Time Capsule

 

Five years ago my best friends and I got together and made a time capsule. This year was the year that we opened it!! Soooo exciting. 

From Left: Lindsay, Lindsey, Joel, Mysha, Ylanna, Kurt and Jordan

 We had a get together barbecue with a bunch of friends. I love getting together with people and am so lucky that the majority of my high school friends still get together. Friends are such a blessing. I will forever cherish the memories we made and making new ones when we can. We have all grown and changed but I still love them to bits.

We buried it in THE perfect spot. Maybe too perfect because it took us forever to find it.... When we buried it we put it directly in the middle of two trees. The problem was that one of the trees is no longer. We ended up digging up quite a bit of yard. Good thing we took a picture five years ago. I brought it so we could put it in the new time capsule. We ended up using it as a type of map, a frame of reference. The trees have grown since then but surprisingly this worked. We were about to go find a metal detector.

From the left: Lindsey, Jordan, Miranda (Mysha) and Lindsay

 Here is our before and after shot. Unfortunately Miranda couldn't be with us so Mysha tried to fill in the void. 

  

Here are our buried treasures

Five years ago we wrote letters to each other. Predictions on who we would become, what we would accomplish, where we would be, etc. Some also wrote memories, things that made us such great friends, what we love about each other. I loved reading the letters that I received. I have amazing friends. The funny thing is some of them wrote things that I needed to read/learn about myself. These wonderful people still manage to take me to where I need to be. 

The most powerful letter that I read was one that I had written to Lindsay. She is someone that I have and will always have a deep respect for. In the letter that I wrote to her I shared a quoted from my Grandmother. In 2008 my Grandmother (Great Grandma) passed away.We had a very close relationship and often thinking about her still hurts, I miss her. As I read that letter I remembered her words and everything that she means to me. I was completely overcome. I'm sure everyone thought I was crazy but we have been friends for over 10 years so they know I'm crazy.I needed to have my Grandmothers words remind me of what is important and to be a little better. Stand a little taller, love a little more, learn more, appreciate life and so many others concepts. She was and is a great example to me and I needed to be reminded it was okay to remember the lessons she taught me. It's okay to miss her.

We put quite a few items in. Some acted as reminders of who we were, what we did and some related to the year we buried the capsule.

List of contents:

• My mom's Chocolate Chip cookie - It still looked good enough to eat but we didn't. Lol
• Lots of pictures from High School. On the back of the pictures we wrote the story that went along with it. Soooo hilarious. I really love us and our crazy fun adventures.
• Chopsticks from Vancouver - Lindsay moved out there for University
• Rubber Duck
• Popcorn - We loved watching shows, especially "Lost"
• Tiara - Miranda, our princess. I'm not sure why she often wore one but it happened. True story
• Electronic Handheld Hangman 
• What, then statements. It is a game we used to play. One of side of the paper you write a question on the other side of the paper you write an answer without knowing the question. 
• An old leather wallet..... I don't remember why
• Program for Lindsays Baptism in 2008
• Nerf gun pellets
• Sidewalk chalk
• Pen for U of A Engineering - Jordan got accepted before he went on his mission
• Flip Phone with awesome plastic case
• Sugar Sticks
• Lethbridge Bulls Baseball tickets
• Lethbridge Herald Newspaper - Headline High Stream Advisory for Oldman
• Magrath Trading Company Flyer - Grocery Store in Magrath
• Ninja Turtle Figurine
• Birthday Candles
• Mix CD
• Water Balloons
• Gas Price: 134.9 per Liter
• Chocolate Eggs
• Guitar Pick
• Lego
• Special Edition Ensigns: The Lord Jesus Christ and President Gordon B Hinckley Momoriam  
• List of Memories:
• Skate Park Soccer
• Lost Parties
• Running around the Strawberry Patch wearing garbage bags. Leaving Lorne and Dallin to hitch hike back to town
• Renae's Farewell Party
• Annual huge end of the year water fights
• Joel pushing Mrs. Robinson into the house
• Singing Disney in Robinson's Van
• Cramming into vehicles
• Mysha's chinese fire drill with a cop behind us
• Seat belt checks - Brad in Miranda's Lap
• Brother Anderson Burgers
• Bridge jumping
• Ultimate frisbee
• Irrigation pipes on football field and puddle jumping
• Bear's hump death situation - we almost blew off the top of the mountain
• Joel's Bday at the Ramada
• Kidnapping Lindsey for sweet 16
• Jordan's surprise party with a loaded gun
• The Bradley dance moves
• Shark Tale dance moves

Here is Bee with Miss. E, Jordan's daughter, they are just over a month apart. He was tickling her toes. I hope that they grow up to be wonderful friends. 

Thanks for the memories! Can't wait to make more memories and dig up our new time capsule.