REUNION PAYMENT REMINDER

THIS IS JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO GET YOUR MONEY IN BEFORE JUNE 1ST FOR THE 10 YR REUNION DINNER!!

Cost will be $18/person or $36/couple

You can make checks out to Rebecca Lewis and mail them to;

Rebecca Lewis

1794 East Red Barn Road

Springville, Utah 84663

OR

You can pay with a credit card if you have a PayPal account.

You can send your money to Springville99@gmail.com.

(PayPal charges transaction fees, so the cost for this payment optionwill be $18.82/individual, or $37.35/couple.)

We need to receive your payment no later than June 1.

Phil Graves

From High School Graduation until Now…..10 Year Summary

Within months of completing high school I started a 2 year mission for the LDS church. I spent my time in Spain mostly serving in the Canary Islands which are just off the North West coast of Africa. Where I was able to learn and speak the Spanish language and really enjoyed the people and climate.
I returned home just before Christmas of 2001 and worked on my Degree at UVSC which I ended up graduating with my Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management in the spring of 2006. I have also in the last 10 years worked for 3 different companies: Centaur Print Partners (Accounts Receivable Manager / Production), CaCo Enterprises (District Sales Manager/ VP of Sales for Utah), and US Synthetic (Purchasing Agent (current) / Production).

While attending UVSC I was fortunate enough to meet a young lady named Rose, who I talked in to marrying me. We were married in the spring of 2003 and have since been able to enjoy the additions of 2 boys: Bear born 2005 and Lyon born in 2007. We are also happy to be welcoming a new little girl, name to come soon, to the family who should be joining us June 2009.

We currently reside in a home in Spanish Fork, (I know, I know things just turned out that way, but at least there is no way in *&$^ ! my kids will be Dons, they’ll get to go to Maple Mountain High). We are all just enjoying life and feel blessed to have what we do and be so close to so many family members and friends. I thoroughly enjoy my work at US Synthetic and the people I work with.

In the next 10 years we hope even more good will come our way and hope you and yours the best! You can keep up on the latest with me and my family by checking out our family blog at: philandrose.blogspot.com or email us at: chacho_tio@yahoo.com

Laura (Davis) Pulsipher

Well, I don't have any pic.'s but I can give a brief update on my life.

I have been married to Ryan Pulsipher for almost 9 years, we have 2 gorgeous girls, Madison Leigh is 9 in August, Abigail Lauryn is 4 on June 29th. We lived in San Diego for 3 years while he was in the Navy and I miss it very much but am glad he does not have to leave me for long periods of time anymore.

I am going to be starting school to get my LSAC soon and Ryan works at the St. Hospital as a cook/driver for the kitchen.

He and I are more in love then I ever knew was possible, and our kids are our greatest blessings...Thats all folks!!

Hope to see you all at the party!!!

Cassity (Oertle) Kmetzsch

I have a blog already, so if you want to know what is going on with my life please feel free to read it, All I ask is that you leave a comment, because I would love to know who is checking it out. The address is comeitch.blogspot.com .

So my life, very short story version:
I got married to a wonderful guy named Justin in May of 2001, we just celebrated our 8th anniversary.

We lived in Orem for the first year and finished up our associates at UVSC.

We transferred to Utah State in the fall of 2002. Where we learned our associates were basically useless for our majors, urgh.... and that we had another 4 years of school ahead of us. My husband got his bachelors degree in Landscape Architecture and I got mine in Interior Design. We were both really involved in school, we both were the presidents of our student associations and enjoyed all the fun friendships that we made there. We graduated in May 2006, Justin with Honors, and I magna cum laude.

We also bought our first house when we moved to Logan. It was a not so beautiful 100 year old house, that we gutted and remodeled for 4 years. We loved it! Remodeling is now one of our favorite pass times!

Justin was offered a job at his dream firm in Asheville, North Carolina. So, we moved from the rocky mountains to the Appalachians and loved our new home. Justin worked for his job, while I began remodeling our second home. I later got a job working for the Easter Seals working with an autistic teenager and babysitting for a friend. Unfortunately, in July 2008 with the downturn of the economy, the office was basically shut down and we lost our job. We worked frantically to finish the remodel, sold the house, got a new job and moved to Texas (all within 2 months we were very blessed)

Upon arriving to Texas, Justin and I finished up our adoption application, since we have not been able to have children, only to find out HAPPILY that I am pregnant on the last day of our interviewing process. So, I am now prego and loving being a spoiled stay at home "bare foot and pregnant" wife. We are looking forward to with great anticipation to the birth of our first daughter in late July. (Oh yeah, and we are the proud parents of two cats and 5 chickens- who knew I would someday be a farmer?- it's a great life!)

Wendy (Carr) White

After graduation I went to Utah State University to obtain my degree in Anthropology. As an undergraduate student I fell in love with Gabriel White, whom I met on the ballroom dance team.

We have now been married for 7 years and have a darling little girl named Persephone.

After my graduation from USU, my husband and I moved to New York while he pursued a law degree. I was able to get a job working with preschool age children in an inner-city school. I fell in love with young children and later taught at a private school when we moved back to Utah. I have also used my passion for reading and literature to spend several years working in both book stores and libraries. I left my job at the Salt Lake City Public Library this last fall to spend more time with my daughter. I have loved being a mother and think it's my greatest adventure yet!

Wendy White

(Wendy Carr)

Anna Marie (Peterson) Dickman

Hey Everybody,

I was very excited to hear all about our 10 year reunion and was making plans to come. Then I found out that I was having high risk twins and I am not able to travel and I have to be checked into the hospital in June for monitoring until the babies come. So I hope that everyone has a lot of fun without me and I will try to make it to the next one.

As for me the last 10 years, I got married to Kasey Dickman in 2000 and we stayed in Utah for him to attend BYU and for me to get a degree at UVSC in communications. In 2004 we had our first girl, Kylee, and then moved to Oregon. In 2005 we had our second girl, Savanna. Right now I am pregnant with twins, more girls, and even though they are due in September, they will probably come in August. I am a stay at home mom and my husband stays busy working at an insurance company and attending WSU for his masters. Even though I am a Utah girl at heart, I have fallen in love with the Pacific Northwest and really enjoy taking my family to the coast.


Anna Marie Dickman
aka Anna Marie Peterson


Attached is a picture of our family last Aug at the beach

Richard Hart

- Served an LDS Mission to the Guatemala City North, Guatemala Mission from Jan 2000 to Feb 2002

- Graduated from Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley University) in May 2006 with a B.S. of Behavioral Science – Emphasis in Social Work

- Commissioned from Brigham Young University Det. 855 Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps as a 2nd Lieutenant in Sep 2006

- Received orders to arrive at Edwards Air Force Base, CA in the Antelope Valley by Dec 2006

- Worked in the Personnel Readiness Function as the Officer in Charge from Dec 2006 to Nov 2007 where I deployed over 200 personnel to various countries in the Middle East, South America, and Asia in support of the Global War on Terror

- Worked as the Section Commander for the Mission Support Group from Dec 2007 – May 2008 where I supported over 550 military personnel in over 20 different administrative programs

- Was the Company Grade Officer Council President for 2008 serving over 300 company grade officers

- Currently working as Chief, Career Development and Officer Promotions Program Manager where I currently serve the entire base populous of 1700 military

- Promoted to the rank of 1st Lieutenant Oct 2008

- Currently I am a member of Toastmasters and am an officer in the local club

- Currently I am an Entered Apprentice Mason (F&A.M)

- Currently I am attending Webster University and am pursuing a Masters in Management and Leadership

- I am dating Tracey Lang, whom I have been dating for almost a year now and we are very happy. I will be going to visit her in London, which is why I will not be at the reunion

Marne' (Carbajal) Merkurieff

Well, lets see... alot has happened in 10 years....where to begin!

After graduation, I went to upstate New York and had a great time being involved with the Hill Cumorah Pageant, after that I headed back to Utah and attended UVSC, where I was going into business management. After two years, I decided that wasnt for me and enrolled at Paul Mitchell the School in Provo, where I attended night school and in Dec 2005 graduated with my cosmetology/barbering license for the state of Utah. I was working for Provo Craft in Spanish Fork where I met my incredibly wonderful and sweet husband Christian and we got married in May 2006. We just celebrated our 3rd anniversary and we currently live in downtown Salt Lake City. It has been one crazy ride so far but we have had a great time! I have two adorable dogs, no kids yet.. but I do have several very cute nieces and nephews so that counts :)! My husband is a police officer and works for the State of Utah and I am currently working for Tai Pan Trading in their accounting department. In November, I got the opportunity to go to El Salvador for 2 weeks and had an amazing time! We love to take our dogs to all the dog parks all over the Salt Lake valley, be outdoors, travel, we love movies, reading books ( I am a huge Twilight fan!) running, hiking, and just spending time with the people we love and each other. Right now I am training for the Ragnar Relay, which is a huge relay race from Logan to Park City and it is the week after the reunion so wish me luck! It will be great to see everyone there!

If you want to keep in touch or see what Im up to : marnesblog.blogspot.com

Dustin Bess

I went to UVSC my senior year of high school. That is why no one saw me around. I married Aleesa Allred in August of 1999. We were married for almost 9 years but got divorced last June.

I did not really care much for college so I dropped out and started investing in real estate when Aleesa and I bought a duplex in 2001. I kept learning more about real estate and did some more investing, but things were slow so I decided to go back to a private nursing school.

Apparently I had forgotten how much I didn't like school, so I dropped out of that to. ;-) I started back into real estate investing and had a few jobs along the way to help support us while times were slow. Once again, I forgot how much I didn't like school and headed back to UVSC to study AVIATION. I did well in aviation and even made Deans List my first semester back. I got through a lot of my aviation classes and then hit my generals. (In aviation you take your generals AFTER your degree specific classes.) Once again, I remembered WHY I don't like school and I figured out that I like learning, I just don't like being told what I should be learning.

I headed back to the investing world and started raising capital for private placement investments and investing in Pre IPO stock. With the down turn in the economy things have slowed down a lot so once again I am considering heading back to school. Maybe the 4th time will be the charm.

Other than that I am just taking life as it comes and trying to make the best of it, I am sure just like everyone else. Photography is a passion of mine and my photos can be seen at http://www.dustinbess.com/ and I have been traveling recently and keep a blog of my travels at http://www.thatguyfromutah.com/

JOSEPH WEIGHT

After serving a mission in Brimingham England, I returned home to beautiful Springville, started school at BYU, and not being hired anywhere else, returned to Zubs where I met my wife, Shanna Blackburn, and after 2 years of pursuit she married me. I got a "real job" at US Synthetic in Orem and have worked there from June 2004 to the present. Jumping back and forth between majors at BYU I finally settled on English with a minor in Anthropology and will be finally graduating in August.

My wife and I bought a house in Payson in January 2007. For fun we like to get outside, read, and go on vacation. Together we've been to Florida, the Bahamas, California, and Canada. No kids yet... Ummm, I like to write and am working on publishing some poems I have accumulated through my years of schooling.

Brea (Sly) Davis

I have been married to my husband, Joe, for almost 9 years. We currently do not have any children although we have started the adoption process. We met at the Credit Union one day when he came in with a friend of his. Most people don't know that Brandie Seethaler Taylor is his cousin. We live in Spanish Fork. I work as an Office Manager and Tax Preparer for H&R Block, I just finished my third season with them. I graduate at the end of May 2009 in Accounting from the University of Phoenix.

JILL GARDNER

10 year update!

Well lets see I served a mission in Chile Santiago South from 2001-2002, I graduated from Utah State University with a bachelors in Parks and Recreation May of 2007, I am currently working at Aspen Ridge Tranistional Rehab as an Occupational therapist aide and Activities Coordinator, I am going to be going back to school in Occupational Therapy Assistant at SLCC. I am also a CNA PRN.

I have traveled to 6 different countries, have been skydiving, have had EMT training. I am currently volunteering with the Red Cross in Disaster Services.