Kristen Erickson Smith

Crazy that 10 years has gone by.  I have been hit by several reminders that we are in fact getting older.  The most glaring has come while participating in an online learning conference and realizing that we were some of the first to use e-mail.  Now I have to take course to figure out all the techi stuff my students already know.  When did power point become as boring as overheads?  AHHHH....I am old.  That being said, this is our story from the last 10 years.

Life has been crazy for the Smith's since graduation. Yes, Scott Smith and I, Kristen Erickson got married. Who would have thought? After graduation, Scott attended school at Albertson's College in Caldwell, Idaho. After a semester he served a mission, spanish speaking in San Francisco, CA. While he was gone I attended BYU-Idaho. I did a study abroad in central America and an internship in Washington D.C. for Senator Mike Crapo. We got married in June of 2004. I graduated with my degree in History and Government secondary education in 2005 just before our first little girl Kayt came around. Scott graduated with two bachelors degree's one in Business Finance and the other in Accounting in April of 2008 just before our second little girl Ella arrived. We decided it was time to bust out of the 'Burg and headed to Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. We loved our year in Columbus.  However, Scott did graduate with his Masters in Accounting and we moved on to our next adventure.  Scott took a job working as an accountant for the Financial Services arm of Ernst and Young in Washington D.C.  We moved our little family to Fairfax, VA just outside of Washington D.C.  After working for EY for awhile we decided to end our wild ride and establish a better life/work balance.  We made the move back to Rexburg in early 2011.  Scott is now part of Smith-Kunz and Associates and we are planted back in the 'Burg.  I am lucky enough to stay at home with my two girls and teach government courses for Idaho Digital Learning Academy. 

It’s your lucky day!!

Thanks to our caterer, you will still have a chance to purchase your reunion ticket until the 25th! So if you still want to come and eat--you still have a few days to buy your ticket!!

We will also have a $5 (per person) pay at the door option for those of you who may not want to eat or just find out that you are able to come at the last minute. We want as many people there as we possibly can get! So keep encouraging your friends!

*Just a reminder there will be a limited number of meal tickets at the door--and they must be paid with cash!

Jennifer Squires Chapman

Holy smokes I feel OLD! Has is really been 10 years?! After high school I attended BYU-Idaho. I met up with a Jr. High crush in the autumn of 2001 and on March 15, 2002 I married the love of my life, BJ Chapman, in the Idaho Falls Temple. In the Spring of 2004 I graduated BYU-I in Professional Preschool Education. Shortly after graduation I joined the insurance world working for American Family Insurance as a Licensed Representative. My husband got accepted into the Pharmacy program at Idaho State University and we moved to Chubbuck, ID in August 2005. I continued working in the insurance field for Farmers Insurance. In August 2007, I worked for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as a secretary/ senior clerk. On January 29, 2009, our daughter Brynlee was born and we could not have been happier. BJ graduated with a doctorate of Pharmacy in May 2009. We moved to Rigby, ID where we are currently residing. We have settled in and actually really like it here… though we both said we would never move to Rigby! I am currently a stay at home mom and LOVE it! I spend my days chasing a 2 year old around and am so happy doing it. I am a “Den Mother” to the Cub Scout Wolf Pack…a new experience for me! I love to bake and love throwing parties...especially Halloween!!! I’m loving life with my little family!

Megan Ashcraft Hewitt

 

It seems like in some ways that we were all just in high school ready to get out.  Ten years sure went fast. And I bet the next ten won't be slowing down at all. After graduation I went on a study abroad type program with BYU-Idaho. It was with a program called Quest. I spent two months on a island called Vashon just of Seattle. While there I took classes was able to go see some of the sites around that area, then the next two months were spent on campus in Rexburg doing classes. While there I met my husband Isaac who was on the last couple of months of his mission. We had really no contact there, but when he got to BYU-Idaho the following semester we met again and started dating. We were married later that year in November of 2002. I finished my associates degree one month before I had our first child Spencer (7). Since then we have had three more kids, Zachary (5), Anya (3) and Calvin (1). During that time Isaac continued going to school until he finished with his bachelors. We waited around for two years while he worked two jobs, trying to get into graduate school with no such luck. We lived in Rexburg during that time, but after no luck with schools we felt like we needed to help my grandpa out with the care of my grandma so we moved to Wyoming and spent the next 2 years there. While in Wyoming my husband started his Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, and after my grandmother died last year, we moved back to Rexburg were he had found a practicum. So basically we are still in "school" mode and waiting for the day to be done. While watching the kids grow up way too fast and begin new adventures in their life with starting school and all that comes with it. And I am very lucky that I get to stay at home and enjoy the time with the kids. And hopefully later in life I will be able to go back to school. That is if I ever decide what I want to be in I grow up!

I am still unsure wether or not we will be able to go to the reunion. We have some other family obligations around that time, but with my husbands job not sure if we will be able to go to them. But if we are in town we will most likely attend the family gathering in the park. It will be fun to see friends who I have not seen since graduation. Best wishes to all of you and luck in all you do!

Photos are from last summer. Looks like time for updates, a never ending process with kids it seems.

Jodi Terry Snow

Mandi Zollinger Moss

I can't believe we graduated 10 whole years ago,

I just can't seem to come to terms with being this darn old?!

No small amount of changes happened in the 10 years time

And as you see I still believe in telling tales by rhyme.

I took no break from education... learning is SO fun!!

I started classes up at Ricks that summer of '01.

I met and married Jake Moss (brother of our classmate Mike),

We stuck around to finish school in majors we both liked.

Jake was in Biology and I did Elem. Ed.

Then in the summers, with APX, from this small town we fled!

I graduated, taught 4th grade in Ammon for a year,

Then ditched the drive, taught 7th grade at MMS, right here.

Jake finished up, we moved to Illinois for his grad school-

A joint degree in Law and Med (I think he is a fool!)

Soon after starting Law School, our fam grew from two to three,

Kempton Brent was born and made us happy as can be!

I get to stay at home with him, teach piano on the side,

And whatever else life throws at us we'll try to take in stride

Olivia Buttars Andrews

A lot has happen in the past 10 years. The Fall of 01 after graduation I Attended Mesa State College in Grand Junction Colorado. I majored in fine art with an emphasis in Graphic design. I finished in May 2005 with my BA in the program. College was a lot fun. I really enjoyed all the art classes. There was a great singles ward in the area that was a lot of fun too.

In the middle of my senior year of college I decided to get healthy. A year later I lost 80 pounds. That is my proudest accomplishment.

After college I moved back home for a few months while looking for work. I got a job in Salt Lake in September 2005 at OC Tanner as a corporate jewelry designer. It’s an employee recognition company. I have been there ever since; I now have been there almost 6 years.

My first year in Salt Lake I was single and living by myself in an apartment. I meet my husband Paul, at a singles YSA 80’s dance in August 2006. We hit it off; just 4 months later in December we got married in the Bountiful UT temple.

We bought a house in SLC in July 2007 and have been fixing it up ever since. Our current project is remolding the kitchen. We have gone on some nice trips together. Our favorites was a 10 night stay in Maui in Sep 2008 and most recently in this past January we went to the US Virgin Islands to the island of St. John for a week. We have also been to Las Vegas a few times, San Francisco and South Padre Island Texas.