- I was born in Paterson, NJ.
- To a teenage mom.
- Then adopted on July 1st - Gotcha Day!
- My parents thought Jennifer was an unusual name.
- I asked Jesus to live in my heart when I was four.
- Kneeling at the "throne" in the bathroom.
- I was an only child for 13 years.
- I prayed for a brother or a sister every night from the time I was four.
- My parents adopted 7 children in the next three years (from Korea & Costa Rica).
- I have lived in Virginia, Florida, Nebraska, Texas, Washington, Indiana, and now Montana.
- I said I'd never live in Montana.
- I went to a private Christian School for grade school.
- I skipped the third grade.
- I tried out for the cheerleading team in sixth grade.
- I didn't make it.
- I was home-schooled for junior high.
- I remember when the Space Shuttle blew up on lift off.
- I was watching Dallas instead of doing my school work.
- At junior high camp, the boy I liked said he'd pay me to eat a fly if he caught one.
- He caught one.
- I ate it.
- He never paid me $5.
- I ate another one the next week when someone didn't believe that I had the week before.
- I took two years to finish 9th grade, because my brother and sister spent a lot of time in the hospital.
- I went to public school for high school.
- I gave a speech at my high school graduation.
- That was my first official speaking engagement.
- I was extremely scared!!!
- We moved to Texas on my 18th birthday.
- Three months later I went to LeTourneau University in Longview, TX.
- I majored in Electrical Engineering.
- I chose LeTourneau because their male to female ratio was 10:1.
- LeTourneau was an old Army hospital.
- The woman's dorm was rumored to be the psych ward.
- It was also rumored it had a burn time of 7 min.
- We weren't allowed to burn candles or leave anything plugged in.
- Mike and I met our first day of college.
- He dated my roommate (hi Trish!) for six months.
- I said I'd never date him.
- He grew on me!
- We married the summer after our Sophomore year.
- We were married in Roundup, MT (yes it is a real place) on August 6, 1994.
- We had a horse drawn carriage take us down Main Street from Mike's parents church to the Catholic Church for the reception.
- The Catholic Church had air conditioning.
- The church we got married in did not!
- I was sweating in places I did not know you could sweat!
- We honeymooned in Canada.
- I saw my first mountain goat.
- I didn't get my drivers license until 1 week before my 21st birthday.
- They still stamped "UNDER 21" in big red letters on it!
*****For some reason even though I can compose with numbers and preview shows up number, when I actually post it comes up dots - not numbers. Sorry!!
6 comments:
You chose your college based on the dating ratio??? (gasp!) For shame! Although it looks as though it worked in your favor! *wink* Speaking of your college....did you and Chris attend at the same time, did you know each other then?
Did I do my math right....did you not get your license until AFTER you got married?
What a fun post!
Yes, as sad and shallow as it is...I did make my final decision based on the ratio and the leniency of their rules. I did not know Chris, but I did not Josh & Jessie. My mom actually remembers J&J as well. I met Chris when they moved to Indy.
And yes, I did not get my license until we had been married for almost a year. I worked on campus and didn't really need to drive. One day Mike showed up at the office and told me I was going to get my license right then. I was really just too scared of failing to ever go and try. He had to force the issue.
But my roomie Becca lived next-door to Jenn & Trish in the WRH the year before I got there. I think I met you before Indy, but I didn't know you at all. And I'm sure we both discovered after arriving at LU that althought e ratio of guys to girls was pretty high, the ratio of datable guys to girls was more like 1:1, maybe less. I still can't imagine getting married as young as you did, or having babies. You picked a great guy, though, and you are two of the best parents I've ever seen.
You are too sweet! Kids do age you though, and I'm glad we started early, because I sure do feel old!!!
This is a fun post. I was almost named Jennifer too, until my cousin got my name 2 weeks before I was born. And...you ate 2 flies?!?!? I bet your boys love hearing that story!
I'm wondering if we ever crossed paths during the college years. I went to ETBU the same years you were at LeTourneau. I went to a few concerts there - maybe Newsboys? And have a lot of friends that went to LeTourneau! Again, small world. :)
Have a great weekend!
Great 50... I need to do that, but my post could not possibly be that good.
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