Karen (Chesnut) Ford's New Blog

Click here to see the new blog Karen (Chesnut) Ford put together!

More Blogs

Scott Francom and Kenny Newton are the latest to jump on the blogging band wagon. Click on their names to check 'em out.

Mindy (Staker) Johanson

Mindy Staker found us and was kind enough to let us know that she has a blog! Pay her a visit to say hello here.

Sherice (Brown) Angell's Blog

Check out Sherice (Brown) Angell's new blog by clicking here.

Class of '98 Blog

Check out our fellow class of '98-ers blog! It's rockin'!!! Click here to see it!

Crystal (Heward) Skousen Has a Blog!

Check out Crystal's blog by clicking here or on her name on the "Lancer Links" list. If any of you have a blog or family website you would like to share on this site, please email the link to granger97@gmail.com. Thanks!

Heidi (Raddon) Haas Has a Blog!

Hey Everyone! Just wanted to pass along that Heidi (Raddon) Haas sent a link to a blog she just set up. Be sure to check it out here or by clicking on her name on the Lancer Link list! Have a happy Halloween!

Scott Pearson Fires It Up!

I headed to Snow College for a year and found out that it really wasn't for me, however during that time I started to work as an EMT on their volunteer ambulance. I was also set up on a blind date, with a girl named Melanie, we really hit it off and dated for almost a year before we got married in Feb '99. During the summer after college I got a job with Gold Cross Ambulance in Salt Lake and really started to love that. We bought a house in Layton, where my wife is from, I got enrolled in Paramedic School sponsored by Gold Cross.

We found out we were going to have a baby who ended up being a little girl we named Makayla in June '01. I got a part-time job with the Layton Fire Department in March '02-I'm still there. About three years later we had another little girl, Alyssa, in November '04. After 6 1/2 years with Gold Cross I got a Full-time job with West Valley Fire Department in July '05-so I'm right back where I started. In April we had our newest addition a boy, Matthew, and we moved both in the same week! Now we live on the "west-side" of Layton-they don't have a clue how to do it up here! That's me in a nutshell.

Scott Pearson
wvcmedic@hotmail.com

WE REMEMBER!

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Where were you when you found out about the attacks of 9/11? Leave a comment and let us know!

Blog Link Updates!

There have been several links added recently to blogs of our fellow Lancers. Be sure to check them out under "Lancer Links". If you have a family blog or website that you would like to add to this blog, email the link to granger97@gmail.com or leave the link in a comment.

Jared Cornwall Moves to Seattle!

Here's a brief summary of the past 10 years of my life: I slowly made my way through SLCC when I was not too busy snowboarding or Scuba diving. The diving has turned me into a world traveler. I finally got serious about school and ended up graduating from the U of U in Graphic Design. After graduating I moved to Sacramento to chase down a woman. Her name is Nicole, we have been dating for almost 6 years and recently got engaged. Sacramento was fine but... actually, I don't like Sacramento much. Luckily the company I am working for just moved me to the Seattle area. I really like it here.

Jared Cornwall
jared@jkc-grafix.com

Duane Thorup--The Apprentice!

Dear Lancers,

I wanted to tell each of you reading this how my experience with the reunion picnic was. I regret my wife and I were unable to attend the dance and I wanted to be there so much but we had family obligations to attend to. I would like to say that being at the picnic was a little bit of heaven for me. I mean this with all my heart because I experienced joy at being there and being with those who I grew up with going to school. There was no other place I wanted to be at the moment. It was a pleasure to see so many familiar faces and to see so many of you had been doing well with your lives, families and careers. It was good to hear of your experiences since we last met and to know you are well. I was also pleased to hear from those who may have had a rough time since graduation yet were striving to get themselves back on their feet. Prayers are answered. When we left the picnic and saw others leaving I was sad because I knew, for many of us, it would be a long time before we would meet again. I know all of us will meet again someday. I look forward to that time and hope all of you choose to make the best of your lives.

I would like to fill in the large gaps I left behind in my first submission to the blog. Here it goes:

After graduation I went to work in construction with my uncle at the Flying J refinery and at Alliantech (used to be Bacchus and Hercules). There I had it easy in school. The winter of 1999-2000 I submitted paperwork to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Soon I received a call to serve in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mission. I left in the spring of 1998. During the mission I served in Aston, PA; Harrington, Delaware; Pottsville, PA ; West Philadelphia and Roslyn, PA Areas. The experience was life changing, though I regret, I could have been much better prepared for such an undertaking and would have served others far better had I done so. After coming home in the spring of 2000 I went to college at SLCC. I spent a semester in the engineering program and then changed my major to business management and did that for a semester. I also attended the Institute at SLCC. While attending college, I had many good and not so good experiences. I put college on hold in January of 2001 and went to work at a cabinet mill for three months, which was a terribly monotonous and dangerous job( yes, I still have all my fingers). In March I took a job as an apprentice in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration trade. Before I accepted the job, my uncle, who apprised me of the job, told me all about it. He said,"you will be dealing with high pressure gases, deep vacuums,toxic chemicals, caustic chemicals, explosive gases, asphyxiating gases, extreme noise, hot and cold working conditions, cramped spaces, ladders and extreme heights, high voltage electricity and you will get paid well after getting experience.” So I said,"sounds like an adventure to me, where do I sign up?” There are days I wish I had never signed up but I cannot complain that this job has been an adventure in many ways and has kept me in good shape. It was also during this time I decided to attend the Singles Ward and it was there I met my future wife, Chreslie.

Up to that point my dating life after high school had been one frustration after another. I was to a point where I was about ready to give up all together, at least for a long time and just go back to college. While at the singles ward I dated a couple of other girls without any success, during which time I was friends with Chreslie. In June, I decided to take Chreslie out and it was all over from there. I proposed marriage in July and we were married in the Salt Lake Temple on November 1st, 2001. Our weddingday was perfect. We stayed in an apartment in Kearns for a year and then we stayed at her parents home to house sit for them while they served a mission in Chattanooga, TN. During that time we had our first child, Alexandria. I was continuing to work with the same company up until they laid me off in the fall of 2004 while wewere expecting our next two children. I spent the next six weeks trying to find a job in the same trade but with no success. I did find a job after the Holidays at another outfit that did the same thing as my last job, except my job position was that of parts and warehouse manager. Basically I got to sit at a desk and order parts for the technicians and keep the warehouse clean and organized and take care of shipping and receiving. In March we had our next two children, Hyrum and Hannah. The Following August we moved to Tooele to rent a home from my Brother and Sister in-law for a year.The parts manager job did not pay well and I finally got laid off in February of 2006, while expecting our fourth child. I got a job with the same Uncle I worked for after high school working at the Flying J and Chevron oil refineries doing more hard labor for six more months.

Initially they started me out working with the electricians then they moved me onto the carpenters crew building and setting form work and pouring and finishing concrete. In August my Brother and sister-in- law decided to move back into their home in Tooele and so we had to move back with my wife's parents. I also decided to get back into the HVACR trade since I had over three and a half years of my time invested in it. I found a job with a small residential HVAC company in West Valley that made every effort to teach me how tolie to and cheat customers at every opportunity (I don't think the company exists any more). After three months of the boss yelling at me and unfulfilled promises of job training and benefits and working long hours for little pay, I finally quit and finished getting the certification I needed to make me marketable as an HVAC technician. I found a job two weeks after quitting up in the Ogden area and have been employed there ever since. I am reasonably happy at my current job. We are still living in West Valley City with my In-Laws and are working to get out of medical debt(kids are really expensive to have). We hope to be homeowners in the next couple of years. Eventually, I hope to be able to go back to college and learn how to do something that doesn't require so much wear and tear on my body. I look back and have many regrets about how I treated others and myself yet I know I can look forward, with the wisdom I have gained from the “School of hardknocks”, and have hope for a better, happier future for myself and my family.

Duane Thorup
dcthorup@yahoo.com

REUNION SLIDESHOW!

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LANCER REUNION POLL RESULTS!

1. Fertile Myrtle: who has had the most kids in 10 years? Joann (Scarlet) Spencer (4), Joe May (5) & Michelle Harris (5)

2. Future Bill Gates: who is the most accomplished? Troy Ostler

3. High School Lovin’: high school sweethearts are still going strong? Allen and Missy Ackerson

4. Brauns to Brains: what jock has turned in his/her jersey for schooling? Scott Francum
5. West-Side Einstein: who has the most education? Ari Bruening

6. Travel’n Fool: who spends their hard-earned money on traveling the world? Johnny Pease

7. I wish I had his/her job: who has the most envied job? Brian Carlson

8. Late bloomers: who is the most eligible bachelor?Mat Pett

9. Late bloomers: who is the most eligible bachelorette? Aja Kayser

10. Hats are a man’s best friend: who has a little less hair than in high school? Kenny Newton

11. Same Story: who has changed the least since high school? Todd Barfuss

12. Still Looking Good (Female): Mindi (Millgate) Martin

13. Still Looking Good (Male): Josh Walden

Some Words From the Fabulous Aja!

Hello Lancers,
Thanks for the awesome turnout. Looks like we had 250 people in the day portion and 120 at the night! Yeah Lancers!

Many thanks to the committee (listed in alphabetical order as to not thank one more than the other):

Brian Carlson
Erin Hinckley
Kenny Newton
Katie Potts
David Pulsipher
Diana VanOrden

And to others who donated their time, talents, prizes and games:

Tasha Bevan
Rebecca Black
Jodi Bodenhoffer and Sister
Stephanie Hymas
Heidi Raddon
Joanne Scarlet
Wendy Wariner
Lots of smiles, lots of pretty dresses, lots of fun and lots of freek'n kids (man you guys work fast!).

Please feel free to continue to send your blogs in or update it whenever you like. And don't forget to pass the word along and pester your friends to get their act together and get posted!

Once again, thanks for all the support. Thanks for coming. Thanks for sharing your stories. See you at the 15 year reunion! If you would like to be a part of the committee, please contact:

Aubrey (Thompsen) Augirre- President
a-cupcake!@comcast.net

Kelli (Neilson) Peterson- Vice President
taitemsmommy@yahoo.com

Katie (Potts) Cameron- Secretary
Kameo1010@yahoo.com

They would be more than happy to have your help!!! Do your part!

Kisses to all and adios until we are 33-years-old!

Aja Bevan

Angela (Christensen) Snedaker Marries Her FHE Brother!

Name: Angela Dawn Christensen Snedaker
Spouse: Brandon Varr Snedaker

Where You Two Met: Brandon and I met at Ricks College in January 1999. He was my Family Home Evening brother. We would go swing dancing and rock climbing together. He finally asked me out and we have been inseperable since. During college I studied voice and violin. After I graduated from Ricks, he moved to Salt Lake to work with me for the summer, and we got married on August 21st, 1999. We went back to Rexburg for a year to finish his shooling, and then spent the next 4 years in Provo while he went to school at BYU and I worked for a dental software company. We had 2 kids during that time, and then Brandon landed a job in Seattle with Boeing as a manufacturing engineer. We have lived in the Seattle area for nearly 3 years now. We just celebrated our 8th anniversary, and we're expecting our 3rd baby in December.

Our oldest child is Owen. He is four and will be 5 in March. Sadie will be 3 next month. "Feed Dog", as our kids have christened the baby, is due in December, and we have decided to be surprised regarding the gender. I am a stay-at-home mom (ie house slave, ha ha), which I love. I'm still not tired of wearing pjs all day. Just kidding. I am the Primary President in my ward at church. I crave creativity, Cold Stone ice cream, and a full night's sleep. My greatest accomplishment (lately) is potty-training my daughter. I love living in Renton (20 minutes south of Seattle) - there is never a shortage of things to do and places to go. I miss being close to family and friends, but life has never been better.

My favorite memories from high school are being in Madrigals, Jeannie Nelson, best friends Julianne and Becca (love you!), "Drama for Your Llama", Nick Nielsen's belly bagel, wearing pjs and curlers to school, yelling at Ms. Woodward, musicals and plays, water aerobics, playing jokes on Mr. Crooks, getting soaked at football games, Mr. Riley reading to us from the tabloids durig trig, sleeping in nearly every class I took, etc...

I refuse to share my most embarrassing moments since high school, as there have been too many, but I will share that what I am most proud of since then is marrying my hot man who makes beautiful children. I love my family!!

I totally missed the reunion because of less-than-desirable travel circumstances, but I miss you all and hope you had an awesome time!


Angie Snedaker
snedang@hotmail.com
snedang@yahoo.com.

PICTURES!

LAST CALL FOR REUNION PICS! The reunion slideshow is almost finished, but I need a few more pictures, especially of the evening event! Please send your pictures to granger97@gmail.com ASAP. The video will be posted by August 25th so stay tuned!

Matt Hood--Lovin' Life!

What is up Granger?! Reunion was good; it was great to see people I haven’t seen for a while. Good work guys. Its funny how over 10 years either people change a lot, or not at all! Anyways, a quick history… After graduating from beloved Granger High, I went to Snow for a semester before leaving on a mission to Bolivia, Cochabamba. That was awesome. Came home, messed around, dated, went to school and then I met might beautiful wife! Liz and I met in January of 2001 in Park City. She went to Copper Hills and was on the dance team. We were married in the Salt Lake Temple in July of the same year. I continued school at SLCC and then went to the U, Go Utes! We have 3 beautiful girls: Makenna (4), Hannah (2), and Alexa (3 weeks). All girls, all the time!

I am a sales rep for Lake City International. I’ve been there for 4 years, I absolutely love it. Liz stays home battling the girls. We live in Riverton, we built our home about 10 months ago. We love it out there.

We love boating, camping, traveling and being with our kids. We’ve been to the Bahamas, Cancun, Alaska and other places, but we definitely prefer Lake Powell to anything. In 2005, in my spare time, I played on a local arena league football team for a season. It was fun, but the risk isn’t worth it.

Hey, life’s been good. Good to see a lot of you at the reunion! SST where are you?

Matt Hood

mhood@lakecityint.com

Krissi (Diston) Roberts-- Where She Is today....

I am happy to share with everyone an update on my life. Brett and I were married back in 2005 and just celebrated our two-year anniversary. As you may recall we met when I was a senior in high school and dated on and off for a while and then 4 years ago we decided to move into together and the rest is history. We live in West Jordan, UT where we built our home. We love to work in the yard and entertain friends with BBQ's and poker tournaments. We are big Jazz fans, love to play Texas Holdem, and enjoy traveling (especially cruising). I work at CompHealth and have been there for three years. I am on the Surgery team, where I recruit physicians for hospitals. As for children... Brett and I are trying, but in the meantime, our dog Tacoma keeps us busy.

Krissi Roberts
krissi_diston@hotmail.com

AS REQUESTED!

Granger High, Better Than Apple Pie
Sung to Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire”

(written by Diana, tweaked by Aja)

Senior Breakout, Homecoming, Harvest Ball, New Building
Basketball games, Excaliburs, Student I.D., and Cheerleaders
Writing essays, AP Tests, is there any time for rest?
Best friends, going on dates, stalkers that you can’t escape
Taco Tuesday, Tri-Color Times, Jeanie’s math class, Accolade rhymes
Principal Stevens, PTA, registration is today
Madrigals, TA’s, report cards, even days
Sterling Scholar, Jazz band, powdered soap to wash your hands

CHORUS
We didn’t go to Hunter
We went to Granger High
That’s better than apple pie
We didn’t go to Hunter
And we’ll always remember
The school days of September

Eat in Stonehenge, hall pass, time to take a nap in class
Honors Class-Skills for Success, Crap! She bought the same prom dress
Red gym, blue gym, school spirit, crush on him
Squashmores, getting B’s, will you sign my yearbook please?
Counselors who care, look at Todd Barfus’ hair
Social studies, baseball, making-out in the hall
Lancer Line, G-Pin, eat school lunch, tardy again
Class officers, spring break, Valley vs. West Lake

CHORUS

Track team, lettering-make sure you wear your class ring
Book reports, chemistry, bathroom’s locked-I gotta pee
Pass a class without a hitch, watch out for the seminary ditch
West-side pride, art show, there’s the bell, I gotta go
Tennis team, GTV, orchestra and assemblies
Key club, de-bate, football team goes to state
Volleyball, textbooks, Mr. Bennion’s lunch-time looks
Sir Lancer, bathroom pass, Delton Lanes during class

CHORUS

Driver’s Ed, dating hassles, playing Risk in Van Tassel’s
Homework, SBO’s, Sock Hop, let’s see those toes
Sluffing classes, school bus ride, taking all the stress in stride
Pass a note, gotta go, D’you like me? Check yes or no
After-school jobs, detention, college applications
Dave Crim, stage on fire, parking lot dips, watch your tires
Let’s be in the school play, find a costume, MORP’s today
Football team’s got the blues… oops, we made national news

CHORUS

Stage crew, wrestling, textbooks, choir sings
Sadie’s Hawkins, swim team, lunch from the vending machine
T.A.K., UEA, can’t wait for the end of the day
French club, Senior Ball, Yes I work at the mall
Early morning practice, Ari got a thirty-six
Graduate, Abravenal’s doors, I can’t take it anymore!

CHORUS
We didn’t go to Hunter
We went to Granger High
That’s better than apple pie
We didn’t go to Hunter
But when we are gone
Our memories will live on, and on, and on, and on…..