Darwin Deming

After high school graduation I did a year at UVSC before serving a mission in Fortaleza, Brazil. I continued most of my college education at UVSC except for a semester at USU and a semester working at Disney World in Florida. It was a wonderful experience. I graduated from UVSC with my BS in Earth Science Education and have recently applied for graduate school at Mississippi State University for a Teaching in Geoscience emphasis. Right now I teach 7th grade science and 9th grade Earth Systems at Union Middle School in Sandy. As you can see from the pictures, middle school students can literally turn you into a mad scientist. As difficult as it is sometimes, I still love it. For example, I was freezing carrots in liquid nitrogen the other day and a student put it in his mouth and it froze solid to his tongue. LOL! The best part of my life thus far is meeting my exquisitely beautiful wife, Kiara. She and I literally laugh together every day. We met in 2004 and after a week of dating we decided to get married nine months later, Aug. 12, 2005. We're coming up on our three year anniversary and we're still on the honeymoon! She is absolutely wonderful. No kiddies in the oven yet but soon enough. We are currently living in Orem right now while Kiara goes to UVSC to get her AS degree this December. She plans on getting a BS in Psychology. We love the outdoors, watching movies, or anything where we're together. (The only problem being outside is I start to explain the science of what's around us, picking up rocks and explaining what happened millions of years ago at that location.) You can find more info about our lives on our blog: http://www.kiarwin.blogspot.com/. We look forward to the reunion.

Josh Carlson

Happy Tenth, Red Devils! This is Josh's new wife, Kara, and I am going to fill you in on my favorite Springville graduate. During his undergrad years Josh attended BYU, served a mission in Guatemala, worked as a wildland firefighter during the summers and moved to New York City upon college graduation. The two of us met at the start of his second year at NYU Medical School. I was a performer on Broadway at the time and was surprised to learn he had never seen a show before. Since then we have seen many productions and enjoyed exploring Manhattan together. We were married at the Newport Beach Temple last June and honeymooned in Mexico. Currently, I am a Radio City Rockette and Josh has one year until graduation, at which point he will pursue a career in ophthalmology. Our big news is that we are expecting our first little bundle of joy this Halloween (my dancing shoes will be taking a little break!). I wish we could attend the reunion, but Josh has some scheduling conflicts so we hope to see you all at the next one! Feel free to contact Josh at joshua.n.carlson@gmail.com.

Laura (Finlayson) Sheneman

I can't believe it's already been 10 years!! After graduation, I attended Snow College for a year and it was there that I met Doug Sheneman from Grand Junction, Colorado. We dated for about a year and were married in August 1999. We moved to Colorado for a year and then to Salt Lake City to attend the University of Utah. Doug now owns a commercial and residential heating and cooling company, Hidden Canyon Heating & Cooling(keepcomfy.com) and really enjoys that. I own a photography business, Studio Sixteen Photography that I run in my spare time (not very often).We have a 5 year old daughter named Mia and a 2 year old son named Jack. I feel very lucky to be able to stay home and be their mom. We are also expecting another little girl in a few months and are really excited about that.We currently live in Draper, but are building a home in Mapleton where we plan on staying. We don't have a blog, because apparently we are un-hip losers, but you can email me at utahlaura@yahoo.com if you want to catch up.

Kaleb Washburn

After high school I went to college for a year and then to perth, Australia on my mission. When I got back I worked for my dad at the car lot and went to UVSC. A year later I got set up on a blind date with my wife Cassidy. We have been married for 6 years and have two awesome kids, Jordan our 5 year old daughter aka "Drama Queen" and Connelly our 2 year old boy AKA"Conzo". I went and got my real estate license and worked for landmark real estate for a couple years,Then my cousin and I started our own company, we worked together for a while until I got a great oppertunity to move my license back to landmark and start a home building division of the company. We Currently live in spanish fork and are just going through life working and tryng to play as much as possible. For fun we love to go camping and ride the motorcycles, our kids did there first race on5-10-2008 it was so much fun for them especially the power wheels class. We are excited to see everyone again, and look forward to catching up.

Todd Dallin

After graduation, I continued dating my future wife (I met her the middle of my Senior year), Brooke Hamblin from Orem. We were engaged shortly after we graduated and married the following February 1999. We lived in Springville for 1-1/2 years and then bought a home in American Fork to be closer to my work. I work for my father-in-law's company, Majestic Cabinets, in American Fork, installing cabinets and countertops. It keeps me pretty busy! I've worked for them for almost as long as I've been married (9 years)! In October of 2001, we had our first daughter, Haylie. In July of 2005, we had our second daughter, Chloe. And in July of 2008, we will be having our third daughter. I know, all girls - when will I ever get a boy to play baseball with and take fishing? Guess I'll have to do that with my girls! We lived in our home in American Fork for 7 years and then decided it was time for something a little bigger as our family was continuing to grow. We just recently built a new home in Lehi and moved in just a few months ago (January 2008). My wife works at home as a Medical Transcriptionist and takes care of our 2 beautiful little girls (soon to be 3). We're excited to see everyone at the reunion and hope everyone is doing well!

Andrea (Bake) Wardle

Time is fleeting. I remember when I was younger, people talking about their 10-year reunions, thinking, "Man, they are so OLD"! Now look… As I'm reading about all my fellow class of ninety-eighters, I'm brought back to the importance of connection. We all exist in different spheres, but our purpose here is the same. But, dang it, we just want to feel young again!I found my niche in life. I was working part-time and attending UVSC, but not finding much satisfaction. I started to work full time at Snelson Photo Lab in Springville, where I was introduced to the "computer" aspect of photography, and got hooked! I met my husband, Scott, here in Springville while he lived with his grandparent's in transition from Snow College to Utah State. We dated long distance until we were married in December 2001 (thank goodness for cell phones and email). I attended Utah State University, delving into the graphic design programs they offered for 2 years. While in Logan, I worked for Steve Mackley (photographer) as his digital artist. Scott graduated from Utah State in Parks and Recreation and currently works for Springville City.I've put College and work on hold indefinitely, because I devote all my time to my 2 kids! Paige (4) is a ball of energy. She is very bright for her age and seems to have my creative gene. Evan (2) is my angel. He likes to follow Paige around everywhere, which results in his love for dresses and ponies (ok so he does like cars too). They are my life.My other life is my camera. I strayed for a time into design, which I still love and do everyday, but eventually found my way back into photography. It is my dream to start my own business, but in the meantime I take lots of pictures of my kids and have a few gigs on the side.We currently reside in Springville, just down the road from the high school to be exact (Did I really drive that fast around that corner? Darn high school kids)! Our current projects all revolve around upgrades to our home, which we bought in 2004. Our dream is to eventually end up in the Northwest. Beautiful country!Life couldn't be sweeter. Check this moment off as another chapter, not the end! It may feel like time is slowing down for a short season, but then it speeds up again to catch itself.

Jeff Davis

I won’t be able to make it to the reunion but I am happy to post a little bit about what I’ve been up to for the past 10 years. 

Wow!  10 years?  I can hardly believe it has been that long already.  Well, here I go.  After graduation I served a mission for the LDS church in the Belgium, Brussels mission.  It was sweet!  I served the whole time in France and loved it.

When I got home, in October of 2000, I went to UVSC for one year and got my AS degree.  Then I went to BYU and it was there that I met my awesome wife, Lisa.  Lisa is from Lakewood, Colorado. 

 I received my BS degree from BYU in Neuroscience in 2005 and then we moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for more school.  I am now starting my fourth year of dental school here in Florida.

Our first child, Collin was born in November of 2006.  He is so much fun!  We are fully enjoying the Floridian life (beach, swimming, theme parks, nice weather, etc.)  So life has been great for me.  I am not sure what the next ten years will hold for me but I am hoping to move back west and set up a dental practice somewhere.

We would absolutely love to come to the reunion but we are going to be in Florida so hopefully we can make it to the next one.

We have a blog, davistales.blogspot.com, if anybody wants to check it out.  Take care, everyone.

 

Joey Beals & Lori (Branam) Beals

Wow...so much has happened in 10 years! A couple of months after we graduated, I was married for 7 years & then divorced. I lived in Cedar City during that time & graduated from SUU with my RN. After my divorce (great learning experience!), I moved back to Utah County. I began working at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in the ER as an RN & have absoloutely loved it since! I am now a charge/trauma nurse & have worked there 3 years. I had my little miracle baby in November 2006; he was born 2 months early due to complications I was having. 

I brought him home from NICU on his due date. In March 2007, I began dating Joey Beals (yeah--we dated in high school--it has just taken us 10 years to get together!) We were married in November 2007 & he will be adopting Kayden this November after we have been married for 1 year. The 2 best things I have ever done in my life are marrying Joey & having my son. Life is great & I have never been so happy!

Joey graduated from UVSC with a degree in collision repair & technology management. He has been working as a manager for Cascade Collision in Provo for 5 years. He is an avid jeeper, hiker, bicyclist, etc; now we enjoy doing all of those activities as a family. One of our favorite trips is going to Moab.  He bought his own home 2.5 years ago in Spanish Fork; I moved in with him last year when we were married. We still "hang out" with Taylor Davis' & Russell Bartholomew's families as time permits. I think it is kind of funny that Russell B. & Jocelyn Oldroyd reconnected like Joey & I did. They had a little girl on the same day that I had our son. We are excited to see everyone!  

Haylee (Holmes) Bagley

10 years wow! Life can be so busy! Right after high school I married my high school sweetheart Chris Bagley, kinda he had graduated in '96. But we were married in November '98 in Manti Utah. I went to work full time as a PCT at UVRMC to put him through the Police Academy. He graduated 18 months later. And joined the Springville Police department and we made our home here. Chris has loved his work the good and bad in May 2002 he was shot in the line of duty in his knee and a week later we found out we were about to add more spice to our life by having our first child Isabelle in '03. Then we found out god as a huge sense of humor and he gave us twin girls in '05 McKinlie and Lillian. I then quit work to stay home and be mom to our crazy beautiful girls. Chris decied to change jobs last August to Utah County Sheriffs where he is on the K-9 team. And that next month we found out we were going to have another baby. Our daughter was born on April 22, 08 her name is Andie. Yes we have lost our minds with 4 girls in 5 years . Now I know why we waited so long to have them. We live in Springville and I hope we will never leave. We have found a home here and love it. In spite of our hecked life I wouldn't want it any other way!!! Our family loves camping and our four wheelers. In fact you can mostly find us in the mountians from May until October and any spare moment is spent with family. I can't believe how different life is after high school but it's been good to me!

Larra (Johnson) Sheppard

Shortly after graduation I was married to Jay R. Sheppard (also a springville high graduate) and ten years later here we are still in Springville.  We feel lucky to be around all are family and great friends. 

 We have two children, Trevin who is 5 years old and loving his first year of kindergarten, and are baby Teagan who is 3 years old, and purely enjoying all the new discoverys in life. 

 I currently work out of my home as a cosmetologist, not to mention the everyday adventures of being a full time mom.   We have a family blog which is larrasheppard.blogspot.com  feel free to check it out. 

Brian Curtis

Crazy, 10 years…..  Sheesh, what the heck have I been up to??  Well right out of high school I decided that home life was not for me.  So I moved out of my parents house and met my lovely wife Rachelle.  We were married right away and will be celebrating our 9th year of marriage in July.  For the first five years out of high school my wife and I played, and played, and played.  

I had a steady job, making a great income, and then one day I woke up, dropped everything sold the house, quit my job and went back to school.  I graduated from the University of Phoenix with a B.S. in Business management and a B.S. in Marketing.  I am currently working for Flowserve as a Project Manager/Contract administrator.  
Our first Child Zoe, was born while I was going to school and she will be turning 4 in July.  We have a 1-year-old boy, Liam who has been nothing but a blast and keeps me on my toes, and currently we have one on the way… Don't know what it is going to be, but in all reality I don't care, I love these kids to death.
I spend a good portion of my time working at Flowserve and starting my own travel booking business www.onlinetravelshack.com Its getting off the ground and I have had some great success.  
My wife and I just bought a little fixer upper home in Springville, which has tuned into one of my favorite hobbies, or never ending hobby, of fixing or updating the place depends on what day you ask me I guess.  I am going to try and make it to the reunion, but holy cow I am busy.  But if I make it, I hope to see you all there!

Staci (Schofield) Durieux

Durieux (dur-eee-ay or in french it’s dur-eeh-ehk):

I won’t be able to come out to Utah for the reunion but I thought I’d give a little update on the past 10 years.  I still feel 18, and my friends all still look 18...they just have kids.  So I don’t know where the time has gone.  I went to UVSC for a year after high school, then I moved to Florida to go to art school.  

After a year of art school I decided to finish my degree at BYU.  I lived in Mapleton with my parents for those two years.  I actually made it out of BYU single...one of the few.  Right before I would graduate I got my dream job, Building theme park rides with Walt Disney Imagineering.  I left school to take the job.  I have been living and working in Los Angeles ever since.  In 2005 I met my husband Chad, who had just moved to Cali from Canada.  I was really put off by him at first and decided to stay away from him.  

He told me that he had dated all the girls in Canada and needed to move away to find a new singles ward.  Wasn’t really the pick up line I was looking for.  but he was persistent & a lot of fun.........and we were married in Salt Lake Dec 2006.  I’m currently just working away designing theme parks.  I have mostly worked on projects in Tokyo, but I have a few things that I’ve designed in Disneyland and Disney World.  If you come ride Midway Mania opening in both Florida and Cali you will see my work.  Last year I fell in love with photography and I started a side business doing weddings, when I have the time....... & I keep a blog at http://stacimikelle.squarespace.com/  I’ve been super busy at work so I’ve been a slacker at keeping it up!

Devin Bird

It’s been an amazing ten (10) years since I graduated from S.H.S. Here’s kind of a brief summary of what’s happened since that time:

I served a mission to Zimbabwe, Africa (Malawi & Zambia too). ’99 to ‘01

I attended UVSC until ’02 and transferred to BYU where I graduated in Construction Management in ‘04

I got married to Jennifer Lee Walker (same middle name as mine!) in October of ’02; she is from Centerville, Utah.

We’ve since had two beautiful daughters (Paityn age 3 and Presley nearly six months old).

I’ve been employed with my dad’s company since ’01 but spent about five months in Hawaii with a company shortly after graduating from BYU.

I still hang out with some of my best friends from High School; Myles P, Mike S, Brady N, Garrett C, Chris N, Matt G, Seth O. I’m currently living in St. George managing a construction project for my company which is for the city of St. George. It’s a commercial block/structural steel building and should be finished around August/September.

I’m looking forward to the reunion and hope a lot of people show up that I haven’t seen since graduation. Thanks to the Senior Class Officers for all the hard work you’ve put in to making this a success. I appreciate all your hard work and can’t wait to enjoy some good times with some good friends.

Jen (Kirby) McNees

After graduation I went to UVSC to study and play volleyball for the school team.  I met my husband Mark, also a volleyball player, we were married in May of 2000.  We moved to California to study and play for California State University at Northridge.  I played for the women's team and Mark played for the men's. Life was great... Newly married in California, beach, playing volleyball and getting college paid for.  After one year of playing, Jacob our first son was born September of 2001.  I sat out for one season, then played one additional year with my husband and one-year-old little boy watching from the stands.  After graduation with a degree in Child Development I spent my time with Jacob, just being a mom and loving it.  In  August 2004 Ireland (Iree) joined our family.  We decided our 1 bedroom apartment was getting a little too full so we moved back to Utah.  We bought a home in South Jordan (Daybreak) and settled in.  In September 2006 our son Mason was born.  

We keep ourselves very busy.  My husband Mark is a Business Analyst for a mortgage servicing company and is also a partner in a Mortgage Company, Advocate Home Loans.  I do most of his processing from home and love it.  Mark also plays in a hockey league at the Olympic Oval, the kids and I love to watch. I play in a volleyball league for a little free time from the kids and look forward to some outdoor competition this summer.  Most of my time is spent keeping up with my 3 kids.  

Jacob is in kindergarten and is just like his dad...smart, loves playing baseball, hockey, soccer and can't wait to start football next year. He and his dad are die-hard Bronco fans and never miss watching a game.  

Iree is a princess, not a "tom boy" like her mom.  She likes anything to do with princesses, Polly pockets and painting fingernails.  She keeps me busy playing dolls and having tea parties.  

Mason is our little fireball.  He is small but you can't stop him from doing anything his older brother does.  If Jacob jumps off the 5th step... Mason will.  I have to be on my toes to avoid a disaster. 

Occasionally, I look back and wonder how I ended up married with 3 kids when I still feel like I'm 18.  Life is great... 100% better than my high school days... and getting better every day.  

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Quinn Mortensen

After graduation I attended Southern Utah University in Cedar City for a semester and then I went on an LDS mission to Santiago, Chile. Afterwards I returned to SUU to complete a bachelor's degree in Advertising. While there I met my amazing wife Leslie and we were married in December 2002. After I finished my B.A. we had our first girl Morgan, moved to Ogden and started a new job at Weber State University; all within a week. After a short stint at Weber, I was offered a position at SUU. We returned to Cedar City and have been here for three years. We had our second girl Callie in October (yes, I am outnumbered 3 girls:1 guy...I have a household full of estrogen and emotions...but I love it). During all of this I was fortunate enough to complete my Master's degree in Corporate Communication. I am currently the Assistant Director of Admissions where I oversee all recruitment marketing for SUU and I am also a part-time (adjunct) professor in the Communication department. My family and I love to spend time together reading (yes reading...I have changed a bit), camping, yard-work and most of all laughing. I agree with everyone that says the last 10 years have gone by fast but I am also looking forward to the next 10. Life is good! Take care!

Liz (Sanchez) Reese

Wow! I thought I was the only one that has been married for 9 years this year. . .I met my husband the summer after graduation. I went to Utah State University, and then he followed me up there from BYU the following semester. We were married in August 1999. I graduated from USU with a degree in Horticulture - it was one of those fun and interesting majors that don't actually prepare you to work in a particular field unless you plan on furthering your education and doing research. Oh well. After graduation we moved to Northern California, about 45 minutes east of San Francisco, where we have been ever since. I stay at home with our two kids; Anna (4 this month) and Carson (1). My sanity is sewing, which I've picked up this past year. I sew clothes for Anna, some skirts for me, and make hair clips. I just opened my etsy shop this past month (ALittleGirlie.etsy.com). Please stop by my family blog. http://therobbiereesefamily.blogspot.com/. I'd love to hear from you. It's been great reading all of your posts!

Kim (Peterson) Matthews

After High school I went to a year at Snow college then decided to move back home and work. I think that was a great choice, because that is how I met my husband, Brent. We got married January 2000 and we lived in Pleasant grove for a while until we built our first house in Saratoga Springs, only to have to sell it after 3 months because my husband got a job with the Boise Fire Department. We moved to Boise one month after having our first daughter (who was born in Aug.2001) We have been here in Boise Idaho ever since and we absolutely love it here! We have three beautiful little girls. Madison is the oldest, will be 7 in August. She loves to read and she is quite the little artist. Madi is very motherly too, and loves to be in charge of things. She is always wanting to learn and explore new things. Cassidy, 4 1/2 (birthday Nov.2003) is our bundle of over-flowing energy! She loves to do anything that requires your body to move. You can get this little girl to try anything. Cassi always keeps us hopping! And you wouldn't believe how much that kid can eat!!! Our little Elsie (will be 2 in July) is the smiliest little baby anyone will ever meet. She was just recently diagnosed with Mild Cerebral Palsy. But she is a tough little girl and she works hard daily to do things that come naturally to other little ones. She is a bright little sunshine to us every day. Anyone who meets her is instantly in love with her bright smile and soft heart. Brent, my husband, is a Fireman/Driver for the Boise Fire Department and loves what he does! He also loves to build, make, and fix anything! He is an amazing man who has three, well, four (myself) little girls who look up to him. I enjoy staying at home with my little ones. I also enjoy being able to run my photography business from my home. I love that I can be a mom and photographer. I also love to run. We do a lot of camping, swimming, games...anything we can do together...we will do it!!! We love being a family! We have a family blog...that I am a bit obsessed with... http://www.thematthewsfam.blogspot.com/ and I have a photo blog for now while I am working on a website http://www.kimmatthewsphotography.blogspot.com/ Feel free to visit!

Amelia (Poulson) Torgersen

After graduation, I worked and went to school at UVSC, where I got my Associate's Degree in Behavioral Science. I was working on my Bachelor's Degree at UVSC, when I was "set up" with Brian Torgersen! Funny thing, I don't think I ever believed in "love at first sight," until I met him. He is absolutely amazing! We met in August of 2004, and were married 4 months to the day we met, in December 2004. Regretably, I finished that semester at UVSC, and then just went to work, trying to help Brian finish school, so we could start a family. Colin joined our family on Christmas Day, 2006, and has blessed our lives beyond description! We currently live in American Fork, but don't plan to "plant" ourselves here. I am a stay at home mom, and I love every minute of it! We also blog at http://www.brianandamelia.blogspot.com/.

Bard Hancock

After graduation, I started attending ITT Tech. I got married a year later in October to Kerri Peterson with her son by our side(Joshua). We soon had a second son 10 months later in 2000(Jordan). I graduated from college in Computer Aided Drafting. We moved to St. George in 2003 where we are still today. We had a baby girl in 2004(Natasha), and another girl in 2007(Kaylee). I own my own construction company, and it has been going well. I play softball twice a week all year long, and now my boys are playing baseball. Ten years have past, and Im looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion.