Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Niki (Voorhees) McDowell



The fall semester after high school I headed down to Provo and went to UVSC. I roomed with 3 amazing girls and fellow alumni, Lindsay (Holding) Anderson, Paige (Morgan) Burgin and Darci (Racker) Timothy. It was there where I met my husband. He lived in the stair well next to ours and was in our ward. We were actually just good friends for the most part of the year. I attended UVSC the 1st semester and then I just worked at Deseret Book the 2nd semester to save money. At the end of February 2001 I started to date my husband seriously, 3 weeks later we talked about marriage, and at the end of March we got engaged. Very quick I know, but like I said we had been friends for awhile before. A few weeks after we got engaged he had to head out to Chicago to sell alarm systems (something he had already committed to doing before we started dating). So we were apart for most of our 5 month engagement. While he was gone I got the chance to be an EFY counselor, it was an amazing experience and it was something I had always wanted to do. I did 2 weeks at BYU, 2 weeks at Ricks, another week at BYU and did my last session at Utah State. My husband returned from Chicago 2 weeks before we got married. We were married August 18, 2001 in the Salt Lake Temple.

We lived in Kaysville for the first 4 months of our marriage down the street from my parents. We then moved to the Holiday area where we lived a little over a year. It was when we lived there that my husband graduated from the U of U and then my husband started working for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. I worked at a child care at South Davis Hospital. We then moved to Sandy where we had our first child, a son, Brock in June of 2003. It was then I decided to stop working and become a stay at home mom. In October 2003 my husband took a job with The University of Phoenix, so we packed up our things and moved to North Phoenix. We lived there about a year and then started to build a house out in Queen Creek, AZ. While our first home was being built we moved in with my husband's parents in Lake Forest, CA. It was there that he started to learn his dad's business as a scheduling consultant. Six months later we moved into our first home in April 2005, my husband started to try and expand his dad's business out to AZ. In October 2005 we welcomed our 2nd son, Daxton. At the end of May 2006 we decided to move to Southern California. My husband's business wasn't picking up out in AZ and he was traveling a lot to California for work, so we decided to move. We moved to Lake Elsinore, CA and have lived here ever since. We still own our home in AZ and are renting it out. We've been renting our current home for 4 years and are in the process of buying a home out here in the same city we live in. In July 2008 we welcomed our 3rd child, a daugher, Mckynlee. We love it out here. We have so many friend and young families out here. Disneyland is 45 minutes away, the beach is an hour, we love all the things to do out here. And hey you can't complain about the great weather. Plus, its very affordable where we live. We are also expecting our 4th child, I am due November 13th. I enjoy staying at home with my kids. I was a Modbe Consultant for awhile until they went out of business this last December. I love to exercise, sew, scrapbook, craft, blog (and of course I have no time for any of it). So thats me in a nutshell these past 10 years.



Sunday, May 16, 2010

Sarah Brown


Well let see the last 10 years. I live in Seattle. I got my BS Degree in Criminal Justice from WSU in May 2005. I worked a year and half as a Security Officer in downtown Seattle. Then in July 2007 I went to China for a year to teach English. I came back in July 2008. Now I am a Correctional Officer for the Bureau of Prison in Seattle. I am trying to become a Criminal Investigator for the Federal Government. I am going to be starting soon I hope to get my Masters in Criminal Justice.


That's what has been happening with me these last 10 years.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Marie (Hart) Clayton

I guess in answer to the question of the last ten years:
I've received my RN, BSN, and soon my MSN in Nursing Education.
I got to serve in the New Jersey Cherry Hill Mission.
I've been married for three years to Shawn Clayton and our twins, Emma and Eli are 13 months and such joys and a ton of work!
We also love to travel.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Amelia (Leonard) Williams


Hello fellow Darts!

I hope you are all doing well! So let's see...Soon after high school ended, I moved to Florida for a semester internship at Walt Disney World. While there I made friends with a deaf co-worker who inspired me to learn American Sign Language (ASL). When I came back to Utah I learned ASL, completed an ASL Interpreter training program, and now hold both state and national level interpreter certifications. I received my Bachelor's from WSU in ASL, Theater, and Communication, and am currently working on my Master's of Education. I work at WSU as the ASL Interpreter Coordinator and Deaf Student Advisor, and occasionally also teach ASL classes at the university. (Some days I feel like I live on campus!)

I met my awesome husband Keith in our WSU LDS singles ward, and we have been married 5 years this May! He makes me laugh, and always keeps me on my toes! Keith works as an office manager and accountant for a small law firm in Salt Lake, and is studying Business Management at WSU. Our adorable daughter Tysha will be two this May, and she is such a joy! She's a rambunctious girly-girl, who loves to sing, dance, and sign! A few months ago our little family bought a home in Clinton, and are always looking forward to our next adventure!

Well, I guess that's 10 years in a nutshell! I look forward to catching up with all of you at the reunion!

Amelia (Leonard) Williams







Thursday, April 22, 2010

Jennifer (Liddell) Noall



Living in Riverton Ut -- married a wonderful 6 1/2 years. Have 2 beautiful children. Tyler is 3 years and Lacey is 1 1/2! My husband Jeff is a Realtor and a handyman on the side. I am a work at home mom and love what I do! I am a Mary Kay conultant and it is the best job ever!

Jed Done




Lets see as for highlights of the last 10 years. I served an LDS mission to Milwaukee Wisconsin. After 2 years there I returned where I met my wife shortly after that but we didn't start dating till 2005 then we were married on May 19th 2006. We have a little girl Madison. Who is almost 18 months. I work for Farmington City Fire Department. and I also work in the ER at IMC in Murray. On top of all of that I'm finally going to be done with school and will have a degree in History and Geography. My wife Heidi teaches dance at Stansbury High School.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Jessica (Bryant) Barr



Hey friends!

This is Jessica Bryant Barr. Right after High School, I moved to Tampa, Florida to go to school at a smaller private Christian college. I loved it there and actually ended up meeting, Jared Barr. The rest is history! :) We got married in August of 2003 and found out in April of 2004 that we were expecting our first child! Conner is 5 now and keeps us laughing every day. Apparently he is the class clown in preschool too. :) Then in August of 2006 we decided to move to Illinois to be closer to family. Jared's family is there and we are very close to them. In November of 2007 we welcomed Lily into the world. She is our girly girl. She is so sweet and loving and quite the Disney Princess obsessed little girl. The kids loved Illinois and it was hard for us to all move back to Florida last Summer. Yet, we were very excited to be back in Florida and with our friends we had left behind. Since we've moved back, we have welcomed our 3rd child into our lives. Peyton Lea is our laid-back one sweet and cuddly little girl. She is 5 months old now and we are relishing every moment of her growing up because she is our last child. Life moves along so quickly!

Jared has been in Advertising ever since I knew him! He loves it! He is currently teaching Business courses at that private Christian college I mentioned (Florida College in Temple Terrace, FL). He loves teaching kids and they love him. He is looking forward to having the whole summer off!

I am a stay at home mom and feel so blessed to be able to do so. I keep myself busy with the 3 kids and the house, but in my spare time I am making "stitcheries". It is a little hobby that I love and decided one day a few years ago (after making gifts and getting a great response) to start selling. I specialize in custom orders and design. It definitely keeps me even busier! Who doesn't love getting paid for their own hobby?! You can check out my very amateur blog with galleries of my work @ http://stitchin.wordpress.com.

I look forward to hearing about you!

Love, Jessica