Friday, August 13, 2010

Kacey Frederickson Hamilton 98-00

After Ricks, I came home to Spokane and married my high school sweetheart. I had my first baby, then finished my degree in Elementary Education at Eastern Washington University. We now have four children, Carter (7), Sydney (5), Derek (2), and Olivia (1). I have stayed close to home, we live just north of where I grew up on Long Lake. Skiing is our favorite past-time! I can't think of anything better than spending the day on the boat with my family!


We had a great time at the reunion and wish we could have seen more of you there!

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Hailey Cooper Schild 97-99

After the unforgettable years I spent with all of you at Ricks, I continued on and cheered at BYU. I have such great memories of my college days intertwined with crazy cheer experiences, and I loved every minute of it! I met my husband, Steve, and we were married the following year. Then we headed to Idaho State University where I finished my degree in Dental Hygiene. We spent our first 3 years together in Idaho and have lived in Mesa, AZ for the last 7 years. We have three beautiful daughters, and our fourth girl will be arriving at the end of September! Rylee (7), Mikelle (5), Kendall (2) and still undecided on this next one... any advice? Thanks to all of you who worked so hard to put this reunion together. I'm sure it was great to see everyone!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Stephanie DuBois Simmons 86-88

Since Ricks/BYU-idaho I went on to cheer at BYU for a few years then marriedand moved to Miami, Florida for Medical School, then Orlando, San Diego California for 4 years, East Tennesseefor 5 years and currently live in Ogden Utah of all places- Would love to meet up with you Queen Shelley!Always have admired your ambition and tenacity!Stephanie Du Bois Simmons1986-88 (on first "official" spirit team-whoa...I am a way old timer : ) )

Desiree Watkins Lewis 88-00

After Ricks College (1988-1990), I served my mission in Brazil, then married my cute husband after meeting in the singles ward in Salt Lake. We've been married 13 years, and have 4 wonderful children. Makenna 12, Kayson 8, Kallen 5, and Markelle 3.
My husband, Craig still plays a little ball (he played basketball for Ricks then BYU), and keeps busy with being the kids' coaches and working with the Young Men in the ward.
I play tennis when I can, still play the flute, and work in the Primary Presidency in our ward. We live in Draper, Utah. Life is very busy, but wonderful and complete.

Heidi Jo Hutchens Phillips

I currently live in O'Neill, Nebraska with my husband Jeff and our identical twin daughters Emma Lola (4) and Ella Lily (4). Jeff is in the potato business and I quite working outside of the home to be a full time Mom. I graduated from Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, California with a BA in Political Science. We have a home in Victor, Idaho and will be in Idaho during the reunion and plan to attend. I am looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and meeting new friends!

Susy Romney Cotterell 96-98

Clark and I have been married for 10 years and live in Draper, Utah with our four children. Rylee is 8, Kamryn is 6, Cannon is 4 and Ashtyn is 2. After Ricks, I transferred to BYU, got married, graduated in Math Education, and started a wonderful and short career as a high school math teacher and cheer coach for two years. I now stay at home with our family and my husband runs an executive recruiting firm. Life couldn't be better. If all goes according to plan, my six-year old and I will see many of you in Rexburg at the end of the month. Should be lots of fun!

Amy Jo Vest Lee 96-97

After Ricks College, I moved to the Provo area to attend Brigham Young University. I graduated from BYU with a degree in Elementary Education and married my high school sweetheart, Joseph. We have been married 11 years. I taught school in Springville Utah and then Mapleton until I gave birth to my first daughter, Brynn. We then moved to Spokane Washington where my husband attended Gonzaga Law School. After law school, we spent a short time in Utah while he studied for, took and passed(!) the Utah Bar. We then moved to Sacramento California for three years for his work. Most recently, we moved to the city of Oceanside in Northern San Diego County where he works as a Healthcare Administrator. We miss Northern California, but LOVE living so close to the ocean and are enjoying the wonderful weather of Southern California.
We have four children, Brynn, Abby, Aaron and Isaac.
They are delightful little people and we love spending time as a family. Most of my time is spent with them, but I try to get a run in when I can and am currently training for the St. George Marathon this fall....a first for me! We miss the mountains of the Wasatch Front , but we make quite a few trips to Utah each year to visit family and friends. I wish timing would have worked to attend the reunion. It sounds like a wonderful event.

Cami Romero Young 94-96

The missionary many of you heard me talking about during my Ricks days actually became my husband. Mark and I have been married for 13 years and have five children. Braunson and Beaudry (10) Maci and Cooper (7) and Preslie (4). We live in Liberty Lake WA where Mark is a professor at Gonzaga University. I get to stay at home with the kids but in my former life I was a Recreation Therapist for 7 years. In my spare time I love to run and just finished my first marathon. As a family we like to go camping, biking, and swimming.
Looking forward to seeing those who can make it to the cheer reunion.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Final Itinerary

FRIDAY JULY 30th


10 am Heise Hot Springs opens

3 pm - Pink Stilettos concert (inside Heise)


SATURDAY JULY 31st

10:30 am to 11:30 am- Campus Tour (meet in the football stadium parking lot)

11:30 am to 12:30 pm - Lunch (either picnic on campus or your choice of restaurant)

12:30 pm to 2:30 pm - Field Time (at the upper playing fields)
***please come dressed to play/stunt/tumble. You can change in the Hart building if needed.

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm - Banquet (special events room in the Manwaring Center)
***Please come dressed business casual (no jeans but not necessarily ties)


OTHER OPTIONS
Before, after or in between events, here are some ideas to keep you busy.

Rexburg Temple: call (208) 656-0880 to make a reservation


Education Week: you may buy one day passes for $23 or half day passes for $16.

International Folk Dance Festival: begins Saturday night. Opening ceremonies are at 8pm in the football stadium (this event is free).

Bear World open daily visit http://www.yellowstonebearworld.com/

Porter Park, Beaver Dick Park or any other of your favorite spots from Ricks!!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Michelle Schiess Taylor

I am married to John Taylor from Burley Idaho. We have 4 children, 3 daughters; Rylea (16) Kalle (12) Hailey (8) and one son; Kaden (6) We live in Yuba City CA. I have my own business, "Fit for Life Personal Training Center". I am currently serving in the Stake Young Women's Organization.

Lana Workman Cleverly

Adam and I have been married for 17 years .We were set up on a blind date over spring break in 1993 it was love at first site. The rest is history. We moved to Portland in 1993 and Adam finished graduate school which took 4 years. Adam graduated at Western States Chiropractic school in Portland, Oregon. We loved it over there in Portland but wanted to move closer to family. So we moved back to the wonderful (but cold) Idaho Falls. Yes, 17 years!!! Where did the time go? We live in Idaho Falls with our 4 great kids.
Kade is 12 and will be attending Taylorview this year he will be in the 7th grade. He loves to play baseball, football, and loves the HUNT!! Oh, one more thing about Kade, he likes to drive his sister crazy! Thank goodness for big brothers!

Nicole is 10 and loves to sing and play softball and volleyball. She is the peace maker in the family every family wants a "Colie" She is very out going and enjoys baby sitting. She is such a big help with Jace and Ally. She can't wait until she is 12 because then she can wear make-up. YiKes!!! Jace is 6 and will be in first grade, he loves to play on the computer, and loves to play baseball just like his big brother and sister. He enjoys playing games on the computer and the WII. He is the best BIG brother to his little sister who is 16 months. He thinks there might be one more baby brother. We will have to see about that?

Ally is our little angel. She is 16 months and has us all wrapped around her little finger. She has a smile that never quits. She has surprised us all and just started going potty I hope it lasts. No more diaper!!! Colie has been teaching her sign language and it's fun to watch her tell us what she wants. More, please, potty, thank you, cracker, thank you, milk is what she can say in sign language. Her first word was NO! and Ball, What happened to my baby? We are so glad we have her what a blessing she is. Maybe she will be my cheer leader? Adam has his own business. We own Sunnyside Chiropractic he recently got a partner and this allows us to take more time off so they can cover for each other. We took advantage of this and went on our second honey moon . We went to Hong Kong about 6 months ago. My parents served an LDS mission over there, and we went to spend some time with them and got to enjoy the people they worked with. I really enjoyed the time we had over there and can't wait for our next trip. The shopping was fabulous. It was fun to learn about the culture and see how they live and learn about their traditions. It was very interesting. I get to be a full time mom and enjoy being home with the kids. Most of the time! Wow!! Some days are better then others!! We have had a fun summer and enjoy going to the Chuckers baseball games, swimming, and having B-B-Q's with friends. I enjoy helping out at the office once in a while.

I can't wait to read about everybody else and catch up on what all of you have been doing. Take Care. Best of Luck to all.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Deadlines

Deadline for purchasing banquet tickets is
SUNDAY JULY 25th!
I have to call in the order the next morning so don't be late!

Deadline for memories to Natalie is the same day.

No deadline for sending me an update on your family but the sooner the better. Hasn't it been fun to see pictures of people you cheered with? Everyone wants to know where you are and what you are doing. So send me an update at ricksrahrah@yahoo.com

Friday, July 9, 2010

Amy McPhie Decker 95-97


Cache and I have been married 10 years. We have 4 beautiful children, Marae (7), Kaden (4),McKell (2) and Dawson (7 wks).

We live in Leesburg, VA which is 30 miles from Washington DC.Cache is self-employed and works mostly from home. I am also in the home as a stay-at-homer.

Cache is the Executive Secretary our ward and I serve as the Activity Days leader. We usually travel to UT/ID each summer, but unfortunately we can't make it on the reunion days. We look forward to seeing pictures & hearing some fun stories!!

GO BIG BLUE!