Kade Anderson

Wow...10 years is kind of a long time but here goes: After I graduated from high school I went on a mission to the Philippines where I spoke languages called Tagalog and a little bit of Ilokano. I loved my time there and would love to go back some day. After returning home I decided to go to BYU-Idaho in Rexburg where I majored in Health Science while completing prerequisites to get into physical therapy school. Despite the cold, the small population, and other problems I had with Rexburg, ID, I really had a great time there and met some wonderful people. In 2005, while in my last year at BYU-Idaho I married my wonderful wife, Sarah. We had actually met in 2002 and had become very good friends then but for whatever reason we never dated each other. She had boyfriends, I dated other girls, but we remained close friends for three years. In 2005 we just kind of realized that we were made for each other, fell in love, and got married in the SLC temple. In 2006 I graduated with my BS in health science, we moved to Los Angeles where I had been accepted to physical therapy school, and we welcomed a beautiful baby girl named Ashley Nikelle into our family (A very busy year!). A year into grad school I realized how much I disliked physical therapy. After much thought, and conversation with my wife I decided to bail on PT. (No offense to any physical therapists out there, but it was kind of boring to me). We moved back to Idaho where I worked assisting adults with severe mental illness in Idaho Falls. I loved my job there and was fascinated with schizophrenia, psychosis, and other mental problems people suffer with. But, after a couple of years I decided it best for me and my family to keep going with my school work and am now in Physician Assistant school in Billings, MT (which is why i can't make it to the reunion). I would like to eventually practice in pediatrics but I just might end up in mental health, only time will tell. Life has been busy but very wonderful for me and my family. I have lived away from Springville for most of my life post high school but I still consider my friends there some of my best and think of you all the time.