Goodbye Sandy

It's official, the home I grew up in was purchased by the Russians. My Mom had been considering moving to California for sometime now so she listed her home and within 48 hours she had a serious offer and now it's gone, sold to some Russian family and now Bonnie is unpacking in her new Cali home. It was really surprising how fast it all happened. I believe she owned it for almost 20 years and I am surprisingly having a hard time dealing with the fact that that home is no longer hers. We moved there when I was in 8th grade so I experienced a lot of important events in my life while living under that roof.

Here's a few random ones. I played numerous games of basketball in the driveway. We had the best Christmas Eve parties with my Grandparents there. I painted graffiti in the garage. I let my friend Troy live in the basement for a summer, we bleached our hair white, ate chili cheese nachos and watched Star Wars everyday. I became active in the Church while in that home. I raked a ridiculous amounts of leaves from all our stupid fruit trees. I met some of my best friends while living there. I got hit in the face with brass knuckles in that driveway. We made over $1000 dollars from a garage sale there. I did some other things I am not going to disclose while living in that house. I had numerous parties in that house, the first White Elephant party we held was there. I graduated from HS while living in that home. I left that house to go on a mission. My first kiss with Dana was in that driveway. I brought Sadie home from the hospital to that house. Now it's gone, such great memories, I'll will miss that place.