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!!!!

Nicole (Nielsen) Donaldson

10 years has gone by in a blink yet been so full of adventure as I'm sure it has been for everyone whether you're in Utah, away, single or married or have children. And this is what makes it so hard to know where to begin...
After graduating from Springville High I attended BYU and changed my major a few times, finally settling on Nutritional Science with a Russian and Chemistry minor. I had so much fun, even rooming with Taryn Burton my freshman year and going to St. Petersburg on a summer study abroad with Taryn and Allison Arnold among others. I then served in the Russia Moscow mission from 2001 to 2003. After returning home and a few interesting relationships later I met my husband Joseph Donaldson (Timpview '96) randomly one summer evening on BYU campus while walking to my car. A dance, weight lifting, and nutritional science class later we were engaged and married April 2004 and then found ourselves in Louisville, KY for Medical school that August. In the four years there we had two children, our daughter Elle (2 1/2) who my mom says is a "mini me" but a daddy's girl and our son Hyrum (9 mos) who follows the Donaldson boy tradition in looks and height. After my husband's graduation this May we moved our things to New Orleans in preparation for Internship and Ophthalmology residency starting in June at LSU-Ocshner for the next four years.For now I enjoy the challenge of staying at home with our children and am anxiously looking forward to what the future holds for our family.
This summer has been filled with many mini reunions for our family and we are so grateful for this time to reflect and reconnect and we look forward to seeing/hearing from as many of you as we can. We'll definitely be enjoying a scone and some root beer at the Art City Days festival this week! Please keep in touch on facebook or email nicoleedonaldson@hotmail.com.

Allison Arnold

Hello! You know, I thought I'd feel older by now. Maybe I will after I recap the last 10 years. At the end of our senior year I'd won first in state at a language competition so after graduation I went to Moscow for a few weeks to compete in the International Olympiada of Spoken Russian. That was an interesting experience and I came away with a bronze medal. That might sound good but to be fair it was more like they gave everyone a bronze medal just for being there and not that I actually won third place in anything. After I got back from Russia I moved with my best friend Julie to Heritage Halls at BYU. We had a blast as roommates and ended up sharing apartments a few more times during college. I studied International Politics and Russian and was president of the BYU Rebel Swords Fencing Club. You know we were cool because we had "Rebel" in the name of our club. The summer of 2000 I went on study abroad to St. Petersburg with a small group that included Nicole and Taryn from high school. I wouldn't say we did a lot of "study" that semester but we definitely had adventures in holy water and some insanity. On my way home I stopped in Helsinki and played with Laura who some of you may remember as the exchange student from Finland during our senior year. While I was in Russia Julie had moved to New Zealand for a year. That sounded awesome so I went to visit and we traveled the islands and saw some sheep. I continued my studies with an internship at the International Crisis Group in Washington DC. After that I graduated with my BA in Political Science. During the 2002 Olympic Winter Games I was a volunteer up at Soldier Hollow. Then I decided to go on a mission and was called Spanish speaking. Yep, Spanish speaking. I ended up loving it of course but it was pretty funny and I had a Russian accent at times. The years seem to have flown by since then and currently I live in Orem and work as the HR Manager for Utah Valley Pediatrics. I haven't given up on a career that relates to my college education but it's taking awhile. So for now I'm here and enjoying life with my family and friends. A few years ago I took up the Brazilian martial art Capoeira and I love it. It keeps me running around and working hard and someday I will learn to flip like the gymnast I never was. You gotta have goals anyway. Happy ten years everybody!

Tiffany (Myer) Fuller

I wish I could make it to the reunion but things just didn't work out. After graduating back in 1998 I was off to UVSC . After a semester I started Dancing with Fire & Ice Country Dance Team. This was a blast and let me travel throughout the country every few weeks just to dance and compete. After our Team won the World Championship in Nashville TN I decided that it was a good time to move on. I transferred over to BYU to finish my BS in Business, and started working as a Financial Manager for a Medical Imaging Company. In 2001 I met a guy who actually tried to kiss me three different times on the first date. I was told he was a "player" but that I was also and we deserved each other. I guess we did deserve each other because we were married in 2002. In 2004 My husband Jared graduated from BYU, so July 2004 we moved to Des Moines IA, and our first son (Kaden) was born that next month. I was able to keep my job and work from home while hanging out with Kaden. After two years in Iowa we moved to Sandusky, Ohio for Rotations. We spend our time at Cedar Point and traveling around the East. Dec 2007 Jared matched to an Anesthesiology, Residency in San Antonio TX, so we bought a house and moved down to TX. We have only lived in San Antonio a month and have really enjoyed it. I am still working as a Financial Manager and we are expecting our Second Son in September. Time really does go by fast and it has been really fun reading about everyone. My blog is, http://www.tiffanyfullerblog.blogspot.com/ If you would like to see more of what is going on with us.

Jonathan Barney

I had planned on attending the reunion, partly as an excuse to see family and friends in the Mapleton/Springville area, but unfortunately my job is keeping me in my adopted home of Bethesda, Maryland. I cannot believe that we are all nearing 30. We're old. After graduation I studied history and linguistics at Utah State University interrupting my studies with a 2 year stint at a missionary in Ohio where I learned to appreciate the finer aspects of Racoon cuisine. Seriously, it wasn't all that hick, but I did see fellow Red Devil David Young while I was there. Returning home I completed my education taking time to work summers in Yellowstone and study abroad in Cairo, Egypt where I studied Arabic and Arabic Calligraphy.

After USU I was accepted to Princeton University's Department of Near Eastern Studies where I pursued a Master's Degree and continued to study Arabic and Arab culture from some world class professors. After leaving Princeton I got a job with an NGO in DC run by an acquaintance of mine from Egypt. As a wet behind the ears newbie to the real world, I worked at the Mosaic Foundation (www.mosaicfound.org) doing everything from filing bills to organizing international bazaars and scholarly lectures.

After one year at Mosaic, I received a phone call from someone who has changed my life forever. A women who did contract work for Mosaic called to offer me a position working for the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia under HRH Princess Haifa Al-Faisal, daughter of the late King Faisal and wife of the former Saudi Ambassador to the US. I am being hired as a Research Consultant (I prefer "Roving Royal Researcher") to assist the descendants of His Majesty King Faisal, who died in 1975, in compiling and creating an archive devoted to his memory containing documents, books, pictures, etc of his life and reign. I have been signed on to the project for one year with a chance to extend if they like my work. In fact, I just returned from visiting with Princess Haifa and other royals in Saudi Arabia. You can learn more about my new job at my blog http://mormonmeditations.blogspot.com where I will be posting pictures of my world travels which will take me all over the United States and to most of Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, India, and maybe a few others. I am very excited and overwhelmed my new position and can't wait to get the project underway.

As to my personal life. There isn't one! Just kidding, I have dated (do date), but I am still single at 28 which makes it all the easier now to galavant around the globe like the world's most boring copy of Indiana Jones. After this job is over I plan to persue a degree in Archive Sciences at the University of Maryland (I have already been accepted, but afterwards got this new job and decided to defer my matriculation). Upon graduating, I hope to settle into the staid life of a rare books and manuscripts curator. Check out my website for continuous updates from the Roving Royal Researching and see when I'm going to a town near you!

Matt Vernon

So now that the reunion is days away I guess I should finally sit downand come up with a post. I started up at BYU the fall followinggraduation, studying chemistry. I completed one year before leaving on a mission to Maracaibo, Venezuela. Upon returning I met my future wife, Heather, relatively quickly (we were lab partners in a chemistry class; nerdy, huh?) and we were married about a year later. We continued going to school and living in Springville, and finally graduated in 2004, me in chemistry and Heather in bioinformatics. From there it was off to snowy Milwaukee for medical school for the next four years, where our first son, Isaac, was born in '06. Our second(male, but yet to be named) should be arriving in October '08. Meanwhile Heather has put her skills to work to help put me through school, working for the med school and for a related company. I finally graduated in May of this year, and I will be doing my first year of residency in Milwaukee and then we will move to Minneapolis next year for another four years of residency in radiation oncology.Unfortunately I was unable to land a spot further west than that, but we like the midwest too. Until residency starts we are vacationing and camping, and we were lucky enough to have the class reunion fall when we would be in Utah anyway!

Anna (Roberts) Cox

Hey friends! After high school I went to college at the University of Utah. My first 2 years I studied Communications, spent winters working at Alta ski resort and a summer traveling to Africa and working at a Jewish summer camp in Pennsylvania. I spent another summer doing study abroad in Japan. Then I served an LDS mission in Puerto Rico, and loved it. After my mission I returned to the U of U, finished up my Communications degree and also completed a degree in Nursing. I got into back country ski racing in the winters and during summers I worked as an adventure guide for kids in Colorado and Costa Rica. My last year in school I met my soul mate, Nate Cox on an ice climbing trip to Ouray, Colorado. We got married July 8, 2006, just after I graduated from the U of U. We lived in St. George for a year and a half while I worked at the hospital as a nurse and he worked for Sun River as a project manager. During that time we took a month off to explore Chile and Argentina. We moved from St. George to Heber, Utah in January when Edward Jones offered my husband a job as a financial planner in Park City. Heber is ideal for us, we love being so close to so many fun things. We both enjoy biking, climbing, skiing, rafting and exploring the planet. I worked at a surgical center as a nurse until last week when I started my maternity leave. I am due to have a baby girl any day now! Doesn't the ultra sound make her look like the cutest little alien? I am really looking forward to being a stay home mom and working a few times a month to keep my nursing license.

Larcy (West) Mortensen

Wow 10 years? i am feeling very old here since my husband and i just celebrated our 10 year anniversary as well. Well right after high school i married Matt Mortensen and i went right to work for a loan collection company and my husband has been working with a fence company doing contract sales for the past 13 years, and has recently been doing real estate as well so i could be a stay at home mom to our sweet little girl Mckenzie who will be turning 4 this november. We live here in springville and have loved it and don't plan on going anywhere. We love to go camping and 4 wheeling and spending time with our friends. I don't have a blogpage but would love to hear from some of you and catch up. Life has been great and i can't wait for the road ahead. My email is mortensen98@yahoo.com

Russell Wilde

While ya'll are reuniting I'll be hard at work reporting the news in Austin, Texas. I've been at News 8 Austin for a little over a year, and to think 10 years ago it was Red Devil Point of View...After graduation I went to SUU, went on a two year sabbatical to Houston, then back to SUU. My first job was @ KCSG in St. George. I covered floods, fires, and Warren Jeffs. After nearly 3 years I thought I'd mix things up by quitting my job and getting married.I met my wife, Chow (Charmaine) during my last year at SUU. She proposed, I said yes, and she said what was your name again. After that exchange we dated for a little over a year and then she went on an 18 month sabbatical to Hawaii.After her return we dated for a few more months and headed to Canada to get hitched. (We're both half Canadian, our goal is have a child that is 100% Canadian.)On our wedding day I got a call about the job in Austin, three days later I got the voice mail. We rerouted our honey to the Lone Star State. A month later we were starting our new life in Texas.The past 15 months have been great. Being married is stupid fun and my job is great.I do the myblogface thing, you can look me up, or go to http://www.wildewedding.com/. Oh and if anyone has seen David Young in the last 5 years or so, let me know.

Ryan Vogel

I really can’t believe it’s been 10 years already! I wish I could make it to the reunion this summer but we just can’t make it out right now... I would like to say first though – a BIG THANK YOU to Sherie and Sophie for this blog in addition to all the hard work they have done for the reunion. This is all due to them and their dedication.

Well, the past 10 years have been eventful. After graduation, I attended UVSC for a year before serving a mission to the Philippines. Two years later I was back at UVSC, which I loved, where I finished up in 2004, graduating in Political Science and English. I took a year “off” after college and was fortunate enough to be able to teach introductory political science and American history classes at UVSC for three semesters.

It was during this time that I met my wonderful and beautiful wife Maren, from Kaysville, Utah. As some of you know who have met her she is amazing and a perfect match for me (i.e. she makes fun of me mercilessly and humbles me every day!) After a year of dating – sometimes long distance when I moved to Washington, DC – we were married in May of 2006. We currently live in Alexandria, Virginia (across the river from DC) and are loving life out here.

I moved out to DC in 2005 for law school at American University and to work on the Hill with Senator Hatch’s office. It has been a great experience and in the past couple years I have been able to work at the State Department and with a pro bono law firm assisting post-conflict states with writing constitutions and peace treaties. Pretty much my dream jobs! I just graduated from law school and right now I am studying for the Maryland bar. I will take up my new job for the Department of Defense (at the Pentagon) doing foreign policy work in August. Maren currently works at a lobbying firm downtown but we are planning on starting a family in the very near future. Life has been really busy but very good to us.

Anyway, it is great to see all the people in here! I really wish I could have made it back to Utah for the reunion. If anyone wants to stay in touch – or get back in touch – email me at ryanjvogel@hotmail.com. Have fun and see you in 5 or 10!

Crystal (Cox) Hurst

It is amazing that it has been 10 years. Wow, has time flown by for me. I have been greatly blessed in those 10 years. I left Springville for Alaska just a few days after graduation. I started work as an insurance agent for Geico and was there for a couple years. I finally decided I wanted to go to college. So I moved back home and started at BYU. I attended there for a year while I was assistant manager at Krispy Kreme in Orem and was trying to start modeling on the side. I didn't go back to school after that first year, but instead worked extra long hours. And went on my first date with Justin, my husband, during finals. He worked out of state for the summer, so we did the long distance thing and fell in love. Six short months later we were married over Thanksgiving break in Virginia. We had to rush back to Utah where I had to train my replacement at Krispy Kreme before we moved to Reno. In Reno, I was able to assist in the opening of a new Krispy Kreme there as the assistant manager. Yup, I got a whole bunch of doughnuts every single day. I totally miss them now. Justin worked for his brother in law at Gale Building Products working with installing insulation and gutters. After a year in Reno, Justin was able to get a job in the computer field in Alaska. His major at BYU had been in computers so he was happy to move up here for a good job. In December 2002 we made the move to Anchorage, AK. Bought our house and have been here since. I was able to start work at Geico again as an insurance agent. And did that up until our second child was born last year, when I was able to be a stay at home mom and have loved it ever since. A dream come true being home with these little ones. In September 2003 we were blessed with Ryan. Our now rambunctious three and a half year old who always keeps me on my toes. Then we had Kara in May 2007. Our little darling princess just turned one and that year has gone insanely fast for me. We are now awaiting the arrival of child number three, which is a surprise. I am due in 40 days and yep the countdown has begun. This is why I am unable to attend the reunion. If anyone wants to keep in touch, we have a family website http://thehurst.com/ I try to keep the blog up to date with new pictures and info about the family. I am currently doing an at home preschool for my son and he is doing great at it. I am trying to finish the alphabet before the next baby comes so we aren't interrupted at w or x. Good luck to everyone it is great to read your stories.

MaryJane (Gillett) West

I enjoyed reading others’ posts so thought I would share a little what I have been up to since our Graduation.
After high school I went to UofU. I started out in nursing, but then took a psychology class and realized how much I enjoyed it (I learned I wasn’t the only crazy person around) and pursued psychology.
In 2000 I grew tired of Utah and needed an adventure, so I tried to think of the furthest place possible, in my mind it was Africa. I volunteered with a program (kind of like the Peace Corp). Basically I rode around the States in a hippie van raising funds for Africa. Yeah, they had us “idealistic” kids begging for money on the streets all over the country. After 6 months of fundraising on the streets I went to Zambia, Africa for 6 months and volunteered in the “bush” with the HIV/AIDS centers and the preschool teachers. An amazing experience, but mostly because I met my husband, David West, while working in Zambia.
2001 David and I returned to Utah so I could finish school, David didn’t know at that time that I am a professional student. I switched my major to Sociology and graduated with a double BS in Psychology and Sociology. No, I don’t use my degrees.
David finally convinced me to marry him (after 5 years of dating) and we married in 2005. A couple months later we adopted a darling dog, the famous Mr. Charlie Brown. He is the joy of our life.
Currently, David and I live in Springdale, Utah, (right at the mouth of Zion Canyon). We own a beautiful fine art photography gallery, David J. West Gallery, which we opened April 1, 2007. (David is a photographer). We are opening our second gallery (mixed-media) July 1, 2008, Old Church Gallery, also in Springdale, Utah. Our current website is http://www.davidjwest.com/.
I just signed up for classes, sigh, for Autumn semester.
We spend our time going crazy in Nature.

Matt Gammell

Since High School, I attended UVSC for a year then served a mission in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. After my mission I attended UVSC for 1 semester then transferred to BYU. I married Christie Newbury, from Springville, in April a year after my mission. I graduated from BYU in 2004 with a bachelors degree in Facilities Management. I have always worked for the family business, ClydeCo. I handle all of the Residential sales and bids. Christie and I had our first child on our 5th wedding anniversary. We had a little girl named Adilyn. She is currently 13 months old and a lot of fun. As a family we enjoy being outside walking, riding bikes or 4-wheeling.