Ty Wakefield

This is my first blogging experience. I usually leave that to my wife. I’m not sure how this is going to go, seeing as it just took me two days to compose a text message. So please excuse my amateur blogging ability.

Before I get into what I’ve been doing for the past ten years, here are a few reminisces of high school:
-Small basketball gymnasium; oversized Joel Dorscht (sp?) sound system equipment (Do you think we can get him to DJ the reunion?)
-Our local lunch options: Food Ranch, Stewart’s, & Bob’s. The top menu items (aka Pizza Stick, Tater Tots, Maple Bars) are still with me in my cholesterol count. I need clarification on one thing, Ethan & Heidi – is it now called “Ethan’s” or “Heidi’s” or do I call one of you Bob?
-Another thing that I’d like to have at the reunion is for “psycho_chic31@hotmail.com, bamabeefcake@hotmail.com, and snugglebear4444@hotmail.com” to reveal their identities. I’ve got some guesses…
-Here’s a warning for Justin Gee: Wear a cup, because I’ve been waiting for 10 years to payback your kick to my groin in Larry Davis’ class.

After high school, I was able to spend two years in Ireland on my mission. Currently, I’m in Mesquite, NV with my wife, Jamie and our two children. Lydia is four, Drake is 2, and we have a baby due in November. Jamie & I graduated from BYU and then went to Las Vegas so I could complete my Physical Therapy degree. That pretty much covers it. (I can see now why you ladies blog all day – this is reeaaal scintillating.) Now I’ll have my four year old come over and teach me how to attach pictures…Look forward to seeing everyone in August. Until then, keep blogging it up

Lorilee (Colby) Walters

Wow, high school seems like a completely different lifetime…Well, we graduated in 1998, I graduated from Ricks College in 1999 and from Utah State University in 2000. Had to make up for all the school I missed in high school ;). I married John Walters in September 2003. We live in St. George, Utah where I am currently a counselor at the youth detention center (jail for teens). I have been working in this field in various capacities for the last 8 years. I am about mid way through graduate school working on a degree in Mental Health Counseling. I have 3 stepsons (Taylor-15, Brennan-13, and J.J.-12) who love sports, singing, dancing and performing; and a dog (Tajo-4) who loves his tennis ball and water. My latest adventure has been learning to ride a motorcycle (next best thing to horses). It's been fun seeing what is going on with those of you who have posted. I hope to see more up soon.

Amanda ("Mandy") (Swasey) Brown

I moved to Price shortly after graduating. I attended CEU and worked at KMart for 3 years. I married my husband, Brandon Brown, in April 2001. We moved to Vernal in December 2001 and bought a house in April 2002. In April 2003, our son, Easton, was born. In December 2005, I graduated from USU with a Bachelor's in Elementary Education. Two weeks later, our daughter, McKenzi, was born. I have worked off and on for the Uintah School District since 2002. I was just hired in May to be a kindergarten teacher at Naples Elementary. I am so excited!!! My husband works in the oil field as a pumper for EOG Resources.
I make it back to Emery County on the average of once every other month. My family still lives there. I think I have made it back for every Peach Days since I moved to Vernal. It is nice to visit, but I don't miss it too much!
As a family, we enjoy camping, hunting, horn hunting, 4 wheeling, and fishing. I enjoy being with my children, reading, scrapbooking, and playing on the computer.
I don't know for sure if I will make it to the reunion, so I'd like to say "HI" to everyone I haven't seen in awhile.

Troy & Loretta (Wilsey) Bernard

In the last 10 years, I married Loretta Wilsey, I was a plumber for a while, then I was in the army and now I own my own Auto shop called Big T's in Ephraim. Loretta and I have 3 kids. Vivian 5, Alisa 3 and George was born in May of this year.

Kent & Tara (Gundersen) Lofley

Greetings! Kent and I were married on June 30, 2001. It's been almost 7 years! I have loved being married to my handsome husband and experiencing great things with him, and our girls. Kent served his mission to Rio de Janeiro, North, Brazil. We were married 3 1/2 months later, with a babe in arms 11 months after that. Talk about rushing into the good stuff. Alison is 6 now, Brianna is 4 and Madilyn is 1. I am expecting our fourth child (crossing our fingers for a boy this time) on January 1st.
I graduated with my Bachelor's in Family and Human Development from USU in 2003. I get to stay home with my girls, and LOVE it. Kent finished his undergraduate degree in Biology from USU in 2005 and is attending medical school in Kirksville, MO. He is in his third year, set to graduate with his Master's in Biomedical Sciences in 2009 and his medical degree in 2010. I do keep a blog, that I update once in a while... http://www.lofleyfamily.blogspot.com/ .
These updates are so fun to read. Thanks Lyndsay and Weston for the work you're doing for the reunion! I think an interesting bit o' trivia would be to know how many couples from our class ended up getting hitched. Has anyone ever counted??

Mark Monfredi

Maren and I met at Snow and were married in September 2001. We have 2 boys, and another boy to be born in July. Conner is 4 years old and Paxton is 2 years old. We have been living in Spanish Fork for the last year and a half. Mark is an Operations Manager for Advanced Media Integrations in Orem and Maren stays at home with the boys and does a little accounting on the side. You can see more about our family at monfrediposse.blogspot.com.

Covy & Tara (Allred) Jones

Married: May 2001 (To state the obvious we did marry each other)
Careers: Covy is a Biologist for the Forest Service and is finishing a Master's in Plant and Animal Science. Tara is an attorney for a firm in West Jordan.
Reside: Recently bought a home in Eagle Mountain. (There may be future plans to move to Ephraim as part of work relocation).
Children: Quinten 5 and Zoey 1
What we miss about the EC:
Taking the loop.
Riding four-wheelers on the desert.
Leaving all the dances early to go play night games.
All of our friends.
Favorite Memories:
Neal Peacock throwing a stapler at Nick, even though it was Covy who was talking.
Covy cheating off of Tara in Geometry every day (this is why it took so long for us to become friends or even to date for that matter.)
The time that Landon had to dress up in some sort of costume (you can choose any time and laugh because Landon was always funny and he was always dressing up for drama, student council, homecoming, and other events).
All the rain on our class trip to Lagoon.
The time that Brother Bawden flipped Brother Doria off.
The times that Tara put Jed Jensen in a head lock.
Somethings Never Change:
Lyndsay roping us into things.