Turkey Bowl

There is a kind of mystique surrounding a group of tight childhood friends.  A kid is very lucky if they can experience that, because not all kids do.  One of the best parts about going back to Northridge for Thanksgiving is a tradition that my highschool friends have been doing for 8 years now.  I had a great group of friends in high school.  Being LDS was tricky when it came to a teenage social life, as I'm sure every LDS kid has experienced.  I was VERY fortunate to have gotten involved with a bunch of REALLY great kids who are now really great adults.  Some of these people were in school with me from first grade.  When we all dispursed to different colleges, Chris Malotte (the guy on the far right) started a Thursday after Thanksgiving football game in 2003 and it has survived all this while.  It is SO fun to see what people are up to and becoming.  In this picture, 4 of us are in committed romantic relationships, some have EXTREMELY successful careers, and all others are still working on it.  It's crazy to see what your 17 year old friends would become when they're 26.  It's amazing how 2 hours with people you haven't seen regularly in half a decade can make you feel so much love.