Justin Hegsted

After high school, I went to Ricks for a semester and then on a mission to Mexico City East. I returned in 2001 and moved to Salt Lake with the intention of going to school at LDS Business College (a good reason to get out of Idaho) and transfer to the University of Utah. I met my wife at LDSBC that summer before my first semester. Andrea and I were married in the Denver temple on December 28, 2001 (she is from Colorado Springs). In 2002, we transferred to Rexburg to finish my degree at BYU-Idaho. I graduated in 2005 in Business Management. Along the way, we had 2 boys and a little girl (ages 4,3, and 1). We moved into our current home in Idaho Falls the same week I graduated. Currently, I work with our family business, Challenger Pallet & Supply, and help to manage the operations at our 3 facilities in Idaho, Utah, and Montana.

June 28th

Thanks to all who voted. The winning day is June 28th! That's the Saturday before the 4th of July. We hope you can all make it. It should be a blast! Keep checking back for reunion and classmate updates.

We posted a slide show at the bottom of the page. Make sure to check it out.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
The Reunion Committee

Wayne Weber

Well, after high school I went on a mission. After my mission I went to BYU-I to finish my wielding degree and pursue law enforcement. I went to ISU and graduated in law enforcement and now work for Discover Card in Utah. I have a wonder girlfriend that I love. That is about all I've been doing with my live after high school.

Brian Thomas

Wow, 10years and here I am still in school. After Graduation I went to Utah State for a year. Then I left on a mission for two years to New Jersey. After arriving home I went back to school at Utah State studying biology. I met my wife Elizabeth Gill during my first year at USU and we were friends from then on. About a year after my mission I was finally brave enough to ask her out. We were married about 6months later (Dec 2002) in the IF temple. The next summer we went to Haiti to work in orphanages. There we both developed a great love for the kids we cared for, and a real appreciation for electricity and running water. When I finally graduated from USU 2005 I moved on to medical school at Dartmouth and we've been living here in New Hampshire for the last 2 ½ years. Our 18month old daughter Callie was born at the end of my first year of med school. We are expecting our second (a boy) in mid January. I just have 1 ½ years left in medical school and then we’ll go somewhere else for residency in orthopedic surgery, or pathology, or whatever I finally decide on.

Josiah Bigelow

Since Ty Hall was the first guy to post, the pressure is off. What is up ! Life is good. After graduating which was a miracle in and of itself..... no thanks to Mr. Abraham. I served a mission in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. It was amazing ! I loved those little brown people. But like many good things that ended. I decided to build homes for a living. It's pretty cool I guess. I've attached a link of all the homes I have available for those of you who want so desperately to move back to Rigby. I'm totally kidding. So one day I went up to BYU-I to find a wife, and there she was. Standing on about the fifty yard line during an outdoor concert. What a beauty, somehow between July and December of 2002 I convinced Miss Angie Powell from Boise to marry me. I tend to think it was more trickery than convincing. Regardless she is the coolest girl ever, and the light of my life. I know mushy. We lived in the large town of Iona for three years were our little Braxton was born. He is a wild man, I have no idea were he gets it, he is three so I guess he's entitled. Finally after missing Rigby so much we made the eight mile move were we currently live. It's great to be back. New house so new baby right. In March little Mr. Dawson was born. I call him Ball because he has such a roly poly appearance and a Huge head. Also we are expecting another due around the end of July. We're so excited, if I'm not at the reunion then we'll probably be at the hospital. We love being parents and our two little men. We also love long walks on the beach, 80's love songs, sunsets... wait a minute this sounds like a desperate personal ad. For the record I have never placed one..... We do enjoy traveling, eating, scrabble, and just kickin it with family and friends. Were excited for the reunion. Take care

Stephenie Bennett Markham

After Graduation I went to Byu-Idaho Majoring in Elementary Education.I had the opportunity to go to Washington state twice to do part of my schooling. The first time I went and lived on Vashon Island and taught in Tacoma. A few years later I went back to Washington to do my student teaching, and taught in the same school district. I love Washington! I graduated with my Bachelors in April 2005. I met my husband Robin Markham while I was doing my student teaching. We were married in the Salt Lake City Temple August 18, 2005. I moved back to Washington and substitute for a year. August 11,2006 we had our little girl Kenidee Luana. She is now 15 months old and BUSY! We moved to Rexburg in April, for Robin to go to school. I now stay home with Kenidee and design wedding albums from home. I love being able to be home and work. I can't wait to see what everyone has been up to.

Amy Harris

Wow! It’s hard to believe that ten years have come and gone! After high school, I moved to Arizona to live with my sister for a summer, and then returned to Logan, UT and attended Utah State. I kept myself on a strict, fast-paced 7 year program! In that time, however, I served an LDS mission in Chicago. After coming home, I returned to Utah State and began attending an institute class from my mission president where I met my husband, Steve. Yes, we did serve in the same mission, but did not “meet” in the mission! We got married that summer and moved to Montana for a while to work. We returned in the fall to Utah State, when it really set in that my husband only had one semester of school done! Long road ahead! I graduated from there in 2005, and we then transferred to BYU-I for Steve to finish. He graduated April of 2007, and this past summer we moved to Salt Lake for him to attend law school at the “U.” So, in this long road, we now fall somewhere in the middle! I am currently working in Park City for Rossignol/Dynastar, and loving the mountains! We’re not sure on where we want to end up, Steve says Idaho, and I tell him he’s crazy! Let’s just say he’s converted to the west coast after growing up in New York.

Josh Blackson

Hi everyone, After High School I went to Ricks for a year then on a mission to Londrina, Brazil. After my mission I met my wife, Elena, at BYU-Idaho. We were married May 10, 2002 in the Idaho Falls Temple. We then went to ISU where I graduated with an accounting and finance degrees. We now live in Medford, Oregon where I work for Lithia Motors as an internal auditor. We have two boys, Calvin age 4 and Kyle age 1.

Beau Smith and Colette Hendricks

" After High School Colette went to Ricks, and Beau went on his mission to the England Birmingham Mission. We were married June 15 2001, just 2 months after Beau returned from his mission. In the following years Colette worked at Meleluca, while Beau Managed the Rigby Radio Shack, and went to school. at BYU-I. Our first son Nate was born July 9th 2003. In December, of 2006 Colette was able to quit her job at Meleluca, and become a stay-at-home-mom, as our second son, Tyler was born Dec 15 2006. His big brother calls him 'sniffy' we asked him why, and Nate said "cause that's his name", and that just kind of stuck. So we have Natedwg and Sniffy, and they are the coolest kids. In March of 2007 Beau became an Agent for American Family Insurance, and we have moved to Pocatello. Everything is going Great. "

Desiree Radford Heath

Wow, after growing up together, and then not seeing each other for ten years, it’s so much fun to see where everyone has ended up! Your lives are so exciting and your families are beautiful! After high school, I moved to California and went to San Diego State University, majoring in Biology. I loved every second of it, San Diego is a beautiful city, with so many things to do, and the people are amazing! When I came home at Christmas to visit, someone set me up on a blind date with a guy named Chad, from Blackfoot. We dated (long distance) for a year, and then got married in January of 2000. I graduated from SDSU in 2002 with a BS in Biology. A couple of years later we moved back to Idaho so Chad could finish his degree at BYU-I. We live in Idaho Falls now with our three beautiful boys: Joey (4), Benji (2), and Luke (1). We love our home and neighbors and are really happy here… (secretly we would love to move back to San Diego someday though!) We run a couple of different businesses, MusiciansStorehouse.com, selling musical instruments online, and NetmarkEssentials.com, an internet marketing company. My husband calls me “the temp”. I pretty much do whatever needs to be done, bookkeeping, website stuff, customer service, in between changing diapers and cleaning up after my little rascals.
Hope you’re all doing well! Can’t wait to see you at the reunion!

Jayne Ann Willits Thayn

10 years goes by fast when your having fun!! After Graduation, I attended ISU, and after that I got married to a wonderful guy in the Boise Temple. Erin and I then moved to Oregon where he owns his own business. We have two kids. A boy and a girl. Aubrey and Jaden are such great kids! And I am so lucky to stay at home with them. And about a year ago, we built a new house, and we LOVE it! We absolutely love it here in Oregon! It is a wonderful place!

Jessica Briscoe Jones

After I graduated I worked in Alaska at a fish processing plant for the summer and then went to Ricks College. I graduated from there April 2000 with an Associates in Elementary Education. From there I went directly to Utah to work on my residency so I could go to Utah State. I went there for a year until I served a mission in Denver CO May 2001- Nov 2002. While in the MTC I made friends with Eric Jones and we wrote our whole missions then we dated when he got back. We got married in the Idaho Falls Temple on December 27, 2003. I was able to get my BS in ELED finished before we got married! We have been living in Springville (just south of Provo) while Eric goes to BYU. He got his BS in Civil Engineering in April and now is working on his MS. I've been substitute teaching in Provo and Nebo school districts.

Check out my Slide Show!

Adam Hall

10 years? Are you kidding? It's crazy to believe it has been that long! After graduation, I got married and moved to Utah so my wife, Amber, could finish school. While I worked on my Bachelor's, my wife ran her own massage therapy business in Park City doing massage on a lot of athletes training for the olympics that came to Salt Lake City. I worked at Blockbuster during school as a district trainer for the Salt Lake Valley, but upon completing my degree in Economics, I was recruited by Best Buy to be a manager for the store in American Fork. My wife and I bought our first home in Lehi, UT two years ago and finally adopted our first child in August. We have decided that we really miss the small town and have purchased some land in Rigby. We hope to be up there within the next year.Can't wait to see everyone from the class of '98. Go Trojans!

Reunion News

Remember our senior class president! Kambria has upheld her duty as Senior class president to head the reunion committee. Thank you! Many of our class mates have volunteered and are helping plan the events and find our lost classmates. Thank you! The committee held a meeting and would like to know what day you want the reunion. Please vote on the poll at the bottom of the page. They decided to hold two events for the reunion. During the day, there will be a "bring your own picnic" at (hopefully) the same park we had our Senior Picnic. They are going to try to get a bounce house and bounce obstacle course. It should be a fun and relaxing event for everyone.

That evening, there will be an event at a hotel. The details of the event will come soon! Some ideas include watching the old senior slide show and a new slide show of the pictures people have sent for the blog. We will let you know as the details are worked out.

The reunion Committee

Ty Hall

After graduating, I spent one semester at Ricks College and then served an LDS mission in Memdoza, Argentina. When I came home, I worked on the farm and went back to school at BYU-Idaho where I graduated with a Bahelors in Business Management in April of 2006. I married Amanda South in November 2004 and we have two children. Our son, Carter is almost two and our daugther Madilyn is almost 6 months. We also have a dog, Jack. We live in Rigby where I work with my family on the dairy.

1998 Fashback

Remember Savage Garden - 'Truly Madly Deeply' ? Or how about Tim McGraw - "Just To See You Smile"? Here are a few statistics from our graduating year. Titanic becomes the highest-grossing film of all time, raking in more than $580 million domestically. The Athena probe finds frozen water on moon. Scientists say ice crystals mixed with soil could provide fuel for rockets exploring solar system (Mar. 5). NBC agrees to fork over $13 million an episode for the next three years for broadcast rights to the top-rated series ER. The total dollar figure, $850 million, eclipses any price ever paid for a television show. Legendary crooner Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack at age 82. An estimated 76 million viewers watch the last episode of Seinfeld. Super Bowl Denver d. Green Bay (31-24). NBA Championship Chicago d. Utah (4-2). Federal spending: $1675.88 billion. Federal debt: $5750.4 billion. The cost of a first-class stamp: $0.32. President: William J. Clinton Vice President: Albert Gore, Jr. Population: 270,298,524. President accused in White House sex scandal; denies allegations of affair with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. Life sentence meted out to Terry Nichols, convicted in Oklahoma City bombing fatal to 168 . Iraq ends cooperation with UN arms inspectors (Aug. 5). Clinton orders air strikes (Dec. 16–19). US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed (Aug. 7). US cruise missiles hit suspected terrorist bases in Sudan and Afghanistan. Gasoline in 1998 sold for $1.03 per gallon.

Last year 2006, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) was the top grossing movie at $423,032,628. President: George W. Bush Vice President: Richard Cheney Population: 300 million. Super Bowl Pittsburgh d. Seattle (21–10). NBA Championship Dallas d. Phoenix (4–2). Record of the Year: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Green Day. Album of the Year: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2. Song of the Year: "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2. In the first Space Shuttle flight since Columbia's 2003 explosion, Discovery delivers supplies to the International Space Station and conducts three spacewalks. Deaths in 2006 include: Saddam Hussein, Steve Irwin, and James Brown. The cost of a stamp 39 cents, it's now 41 cents. Regular gasoline prices were averaging $3.036/gallon across the U.S. in August, 2006, slightly below the post-Katrina peak of $3.057. The US federal debt exceeds $8 trillion; the value of our entire national output of goods and services (GDP) in 2004 was only $12 trillion.

Advertising

We are going to put ads on our blog, which should bring in some revenue. All proceeds from the ads will be donated to our reunion fund. We are still working on a date and place for the reunion, we will keep you posted as the details get worked out. Please keep sending us any information you know about our classmates to rigbyreunion98@gmail.com. Keep sending pictures and summaries of what you've done since high school, we love all the updates!

Thanks,

The reunion committee

PS We can now add videos to the blog

Kristy Calkins

I've just decided that 10 years flies by far too fast! But, I am SO looking forward to the reunion next year. Let's see...me. After graduation I went to Ricks for a little over 2 years then took a break to serve a mission. I spent an amazing 18 months in Melbourne Australia (which is my second home), then returned to BUI-Idaho to finish my Associates degree. Once that was accomplished I moved to Boise (which is where my family moved back in '98) to attend ISU-Boise in their Speech Pathology program. I got really sick and had to drop out of school, but then I found the best job ever at Micron Technology. I have been there for 2 1/2 years and just got a promotion on Tuesday!!! Yes, I am very excited about that. A few months ago I enrolled in a school called "LongRidgeWritersGroup" where I work with a nationally published author (Mary Rosenblum). I am currently pursuing my lifelong dream to become a published author. More about that later. I have the CUTEST niece and nephews and believe me, I am the auntie that spoils them to death. I'm sure their parents love it. I'm just lovin' life to the fullest and narrowing down my list of "Things to do before I die." And, yes....life is fun!

Alynn Beesley Becraft

Has it really been ten years? I guess time flies when you're having fun! After we graduated I attended Ricks College for a year where I met my hubby Todd. We were married May 28, 1999 (exactly one year after graduation) in the Idaho Falls temple. We moved to Ogden, Utah where I finished my degree in interior design at Weber State University. We bought our first house in Rigby and lived there for four years. My two oldest kids were born there, Elizabeth Grace who is 6, and Caroline Jo who is 3. Todd was offered an opportunity to spend one summer in Puerto Rico for his job, so we enjoyed the surf and the sun in the summer of 2004. When we come back, we moved to Plain City, Utah. We loved it there, but Todd was offered a promotion a year ago, so we packed up again and moved to Federal Way, Washington where we live now. Our son, Louis was born 2 months ago, and I love staying home and playing with my kids all day. We love spending time at the beach, swimming, hanging out with our great friends here, and riding our motorcycle. Life is good, and I look forward to seeing you next summer!

Michelle Allred

It was great to see all the pictures of everyone from over the past 10years. I am currently living in Maryville Tennessee where I received my BA in Psychology, worked for a few years in social work, decided that was not for me, and now am in school again for occupational therapy. I will graduate in May of 2008! I got married this past December to a wonderful guy named Mark. He works for this huge car part manufacturing plant called Denso. No kids yet, but planning to have one or two after I am out of school. Here's a few pictures, hope y'all enjoy! (yes I have picked up some of the southern accent, I've been here for 9 years now!)

Kari Inskeep Parrish

After high school I live in Jackson Hole for the summer, then to Ricks where I graduated with my Associates in General Health and Education. I moved to Utah after that and met my husband Jared we got married October 20, 2001 in Logan, UT. We've lived in Provo, Utah for three years while my husband finished his undergrad at BYU in Public Health, then Hawaii for two years while he got his Masters in Epidemiology at UH. After Graduation Jared received a three-year fellowship with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), that requires us to live in Atlanta, GA for a year and two years anywhere in the US. We picked Anchorage for the adventure and so I can finish my Bachelors in Rec. Management and Outdoor Leadership at UAA. Snow here we come! Kari Inskeep Parrish

Nicole Holm Palmer

Well, here's a little update on what I've been doing since HS. After graduation I went to Ricks for 2 years and got my associates degree. After that, I went to Utah State and graduated with my bachelor's in 2002. That summer I married my husband Jon, (who I met at Ricks) and we lived in Logan for a few months. In the fall of 2003, we moved to Washington state, and he started law school. I worked as a marketing rep for a surgical company in Seattle for 2 years,until I had Ellie in April of '05. I've been a stay at home mom ever since. Jon graduated in '06, and he accepted a position at a law firm in Logan, UT, so we have been living here for about a year. We really like living in Logan, it is in between both of our families, and it's small, but not too small!! Ellie is two and she is so much fun. She is a little chatterbox, and keeps me laughing most of the time. She loves animals and playing "mom" with her babies. I am due any day with our second baby (a boy) so we are really excited for him to get here and join our family.

Please send emails to us

We are trying to find everyone. If you haven't already, please email your address to rigbyreunion98@gmail.com so we can have your email and address on file. If you have any information on other members of our class please forward them to the above email address. We don't want to leave anyone out. We would also love to get your bio and pictures to post. It's been fun to see what's happened to everyone in the last 10 years.

Thank you,

Reunion Committee

Amy Sterzer Hancock

WOW! What have I been doing for the last ten years? I graduated from BYU-I with a bachelors in Nursing. I married Aaron Hancock from Menan, and we now have two little boys, Carson and Tanner. Of course every mom would say this, but they are the most beautiful boys in the world!! We built a house in Shelley, then moved in 2005 to Corvalis, Oregon. We lived there for about 2 years, then moved to Clinton, Ut. Aaron is a wires operation manager for Rocky Mountain Power, and I work part-time as an Emergency Room Nurse. It's an insane job, but I love it. I only work 3-4 times a month, so it's perfect with my little ones. I still get to be home with them, and I wouldn't miss that for the world. Life is great! I'm excited to see everyone next summer!

Kambria Nelson and Matt Reeves

After high school, Matt went on a mission to McAllen, Texas. During the two years he was gone, I attended Ricks College and got my Associate Degree. He returned home in October of 2000 and we were married February 23, 2001.Matt played football for Ricks College the last year they offered intercollegiate sports. Our daughter, MaKyra was born in December of 2001. Since then we have had two more children: Gabriel (Gabe), 3; and Parker, 1. We live in Rexburg where Matt is finishing up his undergrad at BYU-Idaho. He will be graduating in Health Science this year. I stay at home with my kids. It is a lot of fun and keeps me really busy. We are really excited about the reunion next year and hope to see you all again.

LeeAnn Czeip Moss

O.K what I've been up to the past 10 years. After HS I went to BYU-I for a semester. Cris and I were married in January 2, 1999 in the Idaho Falls, Idaho temple. We then moved to Blackfoot and were there for about 2 years. Cris then got a job for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad as a conductor,( he is now an engineer) so we moved to Winslow Arizona. And we've been here for 6 1/2 years. We have four kids, Kennedy is 7, Kaden is 6, Jocelyn is 3, and Cole is 1. They keep me really busy, and I love being a stay at home mom. It will be fun to see how everyone is doing.

Angie Miller Wyatt

Hey everyone! It's so fun to see what you all have been up to! Here's what I've been doing. After HS graduation I attended Ricks College and also did a study abroad in Jerusalem for a semester. I graduated as a Registered Nurse in 2000. I then moved to Provo and worked at UVRMC. I met my husband there on a blind date and we were married in the IF temple in 2002. We lived in Pocatello for a year and in Omaha for 3 years while my husband went to dental school. I worked at Portneuf Medical center and Bergan Mercy hospital and now enjoying being a full time mom. We have two little girls. McKenna Jo is 3 1/2 and Ava Lynn is 18 months. We just moved to Twin Falls this summer and are excited to settle down and be close to family again.