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.