This past Saturday, Ryan and I knocked another county off our see-every-county-in-Indiana tour. I'd initially planned a different county for this month, but we had an errand we needed to run in Kokomo, where Ryan works, and we hadn't yet done the county where Kokomo lies, so we decided to just make it our official Howard County day!!
I have two posts for this one, because this county tour took a bit of a different spin for us. We were both born in Howard County and we grew up there...and until he married me, Ryan lived there. So today I'm going to tell you the personal side of it, and then tomorrow I'll hit the normal side of it!
We started out the day by having breakfast at the Home Town Family Restaurant, with our friend, Randy.
Randy used to rent an apartment from Ryan, when he lived in his old house, and they've been friends forever. It had been a really long time since we got to hang out with Randy, so it was a fun couple of hours of catching up and talking about life and the future!
After breakfast, we did a quick return to our roots...starting with the elementary school we both attended:
The school has undergone a number of additions and updates since we went there, but this sign was right there when we walked these very halls! {And for those of you who didn't know, my mom was a teacher's aide in first grade from the time I went into second grade until after I graduated from college, and she actually had Ryan in her class!}
We also stopped by our old high school...we both graduated from here:
Ryan, if you didn't know, was a wrestler in high school. He won sectionals his junior year, so his picture is still on a wall outside the gym. We were able to get inside the school to see it {thank you, Saturday sports practices!!}...so here you go! The Ryan I knew in high school!
I insisted on a new picture of Ryan now with Ryan then:
Also in the school, we found the plaque for an award started by the local ministerial alliance back in 1993 in my Dad's name. It's given to a senior who exhibits Christian character in a high school setting:
After we left Greentown, we headed to Kokomo, and there we found a really important spot in our lives: the hospital where we were both born!
So there it is!! The Shaffer side of our Howard County tour! Tomorrow I'll be back with the rest of the fun we had on Saturday!
7 comments:
What a fun trip down memory lane!
That was fun and lovely. :)
aww i love the shaffer side! such a fun visit. :) XO
I love EHS....I wish our kids could go there.
But I have to ask...when I saw the picture of the Dave Freelan award, I noticed that the person who won it in 1993 was named Andrew. Was that my Andrew by any chance?
And I loved the picture of Ryan from his wrestling days!!
Tamar - It was! We enjoyed it!
Allison - thank you! (You were referring to Ryan's hair, right?)
Polly - We love it too!
Christina - YES!! That was your Andrew! I was having trouble getting a good picture, because the thingie is hung at eye level for a 10 foot tall person, so I had my camera over my head, blind shooting it. :( So I didn't get all the names like I wanted to. I remember when Andrew won that year and I thought he was most deserving. First ever winner! :)
Neither Ryan nor I won that award, so I'm not sure what that says about our character, but it seems you picked a winner!!
I love your county tours and what a crazy small world! My husband is from Kokomo and we lived there our first 4 years of marriage and my first son was born there (but at howards not st joe's). Then he transferred to ft. wayne and we now live in my home town of Bluffton.
This is so cool! I love seeing the personal side of this county!
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