not stay in one place for long)
* watching the TSA concert
~Easton Field Days (July)~
- rain
- face painting
- good food made by a local Mennonite family
- the art show featuring work by my great-grandmother Marguerite Foster
~Riverside 2005~
- great fun
- sprained ankles
- really slow falls.............................
- awesome worship
- getting to know my dear friend, Laura Mitchell
- spiritual cleansing
*"To Hell With The Devil" (Yay for Stryper, eh?)
- tearfully saying goodbye to many people
*the end of my senior year at camp was sad...
~Chris Tomlin Concert Experience(October 7) ~
- I won front-row tickets to the opening concert for the Indescribable tour
- I originally wanted to take Nicole Ballard, but things got all screwed-up and it just didn't work out.
- Got a ride down with Adam Canales, Erin ? , and Sarah ? .
- There was 2 huge traffic jams that day.
- We were going to miss soooooo much of the concert, but...
- Adam decided it was okay to go 95 for a while...
- We managed to find a parking spot on the FIRST LEVEL of the parking garage! HOW PERFECT!
- We walk the long way around to the doors...(there was a much shorter way, we just didn't know)
- I didn't really need them at this point, and the music was already playing
- I rush around to find the place that has my tickets
- I find it
- Gabe appears and takes my other ticket
- We walk in the doors and *BAM* loud music
- It ends up that we had only missed the first half of the first song (Thank You, God.)
- Awesome Concert
- Get my photo taken with Chris Tomlin
- Get the band's picture
- Get their autographs
- Catch a ride back to the Flewelling's house with Kim, Marissa, and 2 other people
- We drive around with the Labbe's following us, trying to find an icecream place that's open
- There is none.
- Continue to go back to the Flewcrew's.
- Stay up talking at their dining-room table until 3:00am
- Kim L., Danielle and I fall asleep while watching Fever Pitch
`THE NEXT MORNING`
- coffee
- I can't remember what we ate. I just remember coffee.
- Danielle and I finish watching Fever Pitch.
- Danielle and I play the piano and sing for a while
- We all sit around the table and talk some more
- Around 2, Kim, Danielle, Gabe, and I go to the Bus station
*I take my first bus ride all the way back to PI from Brunswick
- Overall, the whole thing was awesome.
~Big Top Bash (October 31)~
- extremely hot conditions
- a leaf taped to my forehead
- cotton-balls all over Nicole's hat and shoes
- black-light performance with the creative worship crew
*me having to introduce everyone (it's a wonder I remembered everyone's last name...)
- fighting with Nicole over MY lollypop.
*grumbling*
- watching other people pick up the popped balloons
*I was hanging out with the interns, Nicole, and Kyrstin
~Christy's Surprise Birthday party (November 13)~
- meeting at Reno's in Caribou
*Nicole Ballard, Nicole Bull, Cale Jones, Nick Bull, Laura Mitchell, Sherri Zbylut
- walking a block and a half to Christy's house
*I wore the worst shoes in which to walk... <---like that gramatically correct sentence? - waiting at Christy's house for about 30 minutes - Christy walks in the door, and sticks her head around the corner and everyone "yells" "Surprise!" - Christy's happy :) Yay. - talking; eating of chips & dip, popcorn; drinking of soda; taking of pictures - opening of gifts - more talking - more pictures - hugs goodbye - driving home and seeing 3 deer next to the road (!!!) ~Christmas Party Numero Uno (December 2)~
- The guests arrive around 6:30
*Nicole Ballard, Laura Mitchell, Christy Zbylut
- way too much food
*brownies
*apple crisp w/ ice cream
*meatballs
*cinnamon rolls (made from wheat-flour) (Lor was happy)
*pretzels
*cheese pastry things (good stuff!)
*hot apple cidar (the best!)
- LaPointes music
- Dutch Blitz
- talking
- opening of gifts
- crying about Lor leaving
- Laura:
"Okay, I have one more gift for you guys, but I couldn't wrap it..."
- LAURA IS COMING BACK! WOOT!
- more tears than before
* we're just a bunch of pansies
- more food
- I go photo crazy with the parent's digital camera
*Christy won't let me take a serious photo of her. Silly girl
-Everyone leaves to go home around 11:30
- I clean-up the mess that we left behind
~The Light Parade (December 3)~
- extreme cold
- handing out candy canes to the little eskimoesque children
- seeing Ashley, Stephanie, Laura, Seth, and Rob
- extreme cold
- walking up to the Sandwich Shop
- riding back to PIWC on the float
- extreme cold
- warm hands up under icy-water
*my hands were in so much pain
*stupid circulation
- LaPointes' concert
*harmonizing
*jokes
*stories we've heard before, but are still great
~Christmas Party Numero Dos (December 16)
- the first blizzard of the year
- I drive Nicole's car on the backroad to Caribou
*Going 30 in a 45
*2 cars passing us
*listening to Russ Taff's Christmas album
- arriving at Stephanie Plourde's in once piece
*er, make that 2 pieces, there were two of us...
- yummy appetizers
*special crackers and cheese
*pineapple & lime dip w/ apples and strawberries
*punch
- Alex and Susan arrive
- Doug Plourde comes back with Christy
- FOOD
*Spiral Ham
*Turkey
*Baked Potatoes
*Herb-Broccoli w/ sun-dried tomatoes
*Home-made Cinnamon Rolls
*Orange salad thing (good!)
*Apple, Pear & Cranberry Tart (ohhhhhh)
*Sparkling Cidar in wine glasses (yesssss)
- photos
*the ever-popular "I got drunk off of a non-alcoholic beverage" shot
- move into the family room for presents
* awesome purses, Stephanie! :)
- more photos
- move into the living room for games
*insanely hot fireplace
*Scattergories
*Taboo
- red & green Junior Mints
- peppermint chocolate *sigh*
- say goodbye to our lovely hostess & mini-hostess
- clean off Nicole's car...
*so much freakin' snow!
- I am driving, yet again
- I cannot back down a long driveway in a straightline unless I can see out the backwindow.
- A nice drive to Christy's house
*almost missed a turn because I thought the snowbank was a snow-covered median........oops.
- A nice long talk with the other two parts of the Three Amigos
- Sleep
~Christmas Eve & Christmas 2005
- Go over to my grandparent's house in Easton for Chrismas Eve
* opening of gifts
* eating of food
*holding of new baby cousin, Amelia
*taking of pictures
*aunts that want the gift-opening session to go by as quickly as possible...
*more food
*more baby
*more picture-taking
*saying of goodbyes
*go home
-Stayed home for Christmas
*woke up at 6:45am to pick up my mom in PI at 7:15am when she was done work...
*went home and slept for half an hour
*the siblings wake me up
*opening of gifts
*cd player
*Michael Buble, David Crowder, Jeremy Camp cds
*Farside Gallery (heck yes)
*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory dvd
*digital camera (ohhhh yeah....)
*food
*cinnamon rolls
*hashbrown casserole
*quiche
*family time!



It's been a pretty good year, and if you actually read all of this, I am very impressed.

That's my year in a nutshell.

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Love you all, and have a very Happy New Year!
Rachelle