Hey everyone. It's been fun reading up on how you're all doing. Here are the highlights of the past ten years for me. 1999: As soon as school gets out we leave for our Senior Trip in Oceanside, California (see picture and try to identity each respective Red Devil); the next fall I start college at UVSC (is it just me or did A LOT of us go to UVSC at some point)
2000: Spent the summer in London and throughout England, which is a life-changing experience; A couple of months later I leave for an LDS mission to Micronesia.
2001: Continue my mission, speaking a language called Pohnpeian, which includes cool words like "tikitik," tiak suwed," and "dundun" (all of which Brandon Bales and Craig Nielson can translate)
2002: Get back from mission, return to UVSC, majoring in English Literature and minoring in Religious Studies
2003: Return to London again, also visiting Rome and Paris; publish an amateurish book of poems; room with Craig Nielson; meet a girl named Tiffany
2004: Miscellaneous political activities; girl named Tiffany continues to intrigue; she has beautiful blue eyes; she's also smart and funny; I decide to propose and she decides to say yes; we are married Dec. 16th, 2004 in Salt Lake and honeymoon in California; Life is good
2005: School continues; in our spare time we take spontaneous trips to random places; other things happen that I can't remember
2006: My wife and I graduate; my wife earns her teacher's license, and begins teaching English at Fort Herriman Middle School; I'm very proud of her; I begin my MA at BYU emphasizing in Romantic and Contemporary Literature, while also teaching Freshmen Composition; after much thought, prayer, and liberal meditation I decide to join the Obama campaign
2007: Miscellaneous political activities; SURPRISE! We learn that what we thought was a painful kidney stone in my wife, turns out to be pregnancy
2008: Our beautiful daughter, Sofi Anne Vogel, is born on February 1, 2008; I get accepted into the Ph.D. program at the University of Rochester in New York; we leave that summer, driving across the country; after three days of corn fields we make it; I start school and am very happy with my program; I singlehandedly win Obama the presidency
2009: We are now going on our second year in New York. We love it here. We take monthly visits to DC to visit my brother's family. I do a lot of reading and writing and enjoy watching my daughter grow. We'll be here for probably another three or four years before I start teaching somewhere.
My best to everyone! I won't be able to make it to the reunion, but you can email or facebook if you'd like to chat.
