Henley Family | Raleigh Family Photographer

Rhyanne was my roommate at Rollins while we were getting our MBAs. She put up with a lot of my quirks and weird ideas and "projects," and I'll always feel indebted to her for that. I feel like I learned a lot while in school, but I often got distracted by other things (some legitimate--like the business I was running with my sis-in-law--and others not so legitimate, like making bracelets, watching Felicity, etc.). Rhyanne, on the other hand, had her head on straight.

I remember one day when I was making a bit too much noise while getting my breakfast ready. You see, I went through a phase where I would take Nature's Valley granola bars (the kind with the green wrapper) and crush them up to make cereal for breakfast. Yes, I know you can buy granola cereal but I truly thought what I was making was delicious (and I'm sure I'd still think so now if I tried it). I would crush it each morning on the kitchen counter with a full wine bottle because it was accessible and heavy. Poor Rhyanne finally came out of her room one morning, after I had woken her up, confused about why I was always hammering in the kitchen every morning. After that I always took the granola bars to my room to smash them : )

Now she's married (Jeff is such a great guy!) and has two beautiful boys. They all live in Nashville, which is where I was for the Imaging USA conference. I'm so happy I had the chance to see Rhyanne again and spend some time together. While I was there we took some pictures of the family on the Vanderbilt campus. Here are just a few.

Rhyanne, I hope you come and visit soon! I'll have Anne of Green Gables and Indian food ready to go : )