Summer Memories

 ~*~Summer 2002~*~

* bonfires
* kim stepping in the popcorn
* tom b eating the popcorn
* bets on pool games
* movie nights at molly’s house
* driving in rock island to get juan
* illegal turns
* cinnamon toast crunch
* smutzer driving molly’s car
* listening to trampoline conversations
* disappearing hats
* tropical sno
* guys who can’t figure it out
* molly + o-town
* following random people around town  
* molly’s “predicament”
* drumline
* icebreakers
* alan’s “birthday” at happy joe’s
* fighting over the fun chair
* water drums
* the catwalk
* stealing car keys
* tom b driving frank’s car 
* spinner and the panic button
* racing video games at happy joe’s  
* casting harry potter spells on the cymbals
* river bandits players at duggleby’s house
* rolling down the aud ramp in the fun chair
* the kid from north stealing second, then going back to first at the baseball game
* tom b scoring the winning run
* people who light everything on fire....
* swearing off guys for the rest of the summer
* carrie getting mad at joe h
* “it’s called formula, jill” ~ ali
* a walk to remember
* ocean’s eleven
* harry potter
* tarzan
* eating giant cookies
* going to watch fireworks
* carrie not ordering her food at culver’s
* almost getting killed by fireworks
* carrie trying to start her car when it was already running
* sparklers
* matches that won’t light
* kester getting promoted to chicken boy
* baseball games
* going to juan’s house to get food
* fights
* trying to avoid people
* swimming
* wacky waters
* the bumper boats at wacky waters
* the guy running the bumper boats
* andrew getting depantsed on the bonzai
* molly’s guys
* stalkers
* duggleby’s party
* the rematch 
* 100-1 odds on kim scoring a touchdown
* telling jokes
* excuses for being late
* demolition derby
* molly’s bad luck picking cars
* marching camp
* games 
* going out to eat
* waking lewin up for breakfast
* breakfast at mcdonald’s
* happy joe’s
* thomas & tyler’s “birthday”
* video games
* kim beating tom b twice
* the little kid that wouldn’t get out of the seat of the racing game
* unplugging the game
* kim, tom b, frank popping straws ~ 36!
* thomas knocking over his glass
* running into people during drill
* carrie’s new friend chris from pizza hut
* sitting in pizza hut’s parking lot
* molly’s new loft bed
* listening to nelly in parking lots
* going to the mall with lewin
* molly & kim’s marching
* drumline pranks
* thomas’s comments
* birthday t-shirts
* thomas’ dr. beat dj skills
* drumline vs. trumpets
* juan & lewin being section leaders
* lewin’s marching inability
* juan falling during sharks & minnows
* playing baseball with drumsticks & cymbals
* tom b peeing in the bushes during band
* cymbals getting banished
* renaming marching music ~ frank & kim
* peter gunn = “peter lovin’”
* gimme some lovin = “gimme some peter”
* halftime show = “Peter Give Minnie Some Lovin’”
* mrank, folly, kadam, aim
* tagalong 1 & 2
* the books at barnes & noble ~ duggleby, kyle, kevin 
* wacky waters
* “that’s why people are vegetarians” ~ thomas
* getting squished by inner tubes in the wave pool
* miniature golf
* duggleby tripping over frank
* football ~ kim & tracy beating tom b & frank 40-21
* ashley’s party
* fern gully
* juan’s hooters pictures
* duggleby’s parties

~*~Summer 2003~*~

* jill & kim crashing the jazz band party
* trying to find daurer's house
* the River Bandits game
* frank & kim trying to catch a foul ball
* frank, kester, austin & barber's pitching war
* cotton candy
* pickup lines
* dbug's bonfire after the game
* austin, frank & dbug tickling kim to death 
* throwing the box of matches in the fire
* ice fights
* ross trying to fill out an application by himself
* six flags
* lisa hitting her head on the window
* austin’s gallon of gatorade
* going on Superman
* wet t-shirt contest
* bowling
* austin’s bagger (4 strikes in a row)
* kim pushing the door when you have to pull
* carrie’s slow bowling
* trying to scare the person bowling
* everyone not letting carrie leave early
* carrie yelling at austin for not letting her talk to kim
* kester taking kim’s car to pick up austin
* girl’s state soccer game
* kester wanting to stop for food
* austin, chris, ben spraying bug spray on the fire
* kim & lisa spilling on themselves
* austin jumping over the fire
* picking up ross at the airport
* the “art” on the ceiling at the airport
* going to happy joe’s in east moline to bug ross
* “i’m just going to go to a cabin in the woods 
for my honeymoon because i won’t be seeing any of 
the scenery anyway!!” ~ ali at the drive-in
* “ali, i know this may seem kind of 
sudden....” ~ ross at the drive-in
* baseball at garfield
* going to steak & shake after bowling
 ~ austin, kim, ross, amber, steve, ali
* kim pouring water on herself at steak & shake
* amber & kim trying to find the lost hair tie in kim’s hair
* playing football in the street at caitlin’s 
* barber’s ghost stories 
* swimming at the arsenal ~ kim, lisa, austin
* everyone getting completely burnt
* pool basketball ~ kim & austin
* “are we still on the arsenal?” ~ lisa
* playing super nintendo & gamecube
* kim eating ross’s oreo shake
* 4th of july fireworks
* terminator 1 & 2
* strawberry daiquiris
* kim & lisa’s dishwasher art
* strawberry shortcake & sky
* austin playing with spencer & ashley
* kim beating ross in pool; austin beating kim
* betting back rubs on pool games
* austin & kim beating ross in agent under fire
* parakeet island not existing
* walking by the river
* the secret place on the river
* getting kicked out of the playground by a cop
* kim falling out of the hammock
* revoking the revoked tickling privileges
* austin almost running a red 
light & leaving skid marks
* Pirates of the Caribbean
* miniature golf at ‘Lil Mississippi
* austin’s hole in one
* kim hitting the ball into the water, 
down the stream, and straight into the hole 
on # 11...when we were playing on # 8
* the flaming tennis ball
* austin & kim beating everyone to 
dairy queen...by a lot
* going to happy joe’s in rock island 
to visit steve & erin  
* watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate 
Factory and the Tour de France
* bix streetfest
* kester, barber, austin almost getting 
into a fight with old drunk guys
* austin trying to get on the news
* the Guinness clocks
* carrie & austin rock climbing
* demolition derby in dewitt ~ austin, kim, ben, tyler
* austin wanting to use tow trucks in a derby
* tyler wining the bet
* austin being interrogated by 
kim’s grandparents & aunt
* mississippi valley fair ~ ashley, ellyn, 
tori, austin, kim
* watching the sea lions & tigers
* kim’s car being towed
* austin & his corn dogs
* mike levis’s graduation party at a pub
* “watching” A Walk to Remember, 
Kingpin, and Animal House
* almost getting caught...more than once
* austin painting outside on an aluminum ladder 
in a thunderstorm with lightning
* stop signs are good for more than one thing
* molly’s not so surprise party
* calling spinner’s phone while carrie had it ~ frank & kim
* ross’s birthday party
* giant chocolate chip cookies
* playing burnout ~ austin, kim, ross, steve, jim
* recording jim’s voicemail from burnout
* “by the way, who are you??” ~ jim
* crashing parties
* going to see American Wedding ~ ross, carrie, 
kim, austin, ashley, jonathan
* ashley laughing the entire movie
* kt & heather saran-wrapping ross’s 
car & thinking it was hilarious
* American Pie 2
* playing Under the Blanket at dbug’s party
* kevin o’brien being down to just socks
* the “sex tent”
* chippers form dairy queen
* leaving the party at 11:30...not actually 
getting home until 12:30
* swimming at windsor crest ~ kim, lisa, ashley, 
dbug, tori, grillot, bacon, caitlin
* driving “2 Fast 2 Furious” style
* watching Southpark & Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
* drumline magically not ending until 10 p.m.
* playing nick’s noise swing style
* “we just bang” ~ becker aka vicky at drumline
* one step boxes
* drumline/trumpet showdowns
* 2 x 4 races ~ drumline winning
* austin & frank coming back to play at drumline
* drive-in after the pregame performance/picnic 
~ carrie, ross, kim austin, ashley, lisa, kester, tracy
* austin’s computer ~ bubbles!!
* ross forgetting his tv & pillow
* austin forgetting the printer
* not being able to buy alcohol on sundays in indy
* austin making ice cubes for fun
* ross & austin going grocery shopping
* the map of butler on austin’s forehead
* frank's tb/tb jr memorial

~*~Summer 2004~*~

* cleaning carrie's room
* our version of clean sweep
* carrie dressing kim up in random things we found
* the mouse in kim's room
* hardcore evidence of the mouse
* our second road trip to dubuque 
* all the lies...and more lies
* not having to call anyone for directions
* "if you see a deer, honk!" ~ mama hoyt
* convincing cory that we were somehow on the road to cedar rapids
* talking all during the concert
* "look at my shirt!"
  "is that for your own reference?" ~ carrie & ali, about carrie's 'i'm a carrie' shirt
* the mean lady next to us
* "stephen michael mapes! answer your damn look!" ~ kim
* waving at steve
* kim gettting in the wrong car
* steph & carrie not driving their own cars...or even riding in them
* coldstone
* donating money and getting to write on a paper shoe
* "go iowa!"
* cory not wanting to be associated with the 'go iowa' shoe
* making steve talk to the computer guy via cell phone to figure out what cord carrie needs
* austin's coconut exploding
* austin cutting his hair
* cooking s'mores on a stove - with no fire
* brad & tyler's car conversations after football
* "i jerked off five times already today!" ~ brad
* "i'll have gray-haired, wrinkly balls!" ~ brad
* stef = beth
* the missing scrapbook crisis
* carrie putting stickers on kim's face
* calling austin to get the quote to finish our frames
* "well, you can't take pictures in victoria's secret because i got kicked out for that once" ~ cory
* 3 way calling cory, then hanging up on him because we were mad...but we don't know why
* carrie & kim being giddy about our computers
* "you've lost a very impartant port" and "i've got my mords wixed up" ~ carrie
* "you added an extra letter, but i don't know where"
* making puppy chow ~ carrie, kim, katie, megan
* going to two different stores to buy chocolate chips
* using half chunky peanut butter & half plain
* making an emergency vanilla run to carrie's house
* the finished product ~ huge chunks of complete chocolate & peanut butter, minus the cereal
* megan as navigator
* dancing in dubuque
* "can we go skinny dipping?......darn, that's too bad, because we're all wearing white shirts"  
  "we can find some water" ~ carrie & steve
* carrie, kim, steph, and amber's glittery cleavage
* the glittery cleavage club
* drinking on the roof
* everyone being in shock that we drank that fast
* cory trying to push kim off the roof
* ali's drunkenness
* the crooked railing on the roof, and kim being mesmerized by it
* steve trying to cut us off and steph making him let us keep going
* the gay guy from the apartment next door...that's such a disappointment!
* "can we have more...please?!" 
  "no" 
  "oh come on steve, they should make it an even two.." 
  "okay, fine, i give up" ~ carrie, steve, and steph debating giving us more drinks
* carrie taking two drinks for every one kim took
* giving kim "half" of the bottle
* "we like the one that tastes like koolaid!" ~ carrie
* "how do we know if we are drunk? we've never been drunk before!" ~ carrie
* ross attacking with the squirtgun
* "kim and joe....SHUT UP!" 
* carrie taking 10 minutes to ask if you lose sensitivity when you're drunk because she can't remember the right words
* "joe, don't let us have anymore..."  10 seconds later....
  "joe, we want some more!!" 
  "i can't give you more" 
  "why" 
  "because you told me not to..." 
  "oh yeah..."
* carrie explaining how you chew gum
* carrie talks even louder when she's drunk
* carrie & kim not being able to drive to dancing
* amber saving us and driving
* we love amber! 
* "steve, am i drunk?"
  "just a little" ~ carrie & steve
* kim's suicide runs across the street
* cory paying for carrie so she doesn't incriminate herself
* joe coming into the girls bathroom
* lap dances (steve & carrie)
* trying to rip steve's shirt off but not being strong enough
* ali starting to take her pants off 
* "i weigh 130 pounds, so i'm not a lightweight" 
  "I weigh 180 pounds" ~ kim & joe
* carrie and kim having to sit down after our spinning adventure so we didn't puke
* dancing on the stage
* carrie has to try every drink steve gets
* the hot cowboy guy tipping his hat at kim & amber
* attacking cory & joe with glitter
* kim getting drenched in water
* talking to joe's friend brian on the phone
* brian wanting carrie's phone number
* kim's glow in the dark bracelets
* joe being tricked because there are 2, not 1, 2
* kim falling down in the living room
* carrie making kim come to the bathroom with her, so she can watch her (even though carrie was the drunk one) 
* videos on the stupid digital cameras
* kim singing ice ice baby for no apparent reason
* "we trust steve and cor--" 
  "well...we trust steve"
* ICE
* different versions of ICE
* running out of ice cubes
* 3rd successful dubuque trip without kim's parentals having any clue
* "are you following steve home?" 
  "of course" (carrie's going to hell)
* "carrie, who's in the van?" ~ mama hoyt
* late night phone calls
* "carrie, shhh...your dad's in the kitchen with no pants on" ~ kim
* carrie, kim & amber driving home with no gas
* trying to find a gas station that's open at 1:15 in the morning
* running over an animal and hearing it's bones crunch
* all three of us screaming
* we don't have hangovers!
* road trip to slu to move carrie in
* planning on leaving at 12...not actually getting out the door until 5:30
* cory being the master packer for all of carrie's stuff
* four duffel bags of clothes
* making an emergency food run to checkers
* all the accidents on the way there 
* holy cow, there's a six, five car accident" ~ cory (we all know he can't count)
* cory never having eaten checkers before
* "maybe he didn't get it... feed him another one" ~ kim
* "my wheels are going sixty!" ~ cory after trying to speed off a light on wet pavement
* forcing carrie's mom to go get her own stuff ready
* kim walking out on the diving board
* carrie showing off her wound from slamming her finger in the car door
* kim eating 4 popsicles, tater tots, and chicken nuggets...after checkers...
* trying to convince steve to bring us culvers
* carrie & kim not being able to figure out how to delete pictures
* stealing tyler's soccer sweatshirt and packing it in the bottom of a bag
* calling juan and making him pull over to talk to us
* not being able to open the driver's door or window in our van (the party van :))
* stopping at mcdonald's for dinner and making cory get out and walk up to the drive-through
* carrie taking pictures of herself and everyone else...while she's driving
* making videos of carrie dancing and driving
* "park is a good gear to be in" ~ cory
* taking the bypass around peoria while mama hoyt went through peoria...then her calling and 
telling us to pull over and wait for her on the side of the road
* stopping at a gas station to "revamp"
* "if you see a picture of a chicken, a cat, or any type of cheese, you have purchased 
the wrong product entirely" ~ an Edy's ice cream commercial on the radio that was hilarious
* carrie speeding up to pass her mom, just to make her mad
* "i just beat myself two out of three times in tic-tac-toe" ~ kim
* dairy queen stop to refuel on sugar
* cory trying to tickle kim and hold her down at the same time
* "you don't have enough limbs to hold onto all of my limbs" ~ kim to cory
"technically speaking, he has one more limb than you, kim" ~ carrie
* the mood lighting in the party van
* trying to think of a way to put the mirror on the ceiling to go with our mood lighting
* cory halfway crawling under carrie's seat to find her phone
* cory & kim crossing the interstate to watch cars go by
* being spies and sneaking back to the car without mama hoyt noticing
* the naked mermaid fountain in the hotel lobby
* the talking elevator!
* running down the hallway with a full luggage cart, and spinning it as we go
* crashing the cart
* jumping on the bed
* ripping the tv channel guide within the first 10 minutes of being in the room
* kim dancing in the shower
* pillow fights
* carrie & kim using cory as a pillow
* kim running down the hallway and past a bunch of business guys
* fighting over showers in the morning
* carrie & kim falling off the bed
* racing to fold the blankets
* gelling cory's hair
* carrie having to open the van door for the rent a cop...and then it not closing again
* vip guest passes
* the orientation people being amazed at how much stuff we brought
* arguing about keeping the beast of a fridge
* carrie putting together a towel rack and kim putting together a lamp
* making cory move all the heavy stuff
* recruiting guys to help lower the bed
* checking out the bookstore 
* the marshamallow mascot...aka the billiken
* goobyes are not fun :(
* cory & kim's genius plan for driving back/sleeping...and then not following it at all
* cory singing and dancing to every song 
* flying past more than a few cops
* the cruise control that won't stay at 85
* fruit loops
* banana, slug bug, cruiser bruiser, padiddle
* our vending machine mishap
* making it back to dport in the broken party van









 Last Modified: 18 Aug 2004