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We are freezing. Iowa is a kick in the face. I can't believe how cold it is. It has rarely gotten above 10 degrees all winter. It is so cold that the other day I went to work and parked my car in the normal place, underneath the big tree at the front of our office building. Well, I covered my face to avoid frost bite and headed into the building. Suddenly I heard a crack. I looked up and saw that the tree had this crack splitting it in half. I looked down at my car and ran over to it and moved it to the other end of the parking lot. My car is fine, and the tree has not fallen yet, but I suspect that if it doesn't this winter it will next.

We don't get out much in this cold, we mostly stay inside. Shayla (Checketts) Smith stated that it is not a normal Iowa winter. I was glad to hear that.

I helped out this year coaching the boys basketball team this year. I have to admit I thought I had more time, and found that I couldn't put what I wanted into it. They were happy to have what little I could help out with. They were a good team and I enjoyed doing it. The season is over now and I am back focusing on work and family.

I was just home the other week because my grandmother past away and it was so much warmer in Idaho than Iowa. It was good to be back there and see the school and a couple of friends. I wish I had more time to see more of you. But that is just how life goes.

Haacke

Hello Everyone

Just wanted to say hi and let everyone know how I am doing. I live in Preston, I am married (ten years in march). I have five children that range in age from 10 to 1. What was I thinking?

I work for a Software company in Logan, UT and do carpet installation on the side. I still like sports and I coach when I can, especially when my kids are involved. Hope to hear from some of you soon.

Marshall

My Condolences on Shawn

I did search and rescue for a few years and I can tell you it's heart breaking to see family's when they find out loved ones aren't coming back, it may sound strange but at least they found him, and his family has closer, nothing is more heart breaking then not knowing what happened. My heart and prayers are with is family my he rest in peace.

Richard

Merry Christmas Everybody.

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Love,
Teeps, gNat, Kazoo, Buzz, & Pez

just showing off my baby:)

well, not that anybody has been dying to know if we had our baby yet...but we did. I am so completely in love with this little girl that I am just showing her off to anybody I can...whether they want me to or not:)
Alexia Kay Olson was born November 19th, weighing in at 7lbs 2oz. and 21 inches long. she is absolutley adorable and we all love her to death. one of my hubby's co-workers took pics for us at the hospital...she is 6 hours old in the picture...and just cuter now!!:) gosh! who knew I would turn into such a sap when I had a daughter!!!

Remembering Shawn Stoddard

I just heard about Shawn a few minutes ago. Here is a couple links of stories about him. He was an amazing guy, and if anyone knows if we can do something for his family, please post.

http://www.kidk.com/news/11221501.html

http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?s=7316015

Suzanne Galbraith Templeman

Hi everyone, this is Suzanne Templeman, formerly Galbraith. I am glad that I finally got a chance to contribute to the class blog. By way of update, after returning home from Russia (missing our high school graduation - a sad day for me) I attended Ricks college for a year and married Greg Templeman from Toronto, Canada. Shortly after we were married, we moved up to Toronto and where I continued my degree and Greg finished his. We then moved to Provo so that I could finish my degree in Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language and we had Emma, who is now six. Shortly after I graduated, we moved to Oregon for Greg to continue his schooling and had another girl, AnnaBeth, now 4. After Greg finished his MBA we were relocated to upstate NewYork, where we currently reside. We have since had two more girls, Lydia 2, Nadia 6 mo. As a result, Greg has taken a greater interest in figure skating rather than hockey. We love the four seasons here. We get tons of lake effect snow, love the four distinct seasons and the rolling hills. We live close to Palmyra, are in the Palmyra ward, and live 20 minutes from the church sites. We have hosted friends and family many times and if you are ever in the area, please look us up.

I would not have missed the reunion for anything except a new born baby, which was the case - a fair excuse to miss a Digger reunion. I hope we have another one so that I can attend and catch up with everyone. As much as I love New York, Greg and I are buying land in Driggs so my dream of being back in Idaho might one day be a reality. If not, at least we'll have access to some great skiing when we visit!

Here is my address:

3228 Woods Edge
Walworth, NY 14568

Dixie (Vistercil), Trevor, Trustin, and Aleynah Bazil

Well, I finally got around to posting a blog. It was so good to be able to look through the blogs and see everyone's families and how everyone has changed. Well, a little about me, I graduated from Ricks, (as it will always be known to me) in 1999. I then moved to Pocatello where I met my husband Trevor. He was going to school at ISU. He is from Rigby. He graduated with his bachelors in art and secondary ed. We then moved to Boise where he did a year of grad school at BSU and I worked at a daycare to help him get through school. Then one very amazing day he got a letter in the mail saying that he got accepted to BYU-Provo. So we packed up and moved to Provo. He got his master of fine arts from there. While he was in school we had our son Trustin. He is now 2 1/2. He is currently going through the terrible twos. Ha, Ha. Then this last year we had our daughter Aleynah. She is all girl and just a very good girl. We are currently living in Caliente, Nevada where Trevor is an art teacher at C.O. Bastian High School which is inside of a juvenile detention center. I am currently just a stay at home mom and loving every minute of it. Well, that's a short story of my life. Hope all is well with all of you and your families. Till we meet again!

Be in Touch...

Hey Yous Guys,

I was just hoping that if any of you have your own personal blogs you could throw your addresses up on our class blog so we can keep in touch better!

-tjt

Howdy

Hello Everyone,

This is Karl, Natalie, and Calvin Mortensen.

We've just left Boston for Syracuse, NY, and are enjoying it. I guess a brief history would be in order:

1998-2000 Mission, South Africa Cape Town
2002 Graduated Ricks College, Electrical Engineering
2002 Met Natalie at BYU (a couple of weeks after she met me :-)
2003 Married Natalie in the D.C. Temple
2004 Graduated BYU, Electrical Engineering
2004 Went to Boston to work in embedded software for a defense contractor, Sudbury MA
2004 Bought an atrocious fix-r-upper, Marlborough MA
2006 Calvin Joshua Mortensen born, Framingham MA
2007 Finished fixing up the now-lovely home, just in time to move, Marlborough MA
2007 Went to Syracuse to work in software at a not-for-profit defense corp, Syracuse NY
2007 Nov-Dev Our second son will be born. Anybody have any good names?

I guess we figured we'd start on the East Coast, and slowly make our way back to the Rockies. :-) If anyone comes out this way, don't hesitate to say hello.

So that's it in a nutshell. If you want pictures, there are a whole bunch at kmort.smugmug.com, but I don't know how long they will stay up there. So take a look. It's pretty easy to get a hold of me at kmortd spam at gmail spam dot com. Just take out the spaces and the words "spam", and you've got it.


Later!
K/\/\ort D




Calvin conquering the Goldfish box for the first time. It was cute then.