Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Two Twin Sisters

Go back in time with me for a moment. Almost 16 years ago I was entering Junior High at Evergreen Elementary. I remember being scared to start school because we had just moved back from Phoenix and didn't know anyone. My shy personality didn't help much. I don't remember everything from Junior High but I do remember some things. Within the first week, I found out there was another set of girl twins in our same grade, the Simmons. We had classes together but for the most part hung out with different crowds. At the end of eighth grade, it was time for Student Body and Cheerleader tryouts. The Simmons were trying out for cheerleader and I remember one of them telling us we should try out too so there could be two sets of twins on the squad. Anyone who knows anything about Andrea and I, would laugh at the thought of us trying out. Two very subconscious girls with little or no coordination would not be considered cheerleader material. They ended up making it and life when on as usual. I hardly remember anything about them at Olympus High School besides passing them in the hall. In fact, I barely remember doing that.

Fast forward those 16 years to the present. A month or two ago, I got a message on FACEBOOK asking me if I remembered Michelle Simmons. I then found out she had just moved to Katy, TX. Small world. We got in contact over facebook and finally last week we got together. We had a great time catching up and pretty much getting to know each other since we really didn't before. We went to lunch and then just hung out all day. She has 3 kids and is a super cute mom to them. It was fun to talk about everyone else we knew too including our twin sisters. We had a lot of fun talking and look forward to getting together again soon.
We took this picture ourselves with the timer on our camera's. Aren't you impressed with how centered we got it. (It only took us a 100 tries.)

8 comments:

Esther said...

That's the coolest story! I love it! Do your twins live in the same city now too?

Allie said...

Yes they do as a matter of fact.

Heather said...

i love the connection! - thanks for fessing up on the S.N. love

Anonymous said...

that's fun!!

cherilyn said...

sweet! it's always fun to have a friend who lives close that you have so much in common with.
i bet you would have made a better cheerleader than you think! :)

Angie said...

It's a small world!

Andrea Griggs said...

What a small world!

Andrea Griggs said...

BTW-Does Andrea have a blog?