Devin and Haley (Peterson) Twitchell

Let's see...A lot has happend in the past 10 years.  To start off, Devin served his mission in Barcelona Spain.  In the meantime I stayed home and continued my education.  I also had my adorable little girl Camryn who is now 9 years old.  Wow!  Time flies when you're having fun.  

Anyway, when Devin got home we met up in a singles ward and dated for a year and married in July 2002.  Soon after that we found out we were pregnant with little Leigha.  She was born 4 days shy of our first anniversary.  She lived with us for 4.5 months and returned to her Father in Heaven.  We cherished every moment we had with her.  A few weeks after she passed on, I graduated with my RN and waited about 6 months before I sarted working.  Devin continued his education @ BYU in cancer research.  It wasn't too much longer when we found out we were pregnant again with our 3 child, little Ethan.  He will be 3 next week.&nbs p; He sure gave us a run for our money!  I had to do mouth to mouth on him twice, but he made it and is one energetic little boy.  We lived in an apartment in Provo for little while.  

When the opportunity arose to buy a home..we took it.  

We moved to Orem and lived there for about 2 years where we had our 4th child this past January.  Little McKenna is almost 8 months old now.  Between working/school and being full time parents, we certainly had our hands full.  Devin had been applying to PhD programs all over the US.  He got accepted to some, but in areas that would cost us dearly financially.  So, we picked one and left for Tennessee so Devin could pursue his education  We actually left the day of our reunion to go out and buy a home in Tennessee.  

Well, actually we are living in Mississippi but it's just right on the boarder.  Everything is cheaper in Mississippi.  I guess we will be here for at least the next 5 years but it will all pay off in the long run.  Right now I get to be a stay @ home Mom.  That's something I've never had an opportunity to do since I've had children.  I'm going to cherish this time I have with my children. That doesn't seem like much, but that's everything for now.....if you want to check out our blog go tohttp://twitchells2002.blogspot.com

Audra (Munn) Gines

The last ten years have flown for us. After high school, I went to Utah State for two years. In the summer of 2000 I came home and started working as a Real Estate Asst.; that same month one of my really good friends and soon to be hubby came home after serving for two years in the Bristol, England LDS Mission. We were married September of that summer. During this time I worked for NuSkin Ent. and had our first child two years after we were married. Jake, worked for Kevin Scholz Architecture Firm for two years and then we headed up to University of Utah where Jake was accepted to the Arch + Design Program. We lived in Sugar House for four years, and loved it.
We had our second child, Holden the summer after Jake's first year of his BS.

During this time, Jake was able to travel to Spain to study Architecture as well as Japan the next year where I was able to visit for 10 days as well. We had some great experiences while in school, but I can gladly say it's OVER!

Jake received his BS and MA from the U of U and graduated as one of the top in his class. After graduating and sifting through different offers, we decided to come back to work for Kevin Scholz at Sholz & Associates in Provo. We were excited that our kids would be able to play outside more and have more opportunity to live the lifestyle we wanted them to have.
About one month before the U of U started back up, the school contacted Jake and offered him a teaching position for the First Year Arch. Students teaching the Studio Class. This was a huge opportunity for him and of course he took it. What turned out to be supposedly temporary has turned into something he loves and will continue to do; being that they want him to continue teaching three times a week during the school year. Busy!

Just before Jake went into his final year of his Master's, I started selling Lia Sophia. It gave me the opportunity to get out of the house 1-2 nights a week and still stay at home with my kids while my husband finished school. I have now been with the company for two years and it has done great things for us. I really enjoy it, and the opportunity I have had to travel, and meet amazing women. I am now a Unit Manager and love the results that have come from it. Check out my website @ www.liasophia.com/audragines!!!

Last May right after Jake graduated, I competed in my first Triathlon down in St. George UT. It was a great experience and is something I will probably try to do the rest of my life, I am also coaching my little sister's softball team this summer, which if you know me, I love and has proven to be a lot of fun. Jake and I are both planning in running in the Hobble Creek Half this coming August!

We have been blessed and I'm grateful for all the things we've accomplished!

Katie (Elder) Ball

I love seeing everyone’s blogs here. I googled Springville High class of 1998 to see when our reunion would be and realized I had missed it. I am glad to have found this online reunion. Well after Graduation I went to Utah State University to major in Elementary Education. I had a plan I was going to study hard and play hard and NOT get a boyfriend. I hadn’t even been moved into my apartment 24 hours when the best-looking guy I had ever seen walked in.

I knew I was in trouble, but tried my best to ignore him. It was pretty useless, the first time he kissed me I wasn’t sure if my legs would work to get me back to my apt and I knew my plan was busted. So eight years, two kids, two cars, three apartments, and two houses later we still like each other.

I took a social problems class in college and it inspired me to change my major to counseling with a minor in sociology. I put my self through college working at a flower shop and loved it. I had the opportunity to do counseling at Utah State and Mountain Crest High School. Ironically after all of that I realized I did not like counseling and I loved flowers J. My husband is a structural engineer (primarily a bridge engineer). Shortly after graduation our first son, Avery, was born.

Two weeks later we moved from Logan to Portland Oregon so Austin could take a job as a bridge engineer. We were there for three years and had many great adventures. We LOVED it there and would love to live there again someday. However after our second son was born, Everett, we thought we should move back to Utah to be near family. So five weeks after Everett was born we moved to River Heights, Ut (by Logan). After coming back to Logan I started doing weddings at the flower shop I worked at through college at night after my kids went to bed.

Then last fall it went up for sale and I bought it. I have a partner and we have it worked out that I work from home all but one day a week. So I mostly stay home but own my own shop. It is crazy busy and most days more than I can handle but I love it. My boys are almost 5 and 2 they are so funny. At times they make me want to pull my hair out, but also they give me the happiest moments of my life. I often give them hugs and hope that that through osmosis they can absorb all the love and hope I have for them. Our family blog is www.austinandkatieball.blogspot.com I look forward to what adventures and changes the future holds for all of us. I would also like to thank all of you for giving me a great high school experience full of memories that 10 years later still make me smile. GO RED DEVILS!!!!