10.) The first time I met Bobby, we were in Krogers. He was bending down next to the baby food talking to David about what baby food David might like....but he was talking in a creepy baby voice and I was frightened that that was really what his voice sounded like. He keep called David "David Ryan Boo Boo Bunny", which now goes with an infamous song.... but then..it was just weird.
9.) After my mom and Derek got married, I gained 2 additional brothers. They were all about video games, sports, fighting, etc. I often felt left out...so how did I cope? I tried to be a boy. I wore Bobby's hand me down clothes .... yep, you would often find me in basketball shorts and a some sort of sports shirt.
8.) I don't remember what year it was (probably because I would be embarrassed to reveal how old I was) but we can all thank Bobby for finally spilling the beans to me about Santa Claus. We were at home on Christmas Eve talking about tracking Santa's sleigh on the computer, and Bobby was joking a little too much about the existence of Santa Claus...and that's when I put two and two together....
7.) Overlap memory: Making Connor sleep in the bathtub while we were in Hawaii. Bobby and I were at that age where we thought we needed like 12+ hours of sleep and we were not going to let Connor ruin that.
6.) I have an unfortunate amount of memories of Bobby and Joey Payne. I don't even know where to start. I'll just say that they were inseparable for most of high school.
5.) Again, with me having 3 brothers...it was rough. Bobby went through a phase where he would punch anything and anyone in his way....unfortunately that happened to be me more than a few times. I tried to fight back once...it didn't go over so well.
4.) As rebellious teens, we would often stay out past our curfews in high school. Luckily, when one of us did...the other one was home to come and unlock the front door. Here's how our middle of the night phone conversations would go...(Ring) "What", "Come unlock the door", "Bye"...I would then go unlock the door in silence and march back to bed.
3.) Going along with the rebellious teen theme...one time Bobby and I co-hosted a party while Mom and Derek were out of town. We got caught...shockingly.
2.) This memory is the funniest to me... I don't know why. On New Years Day 1999, VH1 had a non-stop marathon of Prince's 1999 music video. Bobby and I (and every now and then, David and Connor would join in) stayed in the basement ALL DAY (no joke) and made up dances and sang to the song. Remember Bob, "I was dreaming when I wrote this forgive me if it goes astray....When I woke up this morning could have sworn it was judgement day." HAHAHA
1.) After I met Rachel (Bobby's soon to be wife) for the first time, I told him a few days later that he needed to marry her. He agreed, obviously. So my number one memory will be watching him get married in a couple of weeks! I'm so excited for them!
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| If only we knew that the following year, Bobby would need to be wearing a WVU shirt too.... |
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| At the WVU bowl game in Charlotte...I'm pretty sure this excitement was staged. |
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| HAHA we always laugh at this picture because Bobby looks like such a creeper! |
