Provo High 2000

The Reunion..........

2010-07-13T10:58:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the long awaited photos from the reunion. I would say it was successful and fun, but really I was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off so it seemed fun and successful, I sure hope it was. It was so good to see all the people that came out (Thanks!). We had dinner catered from Sammy's ,we had lots of prizes to give away, we had a walk down memory lane with some sweet photos and memorabilla, and we also had a great slideshow (I will try to post it so check back)

If anyone took more photos please email them to me provohigh2000@gmail.com so I can post them.

Thanks!

2010-07-01T10:35:00.001-07:00

"We CANNOT wait to see everyone tomorrow!

If any of you are just now deciding to come, you can still pay via PayPal. We won't be taking money at the door unless you have arranged it with us.

We really want everyone to come and cannot wait to reunite and kick off the July 4th weekend together...PHS style!

We have planned for a memorabilia table and we would love contributions. Got an old Letterman jacket? Bring it! Some favorite dance photos? Dig 'em up!

We have worked so hard. We can't wait to see you all and promise a night of laid-back fun."

Jesse Reeder

2010-07-01T09:50:00.000-07:00

I just got back from my second tour in Afghanistan and at present I am a House Wife. I suck at it too! My wife get's mad when dinner isn't ready, lol; and I ended up tearing the oven apart because I thought the self cleaning mode switch thing was a child safe lock. My three cheese Texas Toast looked like a glistening scorched asteroid on the pan when it was all over. I think I'm going to go back to school and get a degree in something. Probably Aviation...
If you ask my wife Amber, she wold say that my private life is driven by seeking out new and more interesting ways of almost killing myself. However, professionally... After high school I went on a mission to Peru. After that, a career in graphic design that developed into a client management position at a design/advertising group in Provo for about 11 years. I also joined the Army reserve and completed two tours in Afghanistan developing governance, infrastructure, economy, and legislature in different provinces districts and villages along the Pakistani border. As a hobby, I try to secure investment for projects in Afghanistan that will ignite industry and provide alternative livelihoods for young men and women with no other means.
...And I play allot of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2/Nazi Zombies. My wife is a strong WAVGA (Women Against Video-games Association) supporter. HE HE HE!

Josey (Kinateder) Southam

2010-07-01T05:13:00.000-07:00

After barely graduating from Provo High (darn student fees) I attended Utah State University and graduated in Apparel and Textiles, a fancy way of saying sewing. I met my husband, Paul, and we were married in 2002. We were convinced we would stay in Logan FOREVER but 3 years, 4 states, and 9 moves later (Arizona, Nebraska, Utah, and Montana) we ended up in Pleasant Grove and have been here ever since. We have 2 children, Luke (4) and Abby (2). We spend most of our time together outdoors, especially golfing and camping. As you can see I still LOVE to sew and spend most of my time making ridiculous theme costumes for Halloween (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, King Kong, Nacho Libre, Football Game).

Jill (Russon) Austad

2010-06-30T13:34:00.000-07:00

After graduating from Provo High, I went to continue my education atBYU-I (Ricks) and then BYU. I was roommates with Terri Herrin atBYU-Idaho. I graduated in 2005 in Dietetics and then did aninternship through Utah State. While living in Syracuse (Utah), I metmy husband, Michael, who lived across the street. I moved back toProvo for a job and we dated long distance. After 6 months of dating,we married in the Bountiful temple and have been living in DavisCounty. We are looking to buy our first home. I married into afamily which my husband is the shortest (he's 5'11"). You can imaginehow I fit into the picture. I'm as tall as his 9 yr old neice! Whenwe got married, I had 3 part-time jobs and my husband was going toschool full-time and working. He recently graduated from Weber Statein Computer Programming and working his first job. I have workednumerous dietitian jobs till I found my love at Primary Children'sHospital working on the cancer floor. I recently spent numerous hoursstudying to be certified as a nutrition specialist in nutritionsupport and realized I have no desire to go back to school. We havebeen married for 2 1/2 years and love to travel. Our last vacationwas a cruise to the Virgin Islands. I'm excited to catch up witheveryone at the 10 year reunion!

Karen (Aviles)

2010-06-30T13:33:00.001-07:00

After graduation, I went to UVSC and got my associates. I then transfered up to the University of Utah for my Bachelors in Biology. I lived in Salt Lake until 2006. I have been working as a paralegal since 2001 all while attending school in Salt Lake. I met my husband in Provo and got married in the summer of 2006 in the Provo temple, and we now have a beautiful 1 1/2 year old daughter named Kylee. We bought a cute little house in Orem that we fixed up and now call home!

Andee (Ellis) Bott

2010-06-30T13:32:00.000-07:00

What have I been up to in the last 10 years?

Well currently I have been married for 4 1/2 years, have one 9 month old baby boy, a yellow lab, work part-time as a Recreation Therapist and live in Logan.How I got there?

From graduation I went to Utah State for a year. Then decided to teach english in China for a semester. Came home and went on a mission to Sao Paulo, Brazil. After my mission I came back to Utah State for another year and decided to transfer to the University of Utah to finish my degree. During that year at Utah State though, I worked at Beaver Mountain Ski Resort as an instructor. It is there I met my husband Spencer Bott who worked in the ticket office and as a lifty. We courted through the winter by eating mac and cheese in the lifty shack. We then went long distance for four months while he worked in Alaska and after that summer were married in November of 2005. We lived in Salt Lake until I graduated then moved back up to Logan where Spencer started a cabinet business.

We have been in Logan now almost three years. We bought a home when we moved up here that was a junker inside and out and have been fixing it up thanks to my husbands sweet carpentry skills. I just barely put in a flower bed after having it bare or full of weeds for two years. We are perfecting our farming skills by now owning a very large garden and considering a chicken coop and a cow.

Our son was born after 4 years of me being too scared to have children but I am very grateful I finally got over that fear. He is super cute and has curly hair just like his dad.

Spencer is still doing his cabinet business part-time but has decided to also head in the direction of a paramedic/firefighter. He is currently in school and will hopefully be done in about 1 1/2 years.

The only sad thing to report in our life is that my mother passed away from cancer nine months ago. This was difficult being the only daughter, about to have the only grandson, and having her pass three weeks before he was born. We have survived though and I find I am stronger than I ever thought I was.

So that is my life. It has been mostly fun and rewarding. I am excited to see you all in a few days!

Lyra (Smith)

2010-06-30T13:30:00.000-07:00

After graduating High School I lived in Orem for about 2 years. In that time, I learned some really great life lessons, took some art classes at UVU and then moved to Fresno, California. While in Fresno I went to Nursing school, enjoyed the single life, and did a little traveling. After working in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for 2 years, I met my young, dorky, sweet, innocent love and was married Aug of 2007. I convinced my hubby to move closer to my family and in July 2008, with a brand new baby, we made the trip back to good ol Utar. Our adventure here has been interesting to say the least! We currently live in Eagle Mountain with our daughter Reagan, who will be 2 this month. I make the commute to the U of U where I work in their NBICU and Justin makes the commute to Orem. He is attending UVU and majoring in Computer Science. Next April he will be active duty in the Air Force. I can't wait for that adventure! I miss school and am planning on going back when Justin is done. Not sure exactly where that will take me but my love lies in advocating for women in all situations.

Steve Ord

2010-06-30T13:25:00.000-07:00

It’s been an amazing 10 years. After graduating High School I served my mission in Southern Chile, Osorno mission. I am now graduated from BYU as a History Teacher and am currently looking for a job in secondary education. I plan to teach a while and eventually become a principal. While at BYU I had a great time dancing with the BYU folkdance Ensemble for 5 years and we traveled all over the world including Italy, France, Hungary and Eastern Europe, and last year we traveled to China for a month. I loved every minute of it. Other than dance and school I’ve tried out the summer sales once in San Antonio, and I went on a cruise this past May to Jamaica. I am currently pursuing a job in Denver so I can be closer to my sweetheart, who was incidentally my crush in elementary school and now after 20 years we have reunited on facebook and have been dating for the past 5 months traveling back and forth. She’s pretty much amazing. Her names Katy Taylor. She works for Fox news out there and is a talented singer. Other interesting facts- I was in a community play a couple years ago about the Book of Mormon. It was like a PHS reunion. Sarah Lundquist was directing and Geoff Reynolds choreographing plus a lot of other friends like John Graham, Marco Lopez and Melanie Adams. Speaking of reunions, I’m so excited for this ten year reunion. It will be fun to see everyone again. We had a great graduating class full of quality people.

Lyndsie (Woodbury) Miles

2010-06-30T12:11:00.000-07:00

Hi Everybody! Ten years have flown by, but I have to say that I love my life!

After high school I went to school at UVSC in Behavioral Science and worked at Novell as a Project/Event Coordinator for 4 years. While at school I met my wonderful husband, Chris in a Latin ballroom dance class, we became dance partners for a year and started dating in August 2001. We were married June 2002, in the Manti temple and have four beautiful and fun children, Josh (6), McKenna (4), Andrew (3), and Jonathan (1). We've moved a few times, but we've always been in Utah Valley. We're now in Lehi and loving it! (I sure never thought I would say that when we graduated). I get to stay extremely busy at home with our little ones while my handsome, entrepreneurial husband works in Sandy with a company called Freedom Fast Track as a VP of coaching.

We enjoy having picnics, visiting family and watching movies... but mainly we are super busy raising our busy little herd.

Annette (Thibault) Erickson

2010-06-29T13:27:00.000-07:00

After graduating i went up to USU for a year, majoring in Psychology. I then realized i didn't want to do that so i changed to Culinary Arts. I Spent 2 years deciding what to do with my life as well as completing an online degree in culinary arts. I then met my wonderful husband one night on LDS chat though we like to say we met at the Mall.We were married 6 years ago on Aug 21. We Have 2 beautiful children. Alek who is 4 and Sydney who is almost 2. James works at Smith International and i work part time at Brick Oven. I like working part time at Brick Oven where i usually make all the deserts. What I love about only working part time is being able to spend the rest of the time with my sweet kids.

5 Days left!!!

2010-06-27T14:55:00.000-07:00

Only 5 days until the reunion. That means it is on Friday July 2nd.

We need you ALL to RSVP, by paying through paypal (or emailing us and arranging another way to pay) by Monday June 28th..

We can't wait to see you all on Friday. As of now we have almost 100 people coming, it is going to be so fun. Let's continue to keep paying and get more people. Also, please help by continuing to spread the word.

David Hendengren

2010-06-26T09:18:00.000-07:00

Pictured: David Hedengren, Margaret Hedengren (wife, not sister, you're gross), Olin Hedengren (baby), and Reginald (Sea Lion)

After 4 awesome years at Provo High, Dave spent 2 years in Nicaragua as an itinerant preacher for the LDS church and later received a degree in Economics from BYU. Even more impressively he met and married the beautiful and brilliant Margaret Campbell, a graduate of Timpview High School. He had high hopes that their marriage would end the long standing feud between PHS and THS. He was right.

However, Dave and Margaret knew that their family wasn't complete. After much soul searching and doctor consultation they decided to catch, and train a Sea Lion. In 2009 the Hedengrens not only found Reginald, they exceeded even their own lofty expectation by also creating the best boy west of the Mississippi river (all the way west, including Japan).

Along the way Dave and Margaret spent three years working for the same Economic consulting firm in DC (yes, they even shared an office, and yes it was adorable). Eventually they both left the firm in order to spend more time pursuing wild Sea Lions (and so Dave could start a PhD program in Economics at George Mason University).

Janine (Jepson) Ross

2010-06-25T08:08:00.000-07:00

What have I done for the last 10 years? It won't sound like much in writing, but I feel like I've been busy! After high school, I spent a few years at UVSC (before the morphing into UVU), studying everything interesting and getting nowhere close to graduating in anything. My last semester there I ran into an old childhood friend, Tom Ross. We hooked up for a few months, then I "ditched" him to serve an LDS mission in St. Louis, MO. I was lucky enough to serve in an awesome mission, and even luckier to have Tom patiently waiting for me at home. We were married on October 7, 2005. The next 4-5 years have consisted of only two things- work and school. We both got degrees from the U of U-- I got a BA in English, he earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Now he's working on a masters in Engineering and I'm enjoying earning my masters in Information and Library Science. Tom works full-time as a machinist and I've held a variety of fun, minimum-wage jobs. We're 6 weeks away from the most exciting thing in the last decade-- the birth of our first baby (a boy)! I'm big and bloated, but couldn't be happier. Tom is svelt and sexy, and couldn't be more nervous. Sorry we won't make it to the reunion--but it's great to read up on everyone here at the blog.

2010-06-24T09:00:00.000-07:00

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Kohleen Reeder

2010-06-24T08:05:00.000-07:00

The last 10 years have been great and have gone by so fast! I graduated from BYU in 2004 with a BA in Visual Arts. I then went off to graduate school in England and completed an MA in Book Conservation in 2006. From there I moved to New Haven, CT where I completed a 2-year fellowship in paper conservation at the Yale Center for British Art. In 2008 I moved back to Utah and I now live in Salt Lake City where I work as a book and paper conservator at the University of Utah Marriott Library. I’ve had amazing experiences and met a lot of wonderful people through my studies, travels, church, and work over the past 10 years. It’s wonderful to be back in Utah and near old friends and family again; I’m looking forward to seeing people at the reunion!

In Memory of Katharine Smith

2010-06-22T09:52:00.000-07:00

On July 4, 2004, her Independance Day, our beloved Katharine Elizabeth Smith gracefully transcended this world. She left us with the sweetest of memories. Parents Melvin and Lynda, sisters Maure, Emily, Angela, and Isabella, grandparents Ray and Margaret along with family and friends will miss her spunkiness, her biting wit and creativity, her pizzaz, and her sense of style. She was our five-star entertainment. We feel fortunate to have been blessed with her presence for 22 years, 9 months and 16 days.

**Obituary can be found on the daily herald website. Here is the link http://heraldextra.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/article_85ac141a-c701-5b24-8d34-b71aa9067363.html

Sharla (Nuttall) Kwarm

2010-06-21T05:49:00.000-07:00

The greatest blessing of the last 10 years came along in September 2008…nearly two years ago. I met a man named John Kwarm, and after a few dates, we both knew there was something different and special about the other. John grew up in Alexandria, Virginia and came out to Utah with his mother for his senior year at Orem High School. When he began working fulltime at BYU, I was also working in the Dean of Students Office at BYU, and we met through simple timecard “issues,” and a mutual friend (and angel). We dated for 9 months, became engaged a year ago today (June18, 2009) and were married two months later on August 14, 2009 in the Draper Utah temple.

After high school, I attended Ricks College for a year, and transferred to BYU to work on my Bachelor’s degree in MFHD. I took a semester off to go to Europe with Miss Lisa Stevens, and returned from our adventures with the knowledge that a mission was in my future. I submitted my papers and was issued the call to serve in Melbourne, Australia & Tasmania. I served from August 2003 until March 2005. When I returned home, I enrolled again at BYU and graduated a year later in the spring of 2006. After graduating from BYU, I worked at Centennial Middle School as a Para-Educator, and concurrently attended the University of Utah to work towards a certification as a Child Life Specialist. Life threw me a curve ball (in the summer of 2007) when I felt impressed to take a position at BYU in the Dean of Students Office (see above for the result of that impression! J)

Currently, we have been married for 10 months…we’re living in Provo, and we’re both still working at BYU. About 5 months ago, the Bishop of our ward called me to be the Young Women’s President, and I have been busily preparing for Girls Camp this summer! John and I are excited about the future, which will bring children into our family, a few years of Law School, working towards our wish list & dreams, and (I’m sure) many things you ol’ married people know that we’ve yet to discover J Life has been good to us.

In Memory of ......

2010-06-17T07:08:00.000-07:00

We have heard that the following people from our class have passed away...

Danielle Hunsaker
Katherine Smith
Blake Lawrence
Kenny Taylor
Delmar Kasold
Andrew Smith

I cannot find any information (Parents Phone Numbers, Obituary, Pictures, Etc..)

As you have seen I found the obituary for Scott Slaughter and Kelly Corless. Please if you have any information send it to me at provohigh2000@gmail.com

TerriLyn (Herrin) Hill

2010-06-16T07:40:00.000-07:00

So, after graduating high school I attended Ricks College/BYU-Idaho up in Rexburg. My college years were super fun and exciting. I danced on the ballroom dance tour team there for 4 years and met my amazing husband David on the team our freshman year. He and I were friends for a few years until he returned from his mission where our relationship grew into something more. He proposed to me on Christmas day 2003 and we were married March 2004. That following December I graduated from BYU-I in Health Education and P.E. I taught ballroom dance for a year and a half while David finished up his degree in biology there in Rexburg. We then took off to Kirksville, Missouri for David to attend medical school. We lived there for the first 2 years of med school and then were lucky enough to move back to Provo for the second 2 years. David just graduated in May (we are so proud of him!) and now we're about to embark on another adventure! We'll take off for Des Moines, Iowa next week (June 19th) for three years of Family Medicine residency. It's a fantastic program and we're excited to go, yet sad to leave family and friends and also miss the reunion in July! We have two baby girls (I still call them my babies even though they're getting to be big girls now!) Tabitha (We call her Tabi) is 3 1/2 years old and Savannah is 1 1/2 years old. (These pictures were taken last October.) These girls are gems! I love to be able to stay at home with them! I will really miss celebrating with you all at the reunion! It has been fun to get updates from so many of you though. Keep them coming!

Erin (Williamson) Bilger

2010-06-15T08:37:00.001-07:00

10 Years in a Nutshell
-moved to Panamá to teach English in a Red Cross school

-studied History at the Universidad de Panamá

-mastered the Spanish language

-traveled Europe as a first soprano with the Utah Baroque Ensemble

-waited for a missionary (of the LDS variety)

-got dumped by a missionary

-started college on a vocal performance scholarship at UVU

-ogled a gorgeous man, Nathan Bigler, in my Spanish Lit class

-spent the night in his snow cave-followed him to Costa Rica for a semester abroad

-backpacked through Central America

-swept said gorgeous man off his feet-agreed to marry him

-ran out of food and water on a remote Panamanian island

-paid a small boy to climb a coconut tree for my sustenance

-caught the next boat outta there

-married that guy

-cranked out baby number one, Jensie (6)

-purchased and renovated a 100 year old farm house

-joined the Army (he did anyway)

-enter baby number two, Asher (4)

-ate grubs in Taiwan

-sold farm house

-headed to Ft. Benning, Georgia

-stuck it out for deployment to Iraq- OIF5

-welcomed baby number three, Frances Amelia (2)

-embraced power tools

-got my sexy back

-decided to be a farmer

-enjoyed some Southern Hospitality

-learned to keep bees

-house trained a puppy and a pig

-braved a second deployment to Iraq- OIF 7

-got my sexy back (again)

Andrea (Farrer) Bradford

2010-06-14T08:06:00.000-07:00

After graduation i worked for albertsons as the head cake decorater . After four years i switched to a management position with wal-mart. i have done several positions with them and have been there eight years. i met my wonderful husband shortly after he returned home from his mission to alaska in 2002. We go married in 2005 and have two wonderful very active little boys. Aaron is 3 and Kayden is 20 months. We currently live in Provo and are loving it.

In Memory of Scott William Slaughter June 3, 2004-September 6, 2004

2010-06-13T14:37:00.000-07:00

Scott William Slaughter, 22, left us unexpectedly doing what he loved most during an ATV accident on September 6, 2004. Born June 3, 2004 to Leland and Pam Slaughter. Scott was always a loving and tender child. He attended public schools in Orem and Provo. He grew up playing basketball, baseball, hockey, and football.

Scott loved his family and friends and loved to be the life of the party. He was a great cook, his specialty being steak on the barbeque. Scott loved the outdoors including camping, hiking, four wheeling, and snowboarding. Hunting with his dad was also one of his favorite things to do. He was employed by Caza Drilling for four years as a derrick man, and loved working on the rigs.

Scott is survived by his parents Leland and Shelly Slaughter and Pam and Myron Gebhardt; sisters, Kara, Carlie, and Angela; brothers, Leland Jr., Aaron, Corey, Josh, and Tyson; grandparents, Helen Slaughter, Bill and Thelma Redmond, Andrew and Glenna Johnson, Albert and Lillian Gebhardt; many other family and friends. He was preceded in death by his Grandpa Slaughter and Aunt Janice.

Amy (Tolman) Shetter

2010-06-12T21:08:00.000-07:00

This is Amy Tolman now Amy Shetter. I won't be able to attend the reunion but hope everyone has fun. I am married with three boys, we are currently living in Spain but we will be moving to Japan this summer. My husband joined the military after college and we have been traveling ever since. I am still finishing up my bachelors degree in English and hope to have it done before I die. I have been keeping busy with school and family, besides those things I also love to travel, write, read and learn new things. That's it about me have a great 10 year reunion.

Lisa (Stevens) Stubbs & Jarom Stubbs

2010-06-11T21:03:00.000-07:00

After graduation, I went to Dixie State to play soccer. After getting my AS, I transferred to BYU for my BS. In 2002, I went to Europe. In 2004, Jarom (my high school sweetheart) and I were married, and we moved to the U of U for graduate school where I completed PA school. I have been working as a family practice PA here in Provo for nearly 4 years and I love it. We have two beautiful children: 3 year old Lia, and 10 month old Jonah.

Megan (Peterson) Romo

2010-06-11T06:09:00.000-07:00

Over the phone on August 31, 2002—a few months after I had graduated from BYU-Hawaii with my undergrad in English—I asked Mark to marry me. He said "Sure," and three weeks later we got ourselves hitched Mormon-style in the American Fork Temple.

Since then, after I briefly taught English at BYUH and a four-year stint in Las Vegas, we settled in Sparks, Nevada—an offshoot of sorts from Reno and an hour or so from Lake Tahoe—where I pedal drugs. For the last 5 years I've been a pharmaceutical sales representative ("drug rep" in the colloquial), and as much as one can love a job I love this one. However, drug repery, no matter how engaging, isn't what I set out to do after completing college 8 years ago. Thus, in effort to further my actual aims, in January I'll begin a low-residency graduate program in Creative Nonfiction at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass.

Mark, my mister of nearly 8 years now, is a swell fellow. He too did time as a drug rep but now works living out our collective love of all things Apple, helping Macs take their proper place in world dominance. Of course, that's the logical direction one'll go with a BYUH degree in history.

When not working (seemingly a rare thing indeed), I submit to torture in Power and Bikram yoga classes, write some, dabble in graphic design, snuggle our Yorkie, Soph, and embrace total inertness.

Apologies for the greedy length of this update, but seeing as I'm completely fascinating and terribly important, there was just no other way to do things. Have fun at the class reunion. I won't be able to make it, but I've never been especially social or pleasant or a very good sport, so that's not a surprise. But ya'll: you enjoy!

Havilah (Capel) Jones

2010-06-10T08:41:00.000-07:00

The past 10 years have gone by WAY too fast! There was so much I was planning on accomplishing before the 10 year reunion. Unfortunately, I was unable to reach my goals of becoming an Oscar-winning actress or a Nobel prize-winning doctor or even a skinny underwear model for Victoria’s Secret. (Okay… those weren’t real goals) But don’t worry! My life has still been quite a ride. Two weeks after I moved up to Logan to attend Utah State University, my parents decided that they wanted to move up to Portland, Oregon (so much for being able to do my laundry on the weekends!). I was able to spend my summers there between semesters and fell in love! (With Portland, that is….I didn’t fall in love, love until later (but I’ll get to that)). After three years of lots of playing, a little bit of working and a teensy bit of sleeping, I met Jonesy. We were working at the Haunted Forest near Logan. I was wearing my scream mask and he was wearing his devil dress (he would insist that it is called a ‘robe’ but honestly, it was a dress) and we were standing in the ‘blood room’ underneath the strobe light when he asked me out on our first date. The rest is history. We spent three more years after marriage in Logan while Jonesy finished his Masters Degree in Technical Theatre and Design. While there we had Ruth (she’s 6 now). After graduating, we headed off to Flagstaff, AZ for two years where Jonesy worked for Northern Arizona University. While in Arizona, we had Gareth (he’s 3). After good times in AZ, we moved out to Lubbock, TX for a year while Jonesy worked at Texas Tech University. Good barbeque, fun football games, exciting tornado warnings, excellent neighbors, a week of flooding and awesome dust storms inspired us to have our third child, Ronan (he just turned 1!). Even though we really LOVED Texas, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity when it came up to work for Utah Opera and packed our things and moved to Salt Lake City only two weeks after Ronan was born. I’m glad that we’re close by for the reunion. I’m looking forward to seeing all y’all again soon!

Justin Collings

2010-06-09T08:00:00.000-07:00

Wow, ten years since high school and still no prospect of my being employed any time soon. After the PHS wonder years I went to BYU, where I majored in English (not having learned my native language in four years at our illustrious alma mater) and Italian (nor having learned that language in two years as a missionary in and around Milan). In 2003, I married the former Lia Suttner, and we are the overwheeningly proud parents of three world-historically adorable little girls: Julia (6), Elisabeth (4), and Katharine (18 months). I graduated from BYU in 2006, after which we loaded our belongings into a make-shift trailer and slouched across the country toward old New England. For the last four years, we have lived in Connecticut, where I graduated from law school last month (see picture; the magnificent ladies in red are all mine, the older folks my grandparents-in-law) and am also working on a PhD in history. In a distant day, I hope to seek employment, somewhere, as a law professor. My long-suffering wife hopes the day is not too distant. Twenty-three hundred miles and my madcap scramble to prepare for PhD comprehensive exams in September will keep us away from the reunion next month. We will miss you. If the world lasts, I hope to be on hand for the next round of festivities in 2020.

In Memory of Kelly Corless August 1, 1982-March 31, 2002

2010-06-08T10:50:00.000-07:00

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** Do you have a obituary from a classmate? Please send them to provohigh2000@gmail.com

Luke Marrott

2010-06-08T09:00:00.000-07:00

After graduating from Provo High I joined the US Navy and left for boot camp in August. I served almost exactly 5 years as a Fire Controlman (Weapon Systems on the Ships) and spent time in Illinois, San Diego, and Jacksonville, Florida. I did 2 6+ month deployments, one to the Caribbean and west side of South America and the second to the Mediterranean area. While in Jacksonville I attended a wedding in North Georgia and met my amazing wife Bethany. We got married in Feb of 2004 and I left for my second deployment that fall. Our first daughter was born exactly one month before I returned from my final deployment. We moved back to Utah in August of 2005. I spent some time at UVU before starting at the University DeVry with a Bachelors program in Network and Communications Management. I should finish at DeVry in the Spring of 2011. I started at Broadweave Networks in April of 2007, as a Network Engineer and continue there still, although we recently merged with another company so the name has changed. In July of 2008 we had our second daughter 7 weeks premature. She had to stay in the NICU at UVRMC for one month to grow strong enough to come home to us. She is nearing two years old and was recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease which is an intolerance to gluten. So we are trying to take the whole house gluten free to help take care of her the best we can. As a family we like to enjoy the outdoors, take lots of pictures, and spend as much time together as possible. Since my wife is from Georgia we try to make it out to visit as often as possible, but with a growing family that is getting harder and harder. I expect we will be in attendance at the 10 year reunion.

Jaime (Jolley) Stephens

2010-06-06T08:00:00.000-07:00

After high school I moved to California thinking I would start school, I didn't love it there so I came back home after about 6 months and started school at UVSC. I got an Associates in Science. While going to school I started working at the American Fork Hospital. After working in a few different departments at the hospital I found my home working at the Cancer Center. I am still currently working doing Cancer Research, I love it. I also worked at Sundance, where I met my husband, Banning. We were both snowboard instructors there. He is from Arizona. We were married in August of 2004. He is a firefighter/EMT for Unified Fire Authorities and currently works at the station in Herriman. We have 2 daughters. Savannah who is 3 and Adalaide who is 1. We just finished building a house in Provo. This picture is a year ago...

New Info

2010-06-05T10:02:00.000-07:00

*** Please read even if you are unable to attend our 10 year reunion and please, forgive the length***

Hello fellow bulldogs!We are very excited for the upcoming reunion and wanted to thank everyone for spreading the word and joining our reunion Facebook group. As the reunion approaches, we wanted to make contact to inform and remind everyone about a few things. First, there are still a number of our classmates who have not yet contacted the reunion page or blog. We are aware that not everyone uses these social media and as such, we would love your help contacting these people- it is very important to us that everyone is invited and feels welcome. Please email names and contact information to provohigh2000@gmail.com

Second, Steve Ord will be compiling photos for a slideshow that we will present at the reunion. Please send photos from high school and, if you want, send some from your life now! Especially if you can't attend- we will miss you and want to see your face! Send images http://us.mc583.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=to%3Aprovohigh2000@gmail.comThird, if you have not yet had the opportunity to pay for your tickets please be sure to pay as soon as possible. If you have had any difficulty whatsoever with the PayPal account please let us know and we will remedy that difficulty to the best of our ability.

COST- $15 per person, $30 per couple. (Please Pay by June 28)

To pay Click the PayPal link on the right of the page! Let Ashley Thalman know if you have any problems or you can leave a comment on the blog.

And last but certainly not least, if you have anything to donate to the reunion raffle i.e. gift certificates, handmade items, that fabulous jam you're famous for, please email us at http://us.mc583.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=provohigh2000@gmail.com. This is a great opportunity to advertise your personal talent or local business and contribute to the reunion. Thanks again for everything Bulldogs!

Hope to see you at the reunion and if not, you will be missed.

2010 Reunion Committee
Steve Ord, Elizabeth Worsley Bandley, Jaime Jolley Stephens, Jill Russon Austad, Josey Kinateder Southam, and Ashley Thalman

Michelle St Julien

2010-06-04T19:18:00.000-07:00

After graduating I worked as a photographer in Utah for a year and then moved to Virginia to be a nanny. I nannied in Virginia for 3 years, Washington state for 1 year, and then Germany for 4 months. After Germany I moved back to Utah and have been nannying here ever since. In 2008 I married the love of my life Trent and got two young step daughters as well. In 2009, Trent and I had our beautiful baby boy Owen who is the light of my life! We know live in Lehi and I still nanny part time in SLC.

Kasi (Garlick) Good

2010-05-27T13:59:00.000-07:00

After graduating, I attended UVU and earned an Associates Degree in Psychology. In December of 2001 I met the love of my life, Kevin, and we were married three months later. We immediately moved to Boise, ID, but moved back to Utah after 6 months to be closer to family. I worked part time as a counselor at a Residential Treatment Center for teenage girls for several years, during which we welcomed Daniel (7) and Emily (5) to our family. I stopped working when we added Jacob (3) to the mix, and have been a stay at home mom ever since. In February of 2008, we moved our family to Indianapolis, IN and shortly after welcomed Benson (2) to our family. Part of the reason for our move involved Daniel, who was diagnosed with Autism when he was 2 years old. We have been able to get much better services for him out here, and he is doing so well. We love it here, especially since we have been enjoying 80 degree weather while Utah is seeing snow! In January of this year, my husband Kevin was diagnosed with an unknown (as of yet, our fingers are crossed for his Mayo Clinic visit in June!) form of Neuro-muscular Disease, similar to Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. Because of his physical deterioration, we don't know how long he will be able to work, so I am going back to school in June to become a Registered Nurse! I am excited about the opportunity to learn something new, although my kids think it's pretty funny that mommy is going to be a student just like them. I am hoping it will help me to better take care of my husband as his disease progresses. Besides taking care of my kids, I spend a lot of time refinishing old furniture, gardening, and trying to improve my photography skills. But most days are filled with the park, play dates, cheerios, diapers, homework, soccer and way, way too many paper towels.

Lynley (Stimpson) Johnson

2010-05-26T10:56:00.001-07:00

After graduating from the great PHS I started at UVSC studying and entered the wonderful world of college social life, with the latter being much more important. After a couple years I met my husband Corey and we moved to Salt Lake and started school at the U. I graduated with a Bachelors’ degree in Speech and Communication and began working for Ivory Homes. After a couple years we wanted an adventure and moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. It is there that we had our first daughter Caroline. After a year there we moved to Manhattan for Corey to get his MRED at Columbia University. This was such an exciting year for us! We have now made our home in Salt Lake City where I take care of the little ones (Jack was born here in late 2008). We love all the adventures we’ve had thus far and look forward to the future!

Ben Jones

2010-05-25T09:54:00.001-07:00

Howdy Ya'll! The past ten years have been great! After high school, I started a career in firefighting. I worked for the Salt Lake Co. Wildland Fire Department. For those who are not familiar with it, I was one of the guys putting out the fire on the mountain every summer! It was a great job for two years until I felt like I needed to do something else. I decided to serve an LDS mission. I was called to the Great Texas Dallas Mission. After having a brother go to Taiwan, and a sister go to France, I felt like I got cheated to be called to the second largest state in the union. Little did I know I would soon be raising a family here! Two years of great memories later, I met a young lady named Jessica. We would date for another two years before being married in September of 2006. In the mean time, I was hired by the Mckinney Fire Department working as a firefighter and a paramedic. As far as Im concerned, I think it is the best job in the world! McKinney is a suburb of Dallas about the same size as Provo. Jessica and I have one boy named Clayton who is the center of our lives. Clayton is 19 months and full of personality. He is definitely a daddy's boy! Between work and Clayton, I really don't have much time for anything else. We try to get up to Utah about once a year to see my family. I still claim Provo as home, but am slowly being converted to a Texan. We won't be making this reunion due to the distance, but we hope to see all ya'll in ten years at the 20th!

Please RSVP

2010-05-18T11:46:00.000-07:00

Please everyone RSVP!!

If you cannot come we would love an email at provohigh2000@gmail.com

If you are planning on coming please pay... The link is at the side of this blog or on our facebook page. If you don't want to use paypal email us and we can figure something out. We have to have our deposits and numbers in soon so please hurry!

Thanks

WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT YOU!!

2010-05-18T05:59:00.000-07:00

We need more people to send in 'what they have been up to' so we can continue to highlight our classmates........Look at the sidebar for more information..

Alejandro Contreras

2010-05-16T09:18:00.000-07:00

During my Provo High years, I believe I was mostly known as that kid who could ballroom dance. Because of my love and passion for dancing throughout my high school experience, I didn't really get the chance to get to know a lot of fellow students. I did however, enjoy the relationships I was able to establish at Provo High. After I graduated, I focused all of my time in improving as a competitive Latin ballroom dancer. I had the chance to travel all over the world to perform and compete. In 2001 I decided to go on a mission and was sent to East Los Angeles, California. During my mission, I realized that I needed to prioritize my life and allow myself to be involved in other things besides dance. I found this difficult to do since I had so many opportunities to continue dancing and performing after my mission. I had the chance to audition and make it to the top 20 male dancers on season 3 of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance. I've also been a cast member of Origins Professional Dance Company for about 5 years. Although I don't do a lot of performing now, I still teach a few hours a week and I also love to go salsa dancing whenever I can. In fact, it was through salsa dancing that I met my wife Genevieve. We got married in July of 2005 and we have a 4 month old son named Eric. I realize now that had it not been for my ability to dance, my wife would have never married me. So after all these years, dancing finally proved its true purpose in my life. After I got married, I decided to go back to school and try and learn something else besides dancing. I will graduate from UVU with a degree in accounting this December. So yeah...I'm a latin-dancing accountant. Not many of those I guess. I am currently the managing director of a luxury hair and makeup salon in Lehi called Studio Enizio. I don't do hair or makeup, I just manage the salon. I don't need anything else to take away my manhood. I figured being a dancer was a big enough hit. After I graduate from UVU, I plan on joining the FBI and hopefully getting out of Utah; not because I don't like it here, but simply because I have been here my whole life and would like a change. I plan on getting an MBA and also plan on becoming a certified fraud examiner.

Carole Turley

2010-05-10T07:00:00.000-07:00

After Provo High, I went to BYU and got a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, with a little break in the middle to serve a mission in Germany. Then I stayed at BYU for another year to complete a masters degree in civil engineering, with an transportation emphasis. I've been in Seattle for the past three years, working for a transportation consulting firm, mostly doing traffic operations analysis and transportation planning. I've loved Seattle, but I'm moving again in the next couple months to start an MBA program at Notre Dame, so that's my next adventure. In fact, the timing of the reunion works out perfectly since that's about the time I would be driving through Utah on the way from Washington to Indiana. Hope to see a lot of you then!

Todd and Connie (Biesinger) Christensen

2010-05-07T14:01:00.000-07:00

Todd and I have been married for 11 years on May 22. Todd just finished his BS in Aviation through UVU. He has been a flight instructor with UVU for the past 2 1/2 years and is looking for a better flying job such as for an airline or government. I graduated from Paul Mitchell the School in 2005 and enjoy doing hair for family and friends. I get to stay home with our five fun, crazy, energetic boys. TC 10, Titus 8, Tate 6, Tobyn 4, and Tanner 2. We have a lot of fun hanging out as a family and are excited to do more of that this summer now that Todd is done with school.

Lindsay (Nay) Anderson

2010-05-06T11:15:00.000-07:00

After high school I went to Ricks College and earned an associates degree in history, then transferred to BYU where I graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and English teaching in December 2004. In April 2005 I married Blake Anderson. We spent that summer in Provo, then moved to Muncie, Indiana, where Blake earned a master's degree at Ball State University. Upon his graduation, and on the heels of the birth of our first child, he landed a job as a research analyst in Manhattan so we sold our car and moved to Brooklyn, New York. We've been here for almost three years now, and we love it. We have two children: Garrett, who is almost 3, and Caleb, who is 8 months. I stay home full time with both of them. This picture of the four us taken in December 2009.

Eric Anderson

2010-04-29T08:48:00.000-07:00

This is a photo of me and my wife Tiffany. We were married on the exact same day as the five year reunion (August 19, 2005). We don't have any kids yet :(

I graduated from BYU in 2008 with a degree in Film. I'm currently living in Los Angeles and I work at a television and film agency in Beverly Hills.

Jamie (Gale) Bay

2010-04-28T08:21:00.000-07:00

Hi, this is Jamie Gale with an update on the last 10 years. First I want to say thanks to the activity committee for getting all of this together and send my regrets that I won't be able to attend!I went to UVU for a few years while working in child care centers earning certifications to become a site director. After three years I made a radical switch to becoming an office administrator for an HOA company. While working there I met my wonderful husband, Leo Bay while he was in town visiting a friend. We started a relationship and were married August 2008 and moved to St. Louis, MO where we currently live. My husband and I are continuing our education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where he is a Biology pre-med student and I am studying Psychology. I am working for Mad Science of St. Louis where I get to bring scientific fun to elementary school aged children at after school programs and birthday parties, so I am in actuality a mix between a clown and a teacher. I love every second of it! Look me up on Facebook of you want to reconnect and here's hoping we see you at the next reunion!

Melanie Adams

2010-04-27T08:20:00.000-07:00

I had a nome built in Spanish Fork last fall, where I live with my black lab, Coda. I keep busy with making it home and landscaping the gardens outside. I am on Spanish Fork's Theater in the Park board working to bring more of the Shakespeare genre shows to Utah County in outdoor settings; our first show will probably be next spring. I'm periodically involved in acting in theater as well. I graduated with a degree in Paralegal Studies from UVU and currently work at an international library software company as a corporate paralegal in their legal department. I've traveled to various places over the last several years, from Alaska to Montreal and even over the pond to Scotland - to name the most recent highlights (mostly for fun, but some for business).

Trudy Overton

2010-04-25T20:19:00.000-07:00

I haven't been up to too much exciting- lots of work. After high school I worked for one semester at Provo High as an aid to the preschool class in child development. I then became a paleontologist and worked for the company that built most of the exhibits for the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point (my initials are hidden in a few places and I know where most of the gnomes are hidden too). I went to a medical tech college and earned my Pharmacy Technician license becoming a legal drug dealer. After almost three years of working retail I got a job working at the state prison, so I am now a drug dealer at the prison and I learned how to shoot three different types of guns and how to 'escort inmates to the ground'. This is working very nicely for me because one of the perks is that I get tuition assistance so am in the process of going back to school. I am 2 semesters away from finishing my AS in Behavioral Science and then plan to earn my BS in Forensic Science so that I may be Abby from NCIS when I grow up. Other than that, lots of traveling- the Bahamas, Washington D.C., a self guided LDS church history road trip, Virginia, Texas, Florida, and California.

What have you been up to?

2010-04-20T21:09:00.000-07:00

We would like to highlight every member of our class on this blog..... Even if you are unable to attend the reunion we would love to see what everyone is up to.

Please send an email to provohigh2000@gmail.com

Include the following: What you have been up to in the last 1o years, and a picture (of you at least but we would love to see one of your family, significant other, pets, whatever you have).

We also need pictures for a slideshow we will be putting together for the reunion and would LOVE all the pictures from high school you can give us....

Check back soon, more details of the reunion and also instructions on how to RSVP....

Thanks!

Save the Date

2010-04-12T14:22:00.000-07:00

10 YEAR REUNION............

July 2, 2010

More Details to come so please check back soon.

10 Year Reunion???

2010-04-12T13:08:00.001-07:00

That's right, it's coming this summer. More to come later.

Favorite Teacher

2009-02-16T07:58:00.001-08:00

Okay, since I joined the facebook bandwagon I've seen some fun ideas for blogs. I'll try it out: Who was your favorite teacher at Provo High? Who could forget Mrs. Johnson's English class or Mr. Danner's Math? I KNOW everyone loved Mr. Bigo. So leave a comment and tell us who your favorite teacher was and why!

Welcome!

2008-05-15T11:54:00.000-07:00

This blog was formed to allow fellow Provo High class of 2000 alumni to see what everyone is up to! We would like to get as many of the class on here as possible, so if you know anyone who has a blog and would be interested, please tell them to visit this blog. To be added to the list, just leave a comment to this post and leave a maiden name if applicable. We hope this will be a fun resource for everyone!