Snowflake, Az is the center of the universe

Since we've been married (and that's been a very long time) Curtis often teases me about being from the center of the universe, also known as Snowflake.

It doesn't matter where we are, I almost always run into someone from Snowflake. In almost every ward we've been in, there is someone there from Snowflake. Or some one's grandma is from Snowflake, or best friend's grandma, or some such connection. There is probably only 2 degrees of separation from anyone in the church and Snowflake. I even ran into someone from Snowflake at Disneyland once. It's really weird.

I was born in the valley but when I was five my family moved to Taylor. After a few moves back and forth between Taylor and Phoenix, we settled in Snowflake during my junior high years. I graduated from Snowflake in......well, it was a long time ago, anyways.

After Curtis and I had been married for several years he got a job at a bronze foundry casting sculptures. One of the sculptures he worked on was one that sits at the Main Street Chapel. It was such a weird, but cool coincidence.

In a side note, while he was working on this sculpture his wedding ring slipped off his finger and into the bronze. So, the wedding ring that I bought him is embedded on Main Street.

A few years after that we went to Snowflake for a day trip. It was fun to see the sculpture he had worked on. It was also fun to go into Ed's Supermarket and see the place I worked at everyday for 2 years after school.

Recently I was looking through a bunch of the junk that I've been hoarding for only Heaven knows what reason, and I came across some old pictures. Here I am, 16 years old and playing one of the leads in the school play.

Like the "Bangs to Heaven" hair?

Here I am advertising the play, looking skinny (*sigh*).

Here I am in Tech Theater building the set. In another side note: I pierced this guy's nipple. Good times, good times. Mr. Burgess was my teacher and he was my absolute fave!!!

Wow, I still can't believe my daughter is in high school. When I think of the crazy things I did, it makes me afraid.

Very afraid.