Michelle (Costello) Armstrong

Like everyone else, I can't believe it's been ten years since we graduated. In some ways, it seems that time has just flown by. In others, high school seems like it was a lifetime ago.

After high school, I went to live in St. George for about a year and a half. I attended Dixie College and then in February 2000, I decided I would move to Las Vegas. I had every intention of going back to school eventually, but that has yet to happen. My first five years in Vegas consisted of a few different jobs, a few different boyfriends (maybe I was trying to "find myself"), but eventually led to me moving back in with family. And then life as I know it began in February of 2005. At my sister's fiance's birthday party, I met the man who is now my husband. We had our first date on February 14, 2005 and were married January 14, 2006. Albert has a daughter Audrey from a previous relationship who is now 5. About 9 and a half months after we were married, we had Jackson, who will be 2 in October. He is quite possibly the funniest and most interesting person I've ever met and he constantly keeps us laughing.

Last summer, we decided that city life was not what we wanted for our kids so we moved to Ely, NV. Ely was my home-away-from-home while I was in high school as this is where my dad and step-mom live. It's a small town that would probably fit right into Emery County (minus the casinos and houses of ill repute). We bought an 80 year old home that we're working on restoring and updating one room at a time. I work for State Farm Insurance here, as I did in Vegas, and absolutely love it. Al works at the mine but we're hoping for a proposed power plant to open up so he can get out of mining.

Also, last Halloween, we discovered we were getting another addition to our family. On July 8th, our baby girl Layla Joy was born. She is beautiful and amazing and a wonderful baby. It makes me sad that I don't really have anything to come back to in Emery County anymore. My grandparents, mother and siblings have moved away. I don't think I've been back since my sister graduated from high school in 2001. We aren't going to make it to the reunion because of work schedules and a brand new baby, but I sure do wish I could get there to see everybody. Oh, well, maybe next time.

Scott Jensen

Current residence: Lehi, Utah

Married with two boys, Braxton (3 years) and Trevor (1 month)

Occupation: Electronic/Mechanical Engineer

Education: Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering

Sam Cook

i will admit that while ten years seem to have slipped mysteriously by, it also feels like it has been longer than that in some respects...i feel older, but i don't know how much older i act. heh.
actually, i have no real things to brag about. i just got my bachelors degree in horticulture in may, i am single, have no little ones running around under my busy feet, and i am working an internship/seasonal job while i apply for graduate school to continue the seemingly endless ordeal of feeling smart enough to throw myself out into the world of trying to prove myself to my respectable colleagues. so...that's where i am at.
i haven't grown a single inch in height since i graduated, i may have even lost half of one. i can't grow my hair out long like i used to because it is too thin on top, and i am totally okay with that. i can grow a pretty wicked beard now, which is nice in the winter. i can play the guitar quite moderately adequately. i can talk to strangers without crying, and i now usually wear my clothes right-side out. i have come a long way.
i have been to three continents of my final life-time goal of all seven (if there are still seven by that time...look what happened to poor pluto! anything could happen.) i have been in a band (it was years ago and now i am just a has-been wannabe). i have tried to enjoy as many new experiences as i can. anyway...i am good and that is good. they asked me to write something and i can't think of anything else i really want to say so....that is all.

Ashley (McKell) Christiansen

It is hard for me to believe that 10 years have passed since high school. I know that everyone says that, but for me, I really have a hard time believing that I will be 28 in a few days and that I graduated 10 years ago.
I will give you the play by play of what I have been up to since I graduated. After graduation, Carmell and I went to SUU where we were roommates during our freshman year of college. We loved it and had some great times. She then decided to move to Provo, so that left me in Cedar City attending SUU. I went to SUU my freshman and sophomore year, I then got in a serious relationship so my parents decided it would be a good idea for me to head over to BYU-Hawaii for 6 months. I actually had always wanted to go to Utah State, but they didn’t think that would be far enough away. I attended BYU-Hawaii on a piano pedagogy scholarship and loved it. I planned on staying there to complete my degree, but it was going to take me 3 more years and at SUU I could finish in 2. I also had decided after being a piano pedagogy major that it wasn’t for me. I had to practice 5 hours a day in my tiny little practice room and decided that this didn’t really fit my personality and lifestyle. I headed back to SUU and completed my degree in Elementary Education with a minor in social sciences and an emphasis in music. I loved my experience at SUU and will always be grateful that I went there. I made some great friends and memories that will last a lifetime. There were a lot of people from Emery County down there so it was fun to bump into people from time to time.
I started my student teaching in Draper, Utah. After completing my degree, I wasn’t sure if teaching was really what I wanted to do, but after student teaching with an incredible teacher, I knew that I wanted to stay in the teaching profession at least for a few years. I had a good friend who was living in Provo at the time looking for a roommate so I moved in with her. We had an awesome summer. I planned on going to Taiwan to teach English, but 2 days before my flight was ready to depart, I knew that this was not the right thing for me at this time. I hadn’t been applying for jobs, so I wasn’t really sure what would I was going to do. I then heard about a job at Alpine Elementary, school had been in session for 1 week and they needed a teacher because enrollment was up. I interviewed on a Saturday morning and started Monday morning teaching 4th grade. This was the best decision that I ever made to be a teacher. I absolutely loved teaching at Alpine Elementary, the kids there are amazing and the teachers are incredible. I still have a lot of good friends there that I visit when I am in town.
I met my husband February of 2003 and my life has never been the same. I wouldn’t say that it was love at first sight or anything, but once we started dating, I thought that eventually we would get married. He went to New York that summer and I went to Europe. After he got back, we decided to get married and he proposed on September 13th at Central Park in NYC and we were married on November 28th, 2003. We lived in Alpine for a year and then house sat for a year in Provo. During this time, I completed my Master’s degree in education through SUU and then we moved to Des Moines , Iowa. While in Iowa, I taught as a music specialist in a small farming community, I loved it. I felt like I was a celebrity because I had 900 students coming through my class. This was a great experience. Also, at night I taught as an adjunct professor at William Penn University. This had always been a goal that I had had and I was grateful for the opportunities that I had while living in Iowa. During this year, we experienced some trials, it was January of that year that I found out that my mom had cancer. Now she is doing great, but we weren’t sure how things were going to go at that time. I am sure that many of you have had similar trials and know how scary this can be. Luckily she had some incredible doctors and they were able to treat it. We decided at this time to move back to Utah. We lived in Salem, Utah and I taught at Cedar Ridge Elementary in Cedar Hills. The commute was long, but I love teaching in the Alpine School District so I decided it was worth it to me. I loved my classes there and loved this elementary school. The parents were awesome and threw 2 baby showers for Alli after I found out I was pregnant. John worked that year as a web designer and manager over advertising at an internet business in Orem. He had decided to go to law school, so we were waiting a year for him to start. I loved living in Salem.
We moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma in August of 2007. My husband John just finished his first year of law school at the University of Tulsa and is working at the U.S. Attorney’s office here. He will work next year at the district attorney’s office in Tulsa and hopefully after graduation, we will move back west. I started teaching as a music specialist at Jones Elementary when I was almost 8 months pregnant. I teach pre-kindergarten-5th grade music right now. I love the people here in Oklahoma. They have been so good to us. We have made some great friends. Allison joined our family on October 17th, 2007 and our lives will never be the same. She has been a huge blessing in our life and we love having her around.
I still enjoy playing the piano, running, reading, and travelling. I would say that my best memories in high school were with my BFF Carmell. We had a lot of fun. I love Emery County and am grateful that I was able to attend EHS, it is a great school and I made some great memories. The thing I miss the most about Emery County is driving up to Millsite, golfing at Millsite golf course, my family all living in the same place, the Castle Valley Pageant, Peach Days.....I guess I could really go on and on. That’s all folks!!!
Feel free to check out our family blog from time to time: http://ashandjohnchristiansen.blogspot.com/

This Just In

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* a schedule of activities for August 1st and 2nd
* a list of links to your classmates' blogs

Ryan & Carisa (Huntington) Mann

Well I do officially feel old. After my 8 yr. old cousin explained to me what a MP3 player was, and I told her that they sound like Pocket Rockers we use to have in Elementary that we played Debbie Gibson's 'I Think We are Alone Now,' and she said, 'Debbie... Who? Pocket... What?' I guess that makes us old!

After High School I lived in St. George for 3 years. I graduation with my associates after 2 years but couldn't bear to leave the hot sun and stayed for another year working at a Pest Control Co. as their secretary. That was my hard earned associates degree being well paid off. After deciding I didn't want to talk to people everyday about their pest problems (no offensive to anyone in the biz) I decided to go to SUU and start my Early Childhood Development Program. I lived in Cedar City for a year where Ryan & I dated long distance. In November 2002, I finally became a Mann (I never thought I would say that). Ryan convinced me that EC wasn't all that bad, so we bought our first home in Cleveland. That was the end of my official training in Early Childhood Development, but I soon began a more personal endeavor. Soon after we were married, we had our first little girl named Madisyn, who now is 5. Madisyn is a perfect example of what Ryan would look like as a girl. She's beautiful! She is her daddy's little shadow. She, without blinking a eye at age 3 could tell you the whole process of killing, skinning, taking the meat from the bones, displaying the horns on the wall, and eating the meat of a deer. (I personally thought as her mother it was somewhat disturbing.) I now know what else could I expect with Ryan as her Father.

In 2005 we were blessed with twin boys, Parker & Ryker, who are now 2. They are really active, fun loving boys. Parker acts more like Ryan and Ryker acts a little more like me. They are big trouble makers together and on a daily basis I catch them trying to sneak out of the house. The saying, Two minds are greater than One, definitely came from a mother of twins!!!

After High School Ryan worked at a saw mill for a short time. After that, he began working for the coal mines where he has been ever since. He has worked for West Elk in Colorado, Genwal also known as Crandall Canyon, and currently West Ridge near East Carbon. In his short career he has had numerous job promotions and is currently the Long Wall Maintenance Foreman Coordinator. He is a very hard worker and continues to be one of the youngest bosses at the mine. Ryan is also quite the handyman, we just finished building our new home where he did a lot of the work himself. We enjoy spending our time camping, fishing, riding 4-wheelers, boating at the lake, golfing, and of course, Ryan enjoys hunting. It is so fun reading about everyone, look forward to seeing you in August.

Rebecca (Schade) Ouren

After graduation, I left for the big city (Salt Lake) to attend Westminster College. It was there that I met my wonderful husband Mike. He was also attending Westminster all the way from Omaha, Nebraska (but don’t hold that against him). We were married in May ’00 and he graduated from Westminster in ’01 with a Bachelors degree in ComputerScience. I followed him and graduated in ’02 with a Bachelors degree in Psychology. We bought a house in West Valley in ’02 and had our first son, Caleb, in November of ’03. This past April ’08 we had a set of twin boys, Zaric and Zaden who are now 3 months old. All 3 of which also were preemies and spent time in the NICU like Carly’s and Nancy’s boys. Although we lucked out and it wasn’t for nearly as long, but I can imagine what they went through.

After graduating from Westminster, I never left. I had a staff position in the Financial Aid Office which I enjoyed. I am still there and have worked my way up to the Assistant Director of Financial Aid. My husband works for a small company in Murray as a Technology Analyst and just finished his Masters degree in Professional Communication this past May.

Some of my fondest memories include lunch trip to Stewarts and Food Ranch, football games, bonfires, horse riding, FFA trips, 4 wheelers, playing softball (where we also feared playing Black Market and Pepsi), trips to the desert, all of the dances and being able to stay out late because our parents trusted the friends we were with. I also miss being able to leave doors unlocked and being able to walk into your friend’s houses whenever you wanted like you were family.

My days now consist of work, baby spit up, diaper changes, bottle feedings to be followed with dinosaurs, Hot wheels, cartoons, spiderman toys and book reading with Caleb, now 4. Sounds like I need to get some advice from Jennifer on surviving the first year with twins. For fun we like to play games, go on vacations, read, scrapbook and go camping (Iam slowly teaching Mike to love the mountains as much as I do).

We will most likely be at the reunion and I am looking forward to catching up with everyone.

Jennifer (Eden) Palmer

After graduation, I followed most of the pack, and went to CEU. I got married in March of 1999. In April of 2000, I had my first baby, Brayden. Two years later, Jerin came along, and 2 years following that I had my twins, Makayla and Kason. I looked pretty funny going to the grocery store with four kids ages 4 and under (including 2 newborns). I'm sure everyone in Wal-mart could hear us from across the store. Now they are 8, 6, and the twins are 4. It is much easier, and much less embarrassing, although we do get a few looks now and then with four kids who are so close together, but I love them, and wouldn't trade it for anything. They are well-behaved, wonderful kids (for the most part), andI am so proud of them.
In 2005, we bought a home in West Jordan, and I have enjoyed living in the area that I do.
Sometimes, though, we don't see what is around the corner, and life throws you a curve ball. Due to unforeseen circumstances, my marriage ended early 2007. I still live in my home in West Jordan, and now have the opportunity to meet and marry my true eternal companion. Although the situation was hard, I have learned and grown more than I thought possible in a short period of time, and I am grateful for the blessings in life that help us become who we are meant to be.
I now support myself by teaching piano lessons (I have 30 students), and babysitting. Some of the cuties that I babysit are Tara and Covy's kids.
My favorite memories of the EC are slow pitch softball nights - being afraid to play Black Market and Pepsi, hangin' out at Mark Monfredi's - listening to loud music & doing Maverik runs (boy, his parents werepatient), sampling all of the frozen yogurt and Maverik, leaving Castle Dale at 11:50, and driving 100 mph to try to get home to Cleveland by my 12:00 curfew, riding 4 wheelers in the mud, laughing so hard it hurt, and the amazing friends we had.

April (Sitterud) Bingham

First off, like everyone else I cannot BELIEVE that we have been out of high school for 10 years already. That makes me feel way too old. Anyhoo, the summer after graduation I met Nathan on a blind date set up by my cousin, afterwhich I thought he was a cocky jerk and figured I'd never see him again. Little did I know - after 3 years of dating he was able to convince me that he was only about 1/2 as cocky as I thought and not nearly as big of a jerk and we were married in January 2002. (I'm totally kidding - Nathan is both an awesome husband and a fantastic dad)

To backtrack a little, I kind of bounced around the state during my college years, spending my first year at Snow in the dorms (horrible advice from my sister) where I had a lot of fun hanging out with Covy, Landon, Jake, Nichole, & Matt Nelson. I wound up at CEU the next two years after that where I got by Associates degree. I then moved down to Cedar City the summer of 2001 to live with my sister and go to SUU. I had a blast working at a Shoney's Restaraunt there (and I'm STILL sad that it is now an IHOP), but didn't even manage to finish my first semester before Nathan popped the question and I moved back to Castle Dale to plan a wedding. Nathan and I lived in Price for a short time after getting married, and then moved to Logan (which we absolutely LOVED!) to finish up our degree's at Utah State. I graduated with a BS in Business Information Systems in 2004 (yeah, I was on the 6-year plan....) and got a job working for an auditing company in downtown Salt Lake where I'm still at today. Nathan went to school part time while working and was able to get his BS in Business Administration and he is currently working for Fidelity Investments as a Licensed Financial Rep/Stock Broker/guy who gets handle other people's million dollar assets (how would it be to be rich.......) We recently built a new home in Saratoga Springs which we love, but since we both work downtown the commute time reallys blows.

As far as our family goes, we were blessed to have our little mini-Nathan (aka Ethan) in November 2005. I can't believe he will be 3 this year. We are also expecting a little girl here in about 10 days (not that I'm counting or anything....) whom we're planning to name Derin. Since we'll have one of each, Nathan would be fine being done, but 2 just won't cut it for me. I would like 4, but I think we'll probably compromise and have one more after this. I would love to eventually be able to stay at home with my kids and take on the "home maker" title, but for now I don't mind working, especially since I couldn't ask for a more flexible job. You can learn more about our little family by checking out my poorly kept up blog at http://www.binghamworld.blogspot.com/.

I know high school was a horrible experience for some people (and I truly hope I had nothing to do with those experiences) but I have to say that I LOVED HIGH SCHOOL! (especially sr. year) Though there are a few things I regret, it was generally good times. I loved doing drama and the various plays, going to football/basketball/baseball games (don't know why not many people went to baseball games - Nichole and I used to have a blast), slamming Dustin Sharp's locker on him multiple times a day, getting advice from Ty Wakefield in between classes, Justin Gee and I always opting not to switch partners in Social Dance and getting busted by Gardner for it, and of course, the infamous day when Weston decided to literally leave his mark on Emery High with his front teeth. (wonder if his autograph is still visible around the marks on the floor.......)

I'm hoping to come to the reunion, unless this baby decides to stay put and come late, so we'll see you all in August!

Cammie (Peacock) Pollastro

Ten Years? Really? I thought ten year reunions were for "old" people. It's hard to believe that ten years has come and gone.

After high school I went to CEU for a year where I met my husband, Christian. We were married in May 1999. We graduated from CEU in May of '99 as well, and moved to Salt Lake to attend the University of Utah. We both graduated from the U in December 2001. His degrees are in Business Marketing and Computer Information Systems, and he is currently the Merchandise Manager for Costco (no, we don't get any discounts). My degree is in Mass Communications: Public Relations. I worked for the University of Utah for eight years doing various jobs and working as a consultant and a business process analyst within the Student Services department. I recently changed jobs and took a part-time position with the University Hospital where I manage and coordinate projects for the Education and Development Department.

In July 2003 my daughter Cali was born and Carter followed in November 2005. My days are filled with Hannah Montana songs, cars, dinosaurs, chocolate milk, dress-ups, Disney Princesses, toy animals everywhere, and the occasional quiet moment. We live in Herriman Utah, and have enjoyed the past four years out here on border of city and country.

Most of my high school memories can be summed up by one (or two) mix tape(s). Remember, CD burners were not quite affordable, and mp3's were unheard of!

Grease Megamix - Olivia Newton John & John Travolta

California Love - 2Pac

Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion

Wonderwall - Oasis

Killing Me Softly - Fugees

Name - Goo Goo Dolls

Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something

Tha Crossroads - Bone thugs-n-harmony

Spiderwebs - No Doubt

1979 - Smashing Pumpkins

Time - Hootie and the Blowfish

Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins

No Diggity - BLACKstreet

Wannabe - Spice Girls

Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band

MMMBop - Hanson

Mo Money Mo Problems - Notorious B.I.G.

The Impression That I Get - Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Love Rollercoaster - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Men In Black - Will Smith

Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit - Gina G

The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe

How Bizarre - OMC

Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart) - Backstreet Boys

Push - Matchbox 20

I Don't Want To Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

Too Close - Next

Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - Green Day

Gettin' Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith

As Long As You Love Me - Backstreet Boys

You're Still The One - Shania Twain

My Favorite Mistake - Sheryl Crow

3 AM - Matchbox 20

Kiss The Rain - Billie Myers

Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground

Doo Wop (That Thing) Lauren Hill

Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden

Hopefully that brought some good old memories back! If you would like me to make you a mix tape of your own, email me cpollastro@msn.com. or leave a comment on my blog http://www.wildmeowzers.blogspot.com/

Aaron Arrington

Has it been 10 years already since I won my last "GOTCHA" game at Emery High? I still have the trophy I had made for myself for winning that great game. Life has been pretty good since then, I have been blessed with a one beautiful daughter and have another baby on the way in December.

After high school I moved to Utah county and began college at UVSC in Orem. I want to apologize again to Clark Ungerman for breaking that top bunk when you were laying on the bottom one. That had to of HURT! Probably not more that jumping off the balcony into that 7 foot pool and NOT tucking your legs. I did end up receiving a bachelor's degree in business/marketing in 2003 and catapulted that school into becoming a University. (or maybe not)

I met my wife Melanie in 1999 and we were married in June of 2001 in American Fork. We lived all over Utah county and even parts of SL before moving to St George in early 2007. In November of 2006 we had our first baby, her name is CINCY (and YES she is a Bengals fan too) and she surely has changed our lives for the better. Like I mentioned earlier, we are trying to keep up with Ethan on having kids so we are due again in December.

As for work, I've tried to avoid that if possible. I've done some construction, phone sales, and even supersonic car wash for 4 months in college. I worked as a stock mentor for 5 years where I worked one-on-one with students teaching them how to trade stocks and options. As Timmy J can tell you, it was more than just teaching. There was some psychology involved, motivation, marriage counseling, etc. But that was a great experience for me. I now work in St George as a Realtor and own a small company named Cincy's Closets on the side. Please check out my website at http://www.aaronarrington.com/.

I loved high school and am very excited to see you all in less than a month. (except you Timmy, let's give it another 10) Just kidding buddy, I'll see you in the morning on the course.

Reunion Details

Friday, August 1st
7:00 PM at Orangeville Park
Casual get-together. Bring your kids!

Saturday, August 2nd
10:00 AM, Castle Dale Main Street
Emery County Fair Days Parade
5:00 PM, Emery High School
Official class reunion, complete with dinner & program. RSVP to Weston Lemon or Angela Huntington by July 20th.
7:30 PM, Fairgrounds
Western Underground Concert

Lisa Price

#1- Where do you curently live? Park City

#2- Are you currently married? No

#3- When were you married? I'm not. Thanks for double checking though.

#4- What is your current occupation? Nanny/assistant

#5- Did you attend college? yes

#6- How many years did you attend college? 2

#7- How many children? Zero

#8- Names and ages of children? Again, Zero as I haven't given birth since the last question.

#9- Who is the most influential/famous person you have met so far? I've met tons of rich, famous people through my employer and I've hated them all.

#10- Fondest memory from High School? Getting my first (and only) suspension for skipping home-ec class for a week. I was never meant to be the domestic type.

After high school I moved to Long Beach CA, back to Ferron, to Provo, back to Ferron and then finally settled in Park City UT. where I spend my days snowboarding, hiking, shopping at Whole Foods and attending outdoor concerts and farmers markets with the rest of the hippies.

I work as a nanny/assistant for that hot chick Reagan Leadbetter from "Good Things Utah" She has 2 little boys Gage and Gunner both of which I've known and cared for since birth so I kind of feel like they're mine too :)

I'm still attending school because I can't decide on a major (which is totally ridiculous and I'm sure I'm making it much harder than it needs to be!) I'm also still single and childless but am not ready for marriage and kids right now anyway.

I most likely won't be at the reunion but hope all is well with everyone :)
You can find me here www.myspace.com/lanckd

Jake Hinkins

My wife is much more acquainted with the blogosphere, but unfortunately I couldn't guilt her into doing an update for me, so I'll give it a go. I went to Snow College after graduation, and roomed with a bunch of guys who would wake me up at all hours of the night, often by pouncing me in my bed. Despite the adjustment to my sleep schedule, I had a great time that year, and managed to graduate from Snow. The next few months I spent water skiing, getting ready for my mission, and washing windows with Leeon Jeffs- it was an adventure.

I spent the next two years in and around Tokyo, Japan as a missionary. From the time I graduated from high school until I got to Japan I grew about six inches, so I was finally above average height, and was literally Big in Japan. I loved my mission experience! I loved Japan and the Japanese people.

After my mission, I attended SUU and did the student government and leadership jazz. I spent the summers while I was in college in various parts of country (Dallas, Tampa, Chicago) doing consulting or sales jobs. I met Lindsey at SUU, and knew from the day I met her that I would have to figure out a way to get her to marry me. Somehow I convinced her that would be a good idea. I graduated in Business Marketing in 2004.

Lindsey and I got married the week after graduation, and we moved to Lincoln, Nebraska that summer. I started law school in the fall. Lindsey graduated from the University of Nebraska in Early Childhood Development and Education with a 3.98. (I know how could someone that smart want to hang around with a guy like me—luck, pure luck.) I graduated from law school in 2007. We moved from Lincoln to Daybreak (South Jordan), and I currently work as an attorney in a litigation firm in Salt Lake.

Last October we had our first child, Bennett. He has been such a great addition to our family! We went for a couple of months learning to function on little to no sleep, but the payment in smiles and giggles was worth it. He is now crawling and climbing stairs, so he keeps us busy. Life is beautiful!

I love reminiscing about high school. There are so many great stories, but I'll share the first two that came mind. First, when I told Larry Davis I thought the poem he read was sappy, so he crumpled the paper and threw it at me. I wish I could remember the name of that poem. Second, when Covy jumped out of his car to fight a guy who was following us, only to have the guy flip on his police lights and see that the guy was Lamar Guymon. (I won't divulge the rest of the story, but I have chuckled with Lamar years later about that experience.)

We are planning to come down for the reunion, and I look forward to seeing everyone again.

Angela (Keller) Huntington

I am currently living in Castle Dale, Utah. I've been married for 9 years to Todd Huntington. He has a dental practice in Castle Dale on main street. After high school I couldn't wait to get out of EC, so I went to UVSC for a semester. I enjoyed my time up in Orem (mostly the shopping convience), but decided small town life wasn't that bad after all and moved to Price to finish an associates at CEU. I then went on and graduated from Utah State with a major in Elementary Education. A month after graduation, I became a mom with my first, Sophie. She is now 6 years old. We also have a 3 1/2 year-old Carter. I am a stay at home mom for now (which a lot of the days seems like a full time job). We really enjoy our simple life in EC. Although, it seems like there is never a dull moment. Just the other day, we had some neighbor horses escape and were running all over the neighborhood. We had several neighbors out roping horses and so on. When the dust finally settled, I thought to myself, only in EC can you have your own personal rodeo a block from your house. I can't believe it has been 10 years already! I have so many favorite memories from high school, it's hard to pick out a few...

Landon & Jan (Childs) Bunderson

UPDATE

Jan went to Colledge of Eastern Utah in Price, UT. She got an associates of science. Then she played softball, volleyball, and hiked for a few years. She found herself and decided that she would become a dentist...assistant. If you smile at Jan (how could you not) she will know immediatley if you had braces she will also detect whitening procedures, chipped teeth, food, and under/over bites. Not to worry, she doesn't judge and she sees the beauty in most people. Then she married a dude in 2003 and they had two girls McKenna 3yrs and Elizabeth born in 2008 (Kenna and Libby). Jan is well versed in house-wifery and she enjoys it when her team is winning. She lives in Cottonwood Heights, UT.

Landon went to Snow Colledge in Ephraim, UT. Sweden for mission. USU, UVSC, BYU, then back to USU. He got F's at Snow, Frozen boogers in Sweden, Ran out of town at Utah State, a BS in Biology at UVSC (I don't know why either), and then a MS in Plant Science at USU (Specializing in turfgrass). He didn't get anything at BYU. He got married the same time Jan did. He works at a sod farm and loves grass. He lives in Cottonwood Heights, UT.

FAVORITE MEMORIES

Landon's favorite memories are: taking that weird military exam thing in the auditorium, watching those guys out back build the fancy new gym that we never got to use, walking to school (it was uphill), and being awesome but not fitting in. Also, digging cruddy trucks out of crud holes. Landon would also like to point out that he felt like there was a lot of unity that developed in the class of 1998 especially senior year (sappy eh?).

Jan's favorite memories are: watching Landon walk to and from his locker. Pretending Landon wasn't her destiny. Year round first class bus rides (v-ball, basketball, softball trips). Chewing gum. Hanging out with friends, some of which were know as "crazy clevland girls". That night after a football game that we (yeah, you too) put people on blankets and threw them up in the air.

POLITICAL VIEWS

Jan believes that there should be a larger working class working in the beet growing industry. Landon wants to stick with grass.

Nacolynn Begay

Name: Nacolynn Begay
Current Residence: Costa Mesa, CA
Occupation: Environmental Geologist
Update: I've been living and working in Orange County for the last 3.5 years for an Environmental Consulting firm. I graduated from BYU in '03' in Environmental Geology. I loving living in So Cal, but could do without LA traffic at times. Aside from work, shopping, softball leagues, surfing, biking, and night life keep me busy 24/7.
Last EC Visit: Dec. 08 for my lil' bro's mission farewell
Favorite EHS Class: Photography w/Larry
Favorite EHS Memories:
*Cliff jumping @ Joe's Valley (I've still never managed to jump off the very top cliff, props to Lyndsay and April for showing me up that day and nearly escaping death).
*Covy's truck
*The desert
*V-ball camps
*Old friends
*"Creative" options for entertainment aka bonfires, gravity hill, Desby Dove (I think that's what its called, remember "finding" signs and being scared of seeing ghosts?).
*The boys making sure the car was working properly by always "checking the tires."

Nancy (Labrum) Brown

After graduation I spent several years jumping back and forth trying to figure out what to do with myself. I went from UVSC to CEU back to UVSC and then to SLCC. After being so unfocused I thought the best option would be to go on a mission. I was called to the exotic land of Indiana, Indianapolis mission. I served in various areas but spent most of my time on the campus of Ball State University and 9 long and cold months in South Bend at the University of Notre Dame. I also was called to speak Spanish half way through my mission and spent the remainder trying to accomplish what I needed to.

After my mission I moved back to Provo where I finished my associates degree and transferred to Utah state. I have no clue why I ended up going there. My major was not offered but just decided to get half of the requirements out of the way. While there I met my husband Dallas. He lived in Salt Lake and we just happened to find each other on the internet.

We were married in 2005. I transferred to the U of U and studied Childhood development and a certificate to be a child life specialist ( working with sick and hospitalized kids. Ironic huh!) where I surprisingly gave birth 15 weeks early or 94 days early ( yup just like Carly) to a little boy named Tyler. He weighed in at a whopping 1 lb 11 oz and was 13 inches long. He spent exactly 93 days in the hospital and we brought him home one day before his due date on December 24th 2005.

However, unlike Carly we do have a few side effects of prematurity. He has hydrocephalus from brain bleeds. He wears glasses due to a disease of ROP which has hurt his retina. This condtion also caused nystagmus or fast movement of the eyes. He has craniosynostosis, or his soft spots closed up early not leaving his brain any room to grow, which we have had to have several reconstructions of his skull and head to allow it to grow and not put pressure on his brain. In his little life he has endured so much. He has had 7 surgeries and so many doctor visits its hard to keep them straight. He doesn’t walk fully on his own yet but he uses a walker. He has a whole team of therapies including: Speech, occupational and physical therapists and he also gets services from the Foundation for blind children. He is the LOVE of our lives and he is so stinking cute. He is not cognitively delayed so he is as smart as they come. He starts preschool this fall and we are so excited.

We currently live in Mesa Arizona where my husband works for PayPal ( a small internet company you may NOT have heard of) as a senior web developer. He also has his own company as a contracted web developer. I have been a stay at home to Tyler for the last almost 3 years and recently got a VERY part time job to get me out of the house a little more. But I love staying home and being a wife and mom to my little family.

I don’t get home to Emery County to much because of the distance. I do still get the gossip thanks to the Emery County progress, blogs and my sisters. I was hoping to make it back for the reunion but it looks like I am stuck in the cool 115 degree weather of Arizona in August. I hope that I get to see more updates. It has been so fun to see all the blogs on the internet and connect with old friends again. You can keep up on my little family at my blog: http://micropreemie-miracle.blogspot.com/