Aloha from Smiley!

Aloha from Oahu, Hawaii! This is "Smiley" or Sophie

1995-Went back to Rick's College (It'll always be called this in my mind) Met my hubby, Kelly, two weeks after school started. We worked in the cafeteria together everyday and talked the entire time about the people we were dating, studies, friends, family, etc. but I never considered seriously dating him because he was "just a friend" and I was dating two other guys at the same time. :) Well "Mickey" my roomie, kept trying to get me to consider dating him because he was (and is) such a sweetheart. I finally consented to go on a date with him when we were both in Salt Lake for the weekend. We went Ballroom dancing with his parents--quite a start. Long story short, we were married 11 months after we first met. We just celebrated our 12th anniversary. And they lived happily ever after...
1996-Finished at Rick's, went to Weber State in Ogden, son Elijah "Eli" was born 5 weeks early right after finals...
1997-1999-More Weber State
1999-2003--Case Western Reserve Dental School in Cleveland, OH (my hubby) I worked and took care of our kids Eli and Noah (born in April 2001).
2003-2004--Military payback for school scholarship, Residency in Colorado Springs,CO
2004-Nov., Daughter Eva Sophia born, moved to Germany after 6 Weeks!
2004-2006--lived in Wurzburg, Germany for 18months, toured all over Europe. That was an awesome experience, I can't wait to get back there. We're hoping to go to Vicenza, Italy in 2011 for another military tour of duty.
2006-Present--Oahu, Hawaii. We Love, love, love it here. It's definitely a nice place for the kids to grow and enjoy the outdoors. We're saving on travel--the beach is free! If anyone needs a vacation and a place to crash, we're here!
Hubby is in IRAQ, currently on deployment until November--yeah, it sucks.
2009--We'll be heading to Louisville, KY for Orthodontics residency until 2011.

My blog is Johnson Ohana, I'm still working on it.

COMING HOME FOR A VISIT!!!

Hey ladies. My husband - the best guy in the world - has worked it out so that I can come home for a visit. Since we don't have the benefit of a yearly trip home in our package from the company we originally thought we would just stay the whole time here in Australia. However, I think that he wants to keep me happy for the next year and a half so he has figured it all out. He is going to work from home for three weeks so he can get the two older kids to school and stuff. The baby, Rylee, is coming with me. I am so excited. I will be in Utah Oct 2-21. I was just wondering if anyone in Utah wanted to get together and do lunch or something since I missed the Oakcrest reunion. Let me know!!

Howdy from the great state of TX! Like Fuzzball, this is my first-ever blog. I have a myspace page but only so I can keep tabs on the YW in our ward. Think I'll take a page out of Cascade's book and do a year-by-year update of life after Oakcrest.

1995-You might remember that I had my mission call by the middle of the summer and was in the MTC just after Labor Day, on my way to Marilia, Brazil. So that's where I was for all of 1996 as well. I have to say that experience was the foundation of everything else to come.

1997-Returned from Brazil in March and within a week, had already had my first date with Christian, the handsome guy pictured as Mr. Incredible here. (This was at a ward "Fall Festival" in 2006.) Since I had was at USU and he was at the U, we did a lot of long-distance dating, which was fine since we grew up only 2 blocks from each other. We were engaged by Father's Day and married 2 days after Christmas.

1998-Student taught at Skyline HS and then started teaching math at Kennedy JHS.

1999-Chris was accepted to Baylor Law School in Waco, TX, so I got a job teaching at a great 3A high school there. Despite anything you may have heard about Branch Davidians, Waco is a great place. We loved our 3 1/2 years there as he earned his JD and MBA.

2000-2001-Got involved as a sponsor of the student council, which led to lots of conventions and after school fun such as planning Homecoming and Red Ribbon Week.

2002-Our daughter was born. I only had to finish out 7 weeks as a working mom. We headed to Dallas and Houston for summer law clerk positions.

2003-Chris graduated, passed the bar, and we moved to the Dallas area. Our first son was born 5 days before we moved into our brand-new home. If you're ever traveling I-30 through Dallas, you'll pass within a mile of our house.

2004-We settled into our current life, learning about the ups and downs of homeownership. I served as the HFPE leader, which enabled me to quickly get acquainted with people at church.

2005-Same old thing....except now I'm in the RS presidency over HFPE. Had fun doing Joy School for my daughter and other preschoolers in the ward.

2006-Second son was born and I get called to Primary. What a blast! Chris got a new job as in-house counsel at a regional bank headquartered in Dallas.

2007-I question the wisdom of our bishop in calling me to be YW President. It consumes my life. A definite love-hate calling. It was a blast to go to Girls Camp and I caught myself thinking frequently about Oakcrest. Did the Joy School thing again for son #1.

2008-Here we are. Adore my family, hate the housework. Love spring and fall in Texas, loathe these humid, triple-digit days of summer. It only snows about once a year, which is fine. Hate the ice storms, though. Enjoy jog/walking with the boys after we do the daily school carpool. Lately we spend a lot of time at the neighborhood pool, which is where we're headed in 6 1/2 hours, so I'd better get some sleep.

--Jen "Indigo"

This is for you, Ace

I found my picture of Ace imitating a very memorable camp "incident". Ahh, good times.

On a side note, I LOVE being a stay-at-home Mom, but there are days when this picture pretty much sums up how I'm feeling. Ha Ha

Wow! It is great to hear about everyone and see pictures! I guess we’ve all grown up, I am happy to be in company of such great women!

It's me Ace aka: Emily Gilman Roberts.

Quick update on me. I served a mission from 96-98 in Honduras, Tegucigalpa. Came home, met and married Brad Roberts in 1999. Had first child Benjamin and graduated from BYU in 2000. Worked as a Nursing Home Administrator for 4 years during which Jacob (2001), Audrey (2003), and Eric(2005) were born and Brad graduated(2004).
I then began my life as a stay at home mom. We moved to Amarillo, Texas in 2006 where Brad works as a network administrator for a hospital here. Since we arrived here we have added Stephen (2006) and Samuel (2007) to the mix. They are Irish twins being born just 364 days apart.
So that is mostly what I have been up to. I’m tempted to try and get pregnant before the end of 2008 just to have been pregnant in every year since 1999 making it a full 10 years, but I think I may need a break! For those of you who are counting, yes, that's 5 boys and 1 girl. We love life and enjoy raising our kids here in Texas. We’re right on I-40 if anyone is ever traveling through!

Most recent family picture from Ben's Baptism last month

Back: Brad, Stephen(19 mo), Emily and Samuel(7 mo)

Front: Eric(4), Audrey(5), Ben(8), Jacob(6)

Fuzz Ball's first post ever!

Although I taught computer classes and love reading other people's blogs, I've never contributed before. Hope this works.

Here's Fuzz Ball's last 13 years--the Reader's Digest Version

In 1996 I went on a mission to Albania (for 10 months after leaving the MTC and before getting evacuated) and then finished in Scotland. I came home and finished my degree in secondary education at USU--business and marketing education. I moved home and student taught at Alta High, then was hired to teach at Bountiful High for the graduating class of 2000.

About the time I got hired I met Rich. We dated all that school year and got married in June of 2000. Rich had been married before and has a son, Hans, by that marriage. (Hans just turned 12 this May.) We built a house in Stansbury Park and moved in the Fall after we were married. I taught at Bountiful for 4 more years (5 years total) ---Elly was born in June of 2002 (she's now 6), then our daughter Hope was born in July 2004 (she just turned 4).

Starting the Fall of 2004 I was hired to teaching for Tooele District...trying to simplify things since we live in that district. I taught for them for 2 years, and have now been at home for the past 2 years keeping busy as a Mom and in our ward & neighborhood. It's amazing how busy that can keep us, isn't it?

I'm expecting another little girl September 21st--only 8 more weeks! My husband works for Dugway Proving Grounds. He's a contractor and works with Chemical Agents. He loves his job...about an 80 minute commute from here into the desert.

ZAZU's in the HOUSE!!

Zack, KayLeigh and Ben.

Adam and Tennille in London.

My kids: Ben, Zack and McKayLeigh


Me (Zazu) with KayLeigh and Zack.


Okay...is that old-school or what?! Anyway...I am so glad to get in touch with everyone again. This is Tennille Anderson...aka ZAZU! I have been wanting the music to the camp songs for FOREVER so this should be a great way to get it. So, if anyone wants to help me out with this, I will pay handsomely for the new songbook and cd's...okay...I won't pay HANDSOMELY, but I would pay you for it.

Now...here is the rundown of my life after Oakcrest.

After Oakcrest, I went back to SLCC and graduated with my Associate's Degree in Cosmetology and Barbering in 1996. I then started working at a salon in the Kearns/Taylorsville area.

In 1997 I toyed with the idea of going on a mission since I had just turned 21 and although I was kind-of engaged to my boyfriend at the time, I really didn't feel right about marrying him. The Lord kept putting mission in my mind, so I finally turned my papers in and served a mission in Resistencia, Argentina. (Vaveeka and I were actually at the MTC together...I wonder if she remembers.)

I returned home from Argentina May 1999. At the airport was my former boyfriend and a boy, named Adam, that I knew in highschool that I hadn't seen for about 5 years. The following week I dated both of them and it was like night and day. Jake and I never spoke to each other again, basically, and I was engaged by the 25th of May that month to Adam. We were married in the Bountiful Temple Aug. 6th 1999. In October of that same year, he entered Boot Camp for the USAF. And in Jan. 2000, we arrived at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, GA.

We were in GA for 3 years. Our eldest son, Benjamin, was born in December 2000. In 2003, we left for England. My husband was stationed at RAF Molesworth. It was a small base about 1 hour north of London and about 20 minutes west of Cambridge. We were in England 4 1/2 years. Our next son, Zachary, was born in 2004 and our daughter, McKayLeigh, was born in 2006 while we were there. We had a wonderful time there and saw many of the sites...some more than once. I think we went to Stonehenge about 6 times.

In Aug. 2007 we moved back to the states and are now in Florida. My husband is now stationed at Hurlburt Field. It is in the Fort Walton Beach area. We live about 45 minutes away in Milton, FL. At the time it was a great money saver. We wanted to buy a house instead of renting again and there was NOTHING in our price range big enough for our family right on the beach there. But now we are paying for it in gas prices. Oh well...we love it here. We are still not in the WEST like we want to be...you know...closer to family and friends. But we are more west than Georgia. So...little by little we will get there. So, that is us up til now. I still keep up my haircutting skills by doing a few haircuts here and there. But my time is spent mostly on my family now. I have been really lucky to be a stay at home mom. I am slowly scrapbooking all the many pictures I've taken. Someday I hope to be caught up. But all in all....it's been a good life thus far!!