Dan and Dani Westwood

Hello all, Teresa the site is great, Dani (Smith) and I have been married now for 20 years this year. We have 3 children our oldest is 18 and is waiting for his mission call and will finish his first year at Dixie State College, our second is a junior in at Dixie High School and the third is in the eighth grade. I work for the Dixie Applied Tech College and teach building construction at Dixie High and Hurricane High, Dani does a lot of substitute teaching at Dixie High. Its been fun reading what you all have been up to since we graduated so long ago. We moved to St George about 4 and a half years ago and love it. We don't know if we will make it to the reunion but we wish you all the best.

My Apologies

My apologies to Heather Gibbs.. When I recieved the email late saturday evening There was no last name and I had no idea who it was from, so the protective side of me came out and was fearful it was spam or a phisher.. So to her I apologize for the previous post.. I was just being cautious, Just to let everyone know again that this just isn't my blog it's everyone's.. Feel free to post all you want and give suggestions and Ideas. I just have to have you email me and than I will send out invites, now the reason I need to send out invites is because I was the one that created the blog in the beggining. So please don't hestitate a bit to do as you like.. Let's just remember to post good decent things and be fair to everyone, I have my son and neice's that check this out as well I'm sure some of you do as well.. Thanks everyone, Teresa

Let's hear it

We are anxiously waiting to hear from you guys. Several of you have requested permission to post, I have sent it a few times and still nothing. It only stays on for awhile than dissapears. So If your interested in posting a update about yourselves please let me know.. Just watch for a link from sunnigirl10@gmail.com That is the email it will be coming from. Thanks everyone. Can't wait to hear from you. Also there are alot of you on Facebook, which is awesome and if your not there is a great group on ther called "you know your from Lehi, Utah when" it's a great group for everyone to post and remember some memories they have. check it out.

Anybody out There?

So we're well into a new year and based on what i've seen as I've checked back on the blog, I'm afraid I might've given the poor thing the kiss of Death. Sorry guys. Maybe it was just the stress of the Holidays and now that they're past, more people will have a minute to post.
I especially wonder about the others in the Drama/Debate crew. I mean, we spent four years making people listen to what we had to say, a venue like this should be ideal. Mike, Jared, Kristie, Candy, etc. what have you got to say for yourselves. I know you're busy, but you can take five minutes to tell us what successes you've become. (And even if you're abject failures, who's gonna know online?)

Connections

Hello Mighty Pioneers! Janalee got in touch with me and said that the blog had a place for my slightly warped outlook. So let's get into it. After my four years of exposure to folks like "G." Smith (Drama), Mrs. Otto (Biology) and Bro. Hill (Seminary) my psyche was sufficiently twisted that I went and joined the U.S Army and served with a National Guard hospital unit until it was disbanded. I served an LDS mission in the Phillipines where I got to meet folks who thought I was insanely wealthy because I grew up in a house with air conditioning. I came back and got into EMS, running with a couple ambulance companies picking up what was left of people that had backed a four wheeler in front of a semi, shot themselves full of exotic and illegal substances, or just shot themselves. A couple of interesting encounters with psychotic and/or chemically impaired individuals convinced me of the need to get some self-defense skills so I got into American Kenpo and have been studying/teaching this style for 13 years now. I got married and am privileged to have four (wonderful, beautiful, exceptional, exasperating etc.) kids, although things are not working out for their Mom and I and we are currently in the process of divorce. I have'nt had the time to really keep pursuing theater, but I still feel the need to perform, so I got with a bagpipe band for a time and am now with a Taiko (Japanese drum) group.

So I'm excited for the reunion, although it's a little freaky trying to wrap my mind around 20(aaghh)years. Janalee seems to have been able to keep pretty good track of several of our classmates, i've heard some exciting things about what they've done with their lives. I could have tried harder to keep my connections to you guys open, really should have, we move on and make our lives, but we still hold these reunions in acknowledgement that for those four years the most important people in our lives tend to be our classmates. So let's get a little excited, get the word out and see if we can't challenge some more of our friends to come and post here. I'd like to re-establish some of those connections and I don't want to have to wait clear till reunion night.

Happy Holidays

Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, hope everyone has a good Christmas.. Remember we still want to hear from you.

Keep it going

Thanks to everyone who is helping in finding those on the missing list. I just took 3 more off the list tonight, so keep it up, and for those of you who are checking this out for the first time, check the missing list below.

Hey Friends,
I'm in Lehi...again. :)
Looking forward to seeing y'all. REALLY!
This is my first attempt posting ever so here goes.
Janalee

Donalynn Wade Smith

This is so great. Thank you Teresa for doing this!

FAMILY UPDATE:

I am married to my best friend- Kirk Smith (some of you may know or remember him). I have 6 adorable children that tend to drive me CRAZY some days- but that's what Prozac is for Right?

We built a home (in Lehi) just behind my parents house and next door to my sister. We moved in on March 23, 2008 and LOVE IT! It has been a long project and dream of ours for our whole married life and we were able to make it come true.

I am a Real Estate Broker and own my own company- DreamMaker Real Estate. I have been doing Real Estate for 12 years and love it, but I don't like the present conditions of the market. I have 5 agents that work for me and that is down from the 11 that I had just a year ago.

My husband is a manager for Target and is starting his busy season where I won't see much of him until after the holidays. Christmas is still my favorite holiday, but I tend to not want it to come around because I start to feel like a single parent and I have a hard time getting the kids everywhere they need to be.

I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia about 2 years ago and I am learning to deal with it. I have had a rough time but I am trying really hard to make the most of everyday and learn my limitations. My memory is TERRIBLE. This is one of the symptoms. This is one of the hardest things for me because I am so on top of things most of the time and I find if I don't immediately write things down I forget.

I am the Assistant Director for the Little Miss Utah Program which is part of the Miss Utah Organization and part of the Miss Utah Board. I love being a part of an organization that promotes good self esteem and develops well-rounded young women. My favorite part of course is seeing the Little Miss and seeing the innocence that they have.

The Miss Utah Pageant is the same week/weekend as the Reunion so I don't know at this point if I can be at the Reunion. :(

Things I love:

Being a Mom

Spending time with Hubby

Blogging-visit us at kirkanddonnasmith.blogspot.com

Facebook

Sleep

Games/recitals/performances my kids are in

Little Miss/Miss Utah

Dove Chocolates

Watching my TV shows

Listening to Music

Photo's

Down below is an example of the start of the slide show. You can send pics of high school,dances,friends, or even pics of you and your family now. I have alot more, but as soon as I can figure out my scanner I will put them on. Also don't be alarmed my husband Mark is bald, but by his choice, I know alot of you remember him with a mullet.

Let's hear it

So alot of you have already posted, and it's so great to hear about your lives. But there are so many more we want to hear from. Several of you have emailed me with request to post, so I sent the invites and if you haven't gotten them just let me know and I will resend. Thanks to Natalie, she has sent me some awesome pictures, and we need alot more. So please send and than I can put together a slide show for everyone to take a little trip down memory lane. Also we have found several friends on Facebook, so if any of you have Facebook, you can search me Teresa Hansen. Also on facebook there is a group called Lehi High school, for anyone who graduated or went to Lehi, there is quite a bit of people in this group. Can't wait to hear from you.