2/28/08

Long Lost Friends mega post

I was going through our iPhoto library and I found a bunch of "long lost friends" photos. So here is a mega post with some friends I have run into over the past couple of years. They are in chronological order of when I originally met the person (i.e., I met Jon Shill in elementary school):

Jon Shill is flying Predator drones in Iraq via remote control from his base in Las Vegas. That is the way to fight in a war. Picture take in Jon's boyhood home (now Shandon's home).

Russel Trapnell is a glutton for punshiment. After finishing his MBA he went to dental school. Now he is the fifth of five sons in his family to enter Orthodontic school. He'll exit with great teeth and a license to print money.

Mark Truman, Me, Nate Woolf, and Nigel Miller freshmen year at the Morris Center getting scones on a Saturday morning.

Twelve years later, Mark (dentist), Me, and Nigel (engineer) at Nate's long overdue wedding reception:

Aaron Desmond. My longest and favorite missionary companion. I think we lived and served together for a total of 10 months. After an illustrious career in the jewelry business, he now remodels temples around the world:


Stephenie Meyer (of Twilight fame). OK, I'm cheating here, Stephenie is really Becky's long lost friend. I'm friends with Stephanie's husband Pancho. I need to find and scan an old picture of when Stephenie took Becky out for her birthday and dressed her up like Cinderella.

Before moving to Charlotte, NC my old MBA racquetball nemesis, Jonathan Francom was a frequent visitor in our home:

MBA buddies, Jared Sorenson & Jeremiah Grant at my house.

5 comments:

Melissa said...

Sorry Richard - I was blog surfing. Looks like you have a lot of nice friends. I know none of them.

Richard said...

Melissa -- I can't remember if you went to Poston or Kino?

Anonymous said...

Richard -

What a fun post; it's good to reflect on the people that we have all gotten to know. Just thinking of all the different professions that your friends have gone into (Predator drone video gamer, novelist, jeweler, sadistic teeth pulling . . . ) is incredible.

I certainly enjoyed visiting with you and Jeremiah last year and was amazed that it seemed like almost no time had passed . . . even though it had been years.
We'd love for you guys to move out our way some time. As soon as your ready to arbitrage the housing market, you'll enjoy the beauty of a low house payment while still basking in warm weather!

I'm glad to see you blogging. I'll try to stop in a little more often. I know Anne Marie has loved blogging. Take care and say to Becky for us.

Jared Sorensen

Rebecca said...

Richard, why are there no pictures of me or Danny? Are we dead to you? (That's just a joke.)

Richard said...

Rebecca -- I look forward with anxious anticipation taking a picture with you and Danny for one of my future "long lost friends" posts!