I found some papers that I didn't want to save, but wanted the information.
1998 Dances - there are professional dance pictures to go with each of these events.
1. Sweethearts Sophomore year
Brandon Reid Greaves was my date. We went with Lacee Morgan and David Goldthorpe, Jen Hacking and Luke Haws, Sarita Kessler and John Patton, Elizabeth Mefford and Kirk Juhas. We took our dates to breakfast at 5:00am at Shari's (Jen and I). We played board games and "Do you love your neighbor?" at Lacee's and ate Belgian waffles with strawberry topping. We also all got ready at Lacee's. (Boys downstairs, girls upstairs). We went to the dance anad had a great time. Afterward we went to my house (3731 Daisy Way) and had pie. I was up until 2:00am. How I asked him: Made a ransom note that said, "If you ever want to see your pillow again, you have to pay $100,000 or steal my heart and go with me to sweethearts." I took his body pillow and left a ton of candy hearts on his bed. How he answered: toilet papered my car and put balloons inside with hearts that said, "yes" on them.
2. Homecoming junior year 1998
Zachary Carey was my date. We went with Carl Holloway and Tara Brokaw, Travis Long and Amanda something. We watched "Cutting Edge" at Carl's at 8:00 and went to Macaroni Grill and ate. We went to the dance and then went home at 11:30
How he asked: Had his sister drop off dried corn ears that said, "Christina, will you go to homecoming with me? Zach."
How I answered: Bought a bunch of candy and streamers and "redecorated" his room.
3. Harvest Junior year 1998
Trent James Field was my date. We went with Bret Mitchell and Megan Bell, Jen Hacking and Mike Mitchell, Kristin Jannuzzi and Jake Pollard, Denise Paxton and Jason Smith.
We sent them on a treasure hunt at stores. Then we had lunch at Shari Lewis' house and watched "Sphere" on her in-home theater. We had dinner at Kristin's where her parents prepred a coded menu. Then we went to the dance. We had pie at Denise's afterwards.
How we all asked the boys: We carved a million pumpkins that said, "______ will you go to Har-Vest with me? (One word for every pumpkin. This took 4 hours. Then we delivered them to each house. That was fun!
How he answered: he left a scarecrow and an ugly straw in my locker with a paper that said something about how he's be scared not to go.
4. Sweethearts - Junior Year 1999
Charles Spencer was my date. We went with Cassie Moore and Josh Roice, Megan Bell and Jason Smith. We took them out to breakfast at the Sunrise Cafe. Then we went to dinner at Cazba's - It was bad. We were not used to that kind of food and it was weird, although, I would probably like it now - 24 years later. Then we went to the dance, which was a blast. Afterwards, we went to Megan's for pie. We began to watch "Dumb and Dumber" but most of us fell asleep. We got home at 1:30ish.
How I asked him: thought up new words to the song from Jungle Book: "I want to walk with you, talk with you... and took it over and sang it to him after a Wednesday night activity.
How he answered: He bought a cake that said, "Happy Birthday, Love, Charles." And the flaming candles said, "Yes." They dropped it off at my house on Presidential Rd. with a giant snail balloon.
5. Prom Junior Year Meridian High
Jason Smith was my date (I asked him to take me.) We went with Joni Roderick and James Croft, Denise Paxton and Andrew something.
I asked him the day of prom so that night we went downtown to get pictures. Then we went back to Overland and we had Moxie's (hot chocolates). Then we went to the church where a group had had food catered (Jason and I were late,) Then we went to the dance, where I danced with all the other girls' dates - long story, but it was fun. Then we went to Shari's and had dessert and got home at 1:30am.
6. Prom Junior Year 1999
Jeff Webb was my date. We went with Casey K. and Maura, and Erin and someone.
We went to Pojos and played there for a little while. Then we went to Angel's (or the Grove-downtown Boise) for dinner. Yummy! We went to the dance, which was alright. Then we went to Erin's house. Then we went to the Sub at BSU (bowling) but it was closing. We went to Shari's and had pie and then I went home. He asked me on the phone. I worked at Hastings with Jeff. He went to Borah, I think.
7. Homecoming - Centennial High Senior Year 1999
Dallin Allred was my date. We went with a bunch of people I don't know. At 12:00, he picked me up along with 4 others. We got lunch at Blimpie's and played at Camel's Back Park. I got the impression that he wanted to hold my hand and maybe be more than friends, but cunning me pretended not to notice his hand being held out. At 5:00 he came to get me. I was running late, as usual, so I held everyone up. But we finally left after Melissa gave Dallin her new shoes to put on her, and got the other group of guys. We went to the school to get early pictures taken. Then we went downtown to Richard's (a fancy restaurant). The food was great! The only thing that was bad was when the check came. It was all on one bill and came to $350. I wish I didn't know that. They practically laughed at it, which made us girls feel awkward. Later on Dallin complained to me that he had to pa $70 while someone else paid $30. I felt bad, but I didn't like hearing how much it cost because I felt bad for eating!
Then we went to the dance, where I saw my old buddies from last year. Centennial did a great job. Their theme was "A night at the Oscars" and they had free valet parking and red carpet leading to the gym. The long hallway was lined with movie posters and there was a crowd of moms clapping as you went into the door. They had a fountain for getting water - and they had brownies and other stuff. It was wonderful! Afterwards, we went to someone's house to change clothes. Then we went to the corn maze and then home.
He asked me by having his mom come over and left a lucky charms box on my bed while I was at school. The box had a poem on it and his name was inside the cereal.
8. Homecoming - Meridian High Senior Year 1999
Mike Mitchell asked me by leaving a note on my desk with scriptural references for clues on what he was saying. Then there was a math equation to find a locker number and combo. Inside there was a cup with money (pennies and stuff) and on one penny was his name. I answered by taping a homemade puzzle to candy to five him in all his classes.
For lunch we went to Pizza Hut with Bret Mitchell , Jake Pollard, Brandon and etc. Then we went to Pojo's where Mike got me a stuffed "Thumper!" Then we ran to Zuka Juice and I ran home to get my hair done. At 7:00 he picked me up and we got Jill and Travis and went to dinner at Lock, Stock and Barrel. It was a restaurant that kind of felt like a dungeon - midevil times - and they served us metal plates and goblets to drink out of. Then we went to the dance. That was great fun. We got pictures and danced. Afterwards, we went to Mike's house and watched "US Marshals" and ate apple crisp that his mom made. Then we went home. Good times!
9. Harvest - Meridian High School Senior year Nov 6, 1999
I asked Jeff Ebert. I didn't know him well, but he was cute. We went with Denise Paxton, Trent Field, Jennifer Hacking, and Mike Mitchell. I asked him by doing a search through the yearbook which ended at my picture. (Give me a break, I had to do it fast.) We began the day by meeting at Denise's at 9:00 (9:40 for me). We went to the Maverick and got food to eat, then headed out for Idaho City. We talked and listened to music on the way there. We arrived there at 10:00. The pool opens at noon, so we walked around "downtown" Idaho City for a while. Then we went to Patty's. (RJ and Brandon have grown up so much and gotten so hot!). We explored her house for 10 minutes and then left. We swam for an hour in the hot springs pool. Then we went to Gold Mine for pizza. (Sandwich for me and some weird crap for Mike.) It was a strange little restaurant.
Afterwards, we headed to Denise's. We took the boys home for 45 minutes - to shower and stuff. Then we picked them up and met back at my house. We left for downtown. First we went to Ceramica (a cute little painting store where you pick some object and paint it.) Jeff is an artist and his looked great! We had fun painting and singing to the music (which reminds me, I think that a karaoke bar would be a fin place to take Mike Mitchell.) Then, since I left the camera at home, Jen and Denise ran off to get cameras from who knows where. They hadn't returned for a long time and we were late for our reservations at Aladdins. (It was an Egyptian restaurant that has belly dancers, and we were going to tell them it was Mike's birthday and have them embarrass him.) We walked down to the restaurant only to see that it was tiny and didn't look like a "cozy and friendly" place to eat, so we walked back to Ceramica to find Jen and Denise, but we ran into them as we were walking back. (I have to admit that I was a little upset by this because I wasn't feeling real well. It was cold and it just made me mad that they ditched us and we had no idea where they were. Anyway, we told them about Aladdins' and decided to walk to the Galaxy for dinner. I had french toast. Jeff had fries and a milkshake. Mike, Jen, and Trent all had ice creamy things. After that, we walked back to the parking garage and headed to Goody's ice cream store. Only Jeff and I had ice cream. Then we went to the dance. We had pictures taken and then went into the dance. It was so cute because Jeff doesn't seem to like to dance or at least he didn't want to dance with me. But when he would move, it was so cute. We left the dance at 11:00 and went back to my house to eat pies. We ate and then played Nintendo 64. The three guys and I played until 2:00am (Jen and Denise fell asleep on the couches.) Then my mom basically said, "Go home." We woke the girls up and everyone took their dates home. After I dropped Jeff off and was traveling home, a cat ran across the road and hit the side of my car. It hit the side of my car. I turned around only to watch it slowly die. This made me so sad.
He answered me by giving me a bear with a note to Jamie Z. to give to me.
The note said, "I'd go ape to.. oh wait, it's a bear. When you asked me to Harvest, it made me beary happy. Yes, of course I will go with you." Overall impressions: I wouldn't change much (except for the cat thing) because the dance was fun. I got to know a lot about Jeff and fell in love. What an awesome guy! He had an awesome build, cute face, great body, awesome personality, and awesome sense of humor. He is not afraid to tell the truth! I love that. He would tell me whether or not if we liked the song we were listening to, and he was just awesome.
This one is a bit later and I was in trouble, Not a dance.
Well, I have figured out how to describe the condition of myself today - "J'e suit morte et bette." I am dead and dumb. Last Friday I met a guy named Jeremy Miller. he called me Saturday afternoon and Curtis Hardy, Jeremy and I went out. They stayed and watched a movie until 1:30. Jeremy came over Sunday night at 10:00 to see me. He came into my work at Hastings on Monday night. I left with him and Curtis. We watched a movie and snuggled (seriously) until 2:00 in the morning. My mother, who had waited up for me, was extremely unhappy. We agreed I wouldn't do anything like this again. Tuesday he called me at 11:30 and we talked until 1:00 in the morning. I also had Jen and Denise spend the night because Wednesday was formal day. Wednesday he came into Hastings and we went to Olive Garden during my break. When he left, he took home the wrong leftovers, so I took him the right ones and went home. Thursday he came into work (his friends too) and asked if I wanted to go to a movie. I said no. So he waited for me to get finished with work so I could give him a ride home. I went back to his house and stayed until 12:30. (without telling my mother.) My dad is in Austin for the week.) She waited until 12:00 Needless to say, she is going to tell my dad because he comes home today. Yesterday I had gotten today and tomorrow off with Jeremy, however, I have a feeling I will be doing my correspondence homework. I'm so dead. If I had just called, or had him come to my house, things would have been okay. I am so stupid. I even have plans! I am probably going to be grounded for a month or two.
Yet again, another sucky crappy birthday. I know that it is my fault. I wish I wasn't so apathetic towards school and such. I have been contemplating moving out, but it truly scares me due to the huge responsibility I would be taking on.
Letter from Jen 2/2/99
I would like to preference this by saying that my teenage years were very tumultuous and Jen was a safe person. I resented that she hung out with Denise so much, because it was like Denise had stepped into my old life and taken our home and friends and neighborhood, while I was forced to work as a slave for a new house that we were building or watch my new sister. It was a rough time and I am certain there is great credibility to what she is saying here. I appreciate the love and compassion that she offered me here. I didn't deserve it.
Dear Christy,
Well first, I would like to wish you a happy birthday. I hope that it goes well. As you have probably noticed, I haven't been calling, oddly enough it is because I have a few things that I would like to talk to you about.
The day we went to breakfast and you got mad at me was kind of like the last straw. I understand that there are things stressing you out, but it is not fair for you to always take the brunt of your moods. It makes me feel like you are always looking for a reason to be mad at me. Even if you weren't meaning to, you made it difficult for me to share my life with you. If I were to tell you something I did, you would be mad at me for doing without you, or you wouldn't approve of it. If I invite you somewhere, you are busy and act disappointed in me. When you left Meridian, it hurt that you left on such a bad note. The feeling that you gave me was that you no longer wanted me around. The fact that you have been so cliche with Meg doesn't help that feeling. I don't know if I did anything to cause you to leave and I am sorry if I did. I don't want to push you away. You are one of the closest people to my heart and I want to apologize for being somewhat guarded with my feelings. My whole life I have only had 1 person not let me down and I learned that letting people get close hurts. If you get nothing else out of this, know that I love you and don't want to hurt you.
All my Love,
Jen Hacking
Journal entry from my dad:
The history of Christina Ann Yearsley
Christina Ann Yearsley was born Feb 9, 1982 at 4:09 am in Pocatello, Bannock County Idaho. She weighed 6 pounds and 3.5 ounces. She was the first child of Gyle and Maryann Giacomantonio Yearsley. She was 19.5 inches long. She had black hair, blue eyes. She was delivered by Dr. John M. Lackey. At the Bannock Memorial hospital. She had several people awaiting her arrival. They were Maryann and Gyle, of course. And Fanny Giacomantonio, grandmother. Gay Yearsley, grandmother. James Yearsley, uncle. Colleen and Randy Roderick, Aunt and Uncle. They had stayed up until 4:00am to see her arrival. She was born on a Tuesday. One day after her Aunt Janette Yearsley's birthday. Her mother wrote of her in the hospital: I am excited we have such a cite, precious little girl. I am so excited to take care of her. Words can't even begin to explain my excitement. I live Christina and I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for blessing our lives with her. I am excited for the day she is blessed in the church. She sure is precious to us. She was blessed on March 7, 1982 by her father at the Pocatello, Idaho East Stake in the 39th ward. Many relatives were in attendance. including her grandmother and grandfather Yearsley. her Aunt and Uncle, Colleen and Randy Roderick, David and Melody Yearsley, her uncles Steven and James Yearsley, and her aunt Janette Yearsley. Also her cousin, Joni Roderick. and Carolyn and Wayne Roderick were also in attendance.
When Christina was 6 months old, she and her mom went to visit Grandmother and Grandfather Giacomantonio in Detroit, Michigan. They flew on a plane out of Salt Lake City, Utah, to their destination. They stayed there from Aug 23, 1982, to September 18, 1982. There, she met her uncle and aunt, Alex and Teresa. Grandmother Giacomantonio had a wonderful time with Christina.
She took her first steps on January 24, 1983, from her daddy to her mommy. She had a birthday party on her birthday with all of the Yearsley family and the Rodericks. She was soon to be joined by a sister, Amy Marie Yearsley. Amy was born on April 25, 1983. Christina had to move from the crib to the twin bed when her sister arrived. This was an easy transition for Christina. She was always very quick at learning new things. She also traveled to Michigan again the year that Amy was born. Mommy, Daddy, Christina, and Amy all packed up in a little Ford Escort and travelled to Michigan. They traveled straight through to get there. They were in the car for 36 hours. While stopped for gas in Iowa, Christina had gotten out to go to the bathroom with her mom while her dad was paying for the gas. As mom and dad turned to leave, Christina was sitting there on the edge of the sidewalk at the gas station. She had had enough of riding in the car and was perfectly willing to let us go on without her.
After a little persuasion, we got her back into the car and continued with our trip. When we arrived there, Christina met her cousin Stephanie, for the first time. A week later, her father returned home in the car. She was later to return with her sister and mother by plane in August. Christina had a fun summer with grandparents, aunt and uncle, and cousin.
