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Bending the rules til they break (BYU continues)

chanson, February 25, 2008

The week sped by, and the next thing I knew I was getting ready to go up to Jake’s uncle’s cabin with Cindy and Amy. Cindy and Amy’s Aunt Julie lent us her car, and Cindy drove us up following Jake’s map. Read the rest of the story »

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