Olympus High School Class of 2000 Alumni Website

2010 Reunion News

Dan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:09:25 +0000

2010 Reunion Committee Chair Announced

We are happy to announce that Katie Timmerman Dudley and Sydnee Stringham Christensen have been appointed as the 2010 Reunion Co-chairs. They will be heading up the 2010 reunion committee and serve as the executives of this year’s class reunion, so if you have some suggestions or opinions do make it heard to them. They will also be communicating with you through this website. In the meantime, please continue to help gather our class together. You can do your part in sending your friends here and also by completing the following:

Update Your Information

Visit http://reunion.olympusclassof2000.com to update your contact information

Discussion

The forum for discussion can be found here: 2010 Reunion Discussion

Reunion Committee Chair & Volunteer Applications

The reunion committee will be working in close communication with reunion committee co-chairs to plan, organize, and run this year’s reunion. Any class members are welcome to volunteer. Sign up here: 2010 Reunion Committee Applications

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Thank you British Airways!

Classmate Blogs — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:50:00 +0000

Let me set the stage…

Rewind 5 weeks ago when Spence ventured to Spain for a business convention. He had 17 meetings in 4 days. He was bound to arrive in Spain around 10am and his first meeting was at 4pm with three meetings that afternoon.

Well of course American Airlines being the stellar airline they are (said with heavy sarcasm) canceled his flight to Spain out of Dallas. So after sitting in the Dallas airport for 8 hours and after several delays, his flight is canceled because the plane is broken. Well no worries, they have a backup plane, and guess what? That plane was broken as well.

So after much convincing, Spence grabbed a flight to London, and then they re routed him to Madrid from London on British Airways. Well obviously, he arrived in Spain very late that first day and missed his first three meetings. And the icing on the cake – well his bags didn’t show up. Well British Airways just happened to be the airline that took him from London to Madrid, so they told him to go and pick up some “necessities.”

Well when you are going to a business convention and having huge meetings, you very well can’t show up in a pair of sweat pants. So, Speen went on to buy a new suit, coat, shoes, shirt, cuff links and three ties. He was excited because all of his suits are huge on him because he lost so much weight this last year, so this new suit actually fit. I was a little concerned because let’s be honest, the chance of getting reimbursed from an airline for over $800 I thought was pretty slim to none.

Well imagine our delight on Saturday when this baby showed up in the mail (all $839) with a note apologizing for the inconvenience it caused Speen. So all in all, a new wardrobe was definitely worth a missed flight and late bags.

(ps, doesn’t Speen look great in his new Spanish suit?)

I do however find it very ironic that it was AA’s fault that he and his bags arrived late, but it was British Airways who had to pay for his new purchases… However, I strongly believe had it been AA, there is no chance we would have seen a reimbursement.

So, moral of the story: British Airways ROCKS!

Read more here:
Thank you British Airways!

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Firsts…

Classmate Blogs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:11:00 +0000

I believe there are many important “firsts” in life.

I still [embarrassingly] remember my first kiss

I definitely remember the first time I saw Brad.

I remember the first moment[s] I found out I was pregnant

And the first moment of meeting my precious boys face to face

I remember the first moment I realized and knew that my religion was true.

And the first time I realized that I was doing exactly the right thing and exactly the right time.

But this week (and last week for that matter), I’ve been remembering the first time I tasted one of these:

Oh, Samoas. How I love them. Last Sunday I ate a whole box for lunch (give or take a few that I let my husbands and kids have). I won't let myself buy more than two boxes per year. But everytime I see those darn girl scouts at my mall or my grocery store my mouth starts watering. Until next year, I suppose, until next year…

Wowee!

Classmate Blogs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:57:00 +0000

Remember how I took these photos for my darling talented friend? Well her work was featured here:

http://themadamefresh.typepad.com/the-madame-fresh/

GO CHECK IT OUT!

Our Fort

Classmate Blogs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:00 +0000

When I was younger I remember building forts, lots of forts. My mom would let me go crazy in the tv room. I’d gather all the blankets in the house, use yard sticks, pillows, couch cushions…. and then she’d let me keep the fort up for days. I’d invite my hoodies over, we’d eat cheetos til our fingers and mouths turned orange, we’d turn out all the lights and just use flashlights in the fort, we’d play house over and over and over and I loved every minute of it.

Now that I’m a mommy I love to build forts with my kiddos. This is a fort that Jack helped me build. I think we spent a good few afternoons hanging out together in this little fort. Jack wanted to invite the whole neighborhood over just to come see his “cool fort”.

Photography Blog Buttons

Classmate Blogs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:19:00 +0000

Someone kindly asked for me to make a blog button for them to put on their site… completely flattered even if it was a family member So I thought I’d open up the goods to all! You know, just in case if any of you wanted to button up and put one on your blog too!

Read more here:
Photography Blog Buttons

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Snowmen and Moose!

Classmate Blogs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:04:00 +0000

Yes folks, it is that time of year again, the time where I drag my hubby up the canyon to look for Moose! Yes, he grew up in Park City and had families of Moose living in his backyard so he thinks this is absolutely ridiculous but I think it is super fun! Here are two we saw on Saturday!

And here are two I saw with my dad last week on a short trip up Parleys.

I am happy that I have a cute hubby who likes to come home on his lunch break to hurry and build a snowman with Lance. I absolutely despise the cold – yes living in California and Arizona for four years did that to me – so I am happy Speen likes to play in the snow with the Goose! This snowman is from the short storm we had last week.

And this is the 9 foot snowman Speen and Lance built on Saturday in 50 degree weather! It was hilarious, it took up all the snow from our yard and by the end of the day all the snow on our entire street had melted and then you see this 9 foot snowman, it was pretty sweet!
Shows how big it was next to little Tallie!

And finally Speen and Lance showing their excitement over their creation!

Good work boys!

The Long Thaw of Winter

Classmate Blogs — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:42:33 +0000

It seems like there are really only a handful of snowfalls here in Minnesota. Sure when they come they dump a few feet of snow, but really I’m only remembering a real snowfall only three maybe four times this season. What’s different about Minnesota is that the snow here sticks, and it sticks all season [...]

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A Sojourn of Dance

Classmate Blogs — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:53:00 +0000

this concert is finally coming up! i say finally because i think we’re all ready for it to be here. it’s been a lot of work in too short of time but we’re hoping that all the final details and touches come together. i’d love you all to come! you can purchase tickets here. should be a great time!

this is the week

Classmate Blogs — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:17:00 +0000

It’s here.
Finally!
This is it.
This is the week that…

our new baby sister arrives!
Lyvia becomes the “big sister”.
Jason and I become parents of two girls. Two.
our house seems suddenly smaller and yet happily full at the same time.
the crazy picture taking begins. And videos of hiccups.
I’ll probably be shocked (again) when the baby comes with a full head of dark hair. (That promptly falls out in a week and starts to grow in two years later!:)
I become thankful all over again for family and friends who are so supportive and willing to help out. (This is already happening…thanks to all!)
the “cleaning everything phase” dwindles into the “recovery phase”.
I’ll be snuggling with my own newborn.

This is going to be one awesome week.

The fun things that Logan does with dad while mom is at work!

Classmate Blogs — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:54:00 +0000

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It is what it is because of the parents he has…..

Classmate Blogs — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:51:00 +0000

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The Oscar Party I’m Not Having

Classmate Blogs — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0000

Happy Oscar Day!

You know, there was a time (not too long ago) when the Oscars were right up there with Christmas for me. They definitely had the Fourth of July beat, if that gives you any hint as to how much I loved them. (That’s a lot of love, people. A lot of love.)

It all started in high school, when I decided I was going to win an Oscar. And believed it. Because when you’re in high school, you can decide things like this and it doesn’t even occur to you that it might not happen. For the record, I also decided that I would win a Tony, marry for money, and be thin forever. Ha ha.

Even after my Oscar dreams dimmed with the end of my career as a costumer, I held onto my love for the awards show. I made an event of it every year, eventually culminating in elaborate costume parties with themed desserts, signature cocktails, and prizes for Oscar Bingo.

And then…well, I suppose life happened. It’s harder to throw costume parties in mid-March when you get older because that’s a whole lot of silly for a Sunday night. I managed to pull it together only once in law school. The other years were either half-hearted attempts with short guest lists or plain old failures (although sitting on the floor of my apartment with Nate and Drew, eating Velveeta Mac-n-Cheese while I hold onto the TV antennae to get reception, will probably remain one of my favorite Oscar parties to date). I don’t know…I just got kind of cynical about the whole thing. The jokes were less funny, the fashion was less interesting, and most of the time I hadn’t even seen the movies.

So, here we are this year, with only a couple of hours before the big show, and no partyness in sight. I could have pulled it together. I could have called people and organized and taken advantage of our housesitting situtation, instead of having a dinner party last night that was completely unrelated to any Academy whatsoever. But I didn’t. I just let it slide by and tonight Kyle and I will watch the show in our pj’s, eating enchiladas that aren’t themed to correspond to any movie whatsoever.

Am I bummed? Yeah, a little bit, but only because I feel like it’s just another step away from something that used to be pretty cool when I was 18 or 22. But, like clubbing and wearing crushed velvet, I guess it’s just one of those things I accidentally grew out of…

(Remind me to cite this post next year when I spend $400 at the local party store on mini-Oscars and lifesize cut outs of George Clooney and Brad Pitt…)

Read more here:
The Oscar Party I’m Not Having

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I love my husband

Classmate Blogs — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:22:00 +0000

Last night I went to get a massage. I heart massages. I don’t get them nearly as often as I should. Mainly because I can always think of somewhere else to spend $100+ dollars. However, when my coworker Nicole told me about Healing Mountain Massage School, my life changed. I’ve been to The College of Massage Therapy before and couldn’t handle the florescent lights and the gigantic room separated by sheets. I just couldn’t relax. However, Healing Mountain has individual rooms just like a real spa (I like to pretend). AND you can have a recently licensed massage therapist give you a massage instead of a student. AND it’s only $35. Where do I sign?

Once coworker Nicole told me about this, I immediately emailed roommate Nicole and told her I was scheduling massages for both of us. Among our many similarities is the fact that we love to pamper ourselves. So I scheduled the massages and then made a paper chain to count down the days until our massages.

So yesterday came. The Day of the Massage. There were no more paper chains to tear off and I was excited. I emailed Nicole and asked if she was as excited as I was. And well, she forgot. SHE FORGOT ABOUT THE MASSAGE! How that is possible I don’t know? Well I do know. She is becoming a grown up and buying her own condo. She’s leaving me in the process and I am denial about the whole thing.

Anyway. She forgot and was double booked and couldn’t get out of her other plans. And the wonderful and lovely friend that she is called and paid for my massage because she felt so bad. Who does that? Seriously? I need more friends like her.

So I walk into the school/spa and go to the receptionist to give her my name. And this was our conversation:

Me: Hi, I’m Natalie. I have a 7:00 appointment.
Receptionist: Oh ok let me check. It looks like your husband already paid for you, tip included, so you can just leave right after you are done.

and without skipping a beat I replied:

Oh! Isn’t that sweet? My husband is the best. He always does these little surprises for me.

Imaginary husbands are the best! Aren’t they?

calling on all the 80's lovers

Classmate Blogs — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:21:00 +0000

this girl has to be the biggest P.I.M.P. that i know. everyone, meet janie egan. she is a student of mine at prodigy and full on made this sweatshirt for a jazz game. she said it took hours. i died laughing when she walked into the studio.

the
back

the sleeves
the best part is the sleeve on the right that says, i wish i was a jazz dancer…..sike

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calling on all the 80's lovers

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During my extended stay in northern California, Kyle flew out

Classmate Blogs — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:37:00 +0000

During my extended stay in northern California, Kyle flew out for a four day weekend. Unfortunately, I had severely underestimated how much work I needed to do. What should have been 6-7 hours a day, five days a week, ended up being a straight run of 14 hour days with no breaks. So, Kyle spent a good chunk of his California time watching The Price is Right while I turned high school students into kitchen utensils and provincial peasants.

I did manage to sneak away for a couple of half days, though, so the Morgans got to play in the big city and we finally made it out to The Walt Disney Family Museum. Yay!

Unfortunately, you can’t take pictures inside, which completely stinks but makes sense because the whole thing is like a giant bulletin board from those 5th grade biography oral reports. We loved the museum (naturally), but I will say that the museum might be kind of boring if you aren’t a major Disney fan who also happens to be over the age of 12. There were tons of people there who brought all their little kids, but the displays are full of things like business telegrams Walt Disney received from people who are sort of famous. Not exactly six year old friendly.

My other tiny complaint is that the gift store was kind of…well, it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t that great. Instead of having a bunch of MoMA inspired Disney stuff, it was sort of like the local college art gallery gift shop with a combination of awesome stuff and random stuff that you wouldn’t buy even if it wasn’t that overpriced. But, of course, we did drop a good eighty bucks, half of which was spent on this amazing Mary Blair stuff that was on loan from a museum in Tokyo.

The only picture I dared to sneak while I was inside.
I love this floor!

The other half day trip was around wine country. We hit a couple wineries, took a good tour, and had some amazing wine and these chocolate truffles that might have actually been the best thing I’ve ever eaten.

Robert Mondavi

Rubicon Estate

In addition to random glasses of random things, we indulged in some greek salad and I talked Kyle into buying me a cigar. I know, I know, but I only have one once a year and I only do it in really nice places. It’s a bad habit left over from when I used to have a whole lot of bad habits all at once, so at least I can tell myself that this is just one little tiny bad habit. And really, if it’s only once a year can you even call that a bad habit?

Kids, don’t try this at home. It’s soooo much better in wine country.

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Happy Birthday

Classmate Blogs — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:55:00 +0000

We recently made this card for Grandpa and I couldn’t help but post such an adorable little face. He is getting so big. He’ll be one in two weeks!

the mini update

Classmate Blogs — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:48:00 +0000

Life: Just wonderful. We are all healthly and pretty darn happy.

Baby: Wiggly! She is trying to make her way in to the world earlier and earlier! Now our due date to meet her is Sunday the 14th, in the wee morning hours! No, we do not have a name selected- we’re going with the ol’ “wait-and-see-what-she-looks-like” routine.

Lyvia: As darling as ever. She’s pretty excited for her new baby sister and talks about all the things she’ll be teaching the baby. Right now, the top thing for Lyv to teach baby is how to dance- “I’ll teach her to twirl and jump and kick and wear a princess dress.” So cute!

Jason: Hunky. His knee is feeling good and he’s back to playing basketball. Working hard and taking care of his harem of girls!

Bryttin: Growing. Happy. Ready for the baby to arrive.

My Father’s Music

Classmate Blogs — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:59:00 +0000

Housesitting is pretty lovely. I really don’t mind living with my parents and I definitely didn’t mind spending a month out in Napa living with my extended family, but there’s something about having a place with only two people rattling around in it that makes me rethink our plan to ever have kids…

Of course, we’re not staying in the crummiest of houses. Dad and Chris’s house isn’t huge, but it’s very comfortable and beautifully decorated. It’s also located in one of Salt Lake’s better neighborhoods, so Kyle and I are just a walk away from great bookstores and restaurants. Plus, Kyle’s commute has gone down from one hour to ten minutes, so he’s definitely not complaining. And, best of all, someone around here doesn’t know how to secure their wireless internet. Yay!

One of the big perks of housesitting for my father is his insane music collection. Although I never had to deal with a deadbeat dad, my Deadhead dad used to get lost in his music when I was little, spending hours in the basement blasting Jerry Garcia. He used to take me to all of the record stores in town, trying to get me interested in the difference between the ‘69 live album and the ‘74 live album. Unfortunately, I wasn’t the best pupil, even when we took a special trip to Haight Ashbury to see the house that the Grateful Dead used to live in…a trip that was perfectly time to coincide with my I-Hate-That-I’m-On-Vacation-With-My-Dad-Leave-Me-The-Hell-Alone phase.

It wasn’t all rock and roll, to be fair. My dad has a real penchant for jazz, folk, blues, and great original cast recordings of classic Broadway shows. I got to see John Prine, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, and countless others before I turned ten. I also had a pretty impressive record collection for someone who couldn’t tie their shoes…but I just could never see why Dad seemed to constantly need a fresh feed of music. So many CDs. So many CDs!

No matter what was going on my dad’s life, the music collection continued to thrive. As we went from house to house and my dad’s family situtation changed a couple of times, there were always the trips to the record store to replace the albums that a person simply shouldn’t live without. Kind of Blue from Miles Davis. One Fair Summer Evening from Nanci Griffith. Truckin’ Up to Buffalo from Grateful Dead. Learning to Flinch from Warren Zevon. And always John Prine Live, the album that has my parents and I on the cover. No, really, we were there and now we’re immortalized in music legend. Bit of trivia: this album also has my favorite version of my favorite song in the entire world, “Angel from Montgomery”.

We’re on the right hand side…see the Asian looking woman, the little kid in red, and the guy with the intense facial hair? That’s the Lane family.

Pic for comparison:

I always thought that his music addiction was just one more thing that I didn’t get about my dad. Until, of course, we stopped in at a used music store last spring and I stumbled on a copy of Deadicated, a Grateful Dead tribute album that’s pretty fantsatic. I was lamenting the fact that I had pawned my copy in college when Kyle mentioned that he didn’t know any of the songs. Apparently, Kyle made it all the way to 26 without listening to the Grateful Dead. I immediately bought the CD and then made him sit in the car while I tried to download everything I knew about the Dead into his underprivileged brain. “Listen to this chord change…isn’t that incredible? Mellow and powerful all at the same time. Oh, and listen to these lyrics. Do you get it? Here, wait, let me back it up again so you can really listen to it. There. Isn’t that just mind blowing?”

Apparently, the answer was no. But my husband laughed and shook his head and said, “You’re so your dad. You’re more like your dad than anyone else on the planet.”

It’s the truth and every day I see it more. I used to hate his retreats into seclusion, but now I get manic if I don’t get a couple of hours to myself every day. I thought the road trips to all of the crappy Utah historical monuments were a trial I had to endure to get into heaven, but now I really like getting in the car, picking a direction, and just driving until something interesting happens. And while I used to think that my father’s basement music sessions were just a noisy way to keep us all at arm’s length, I find that I have to take twenty minutes every now and then, lock myself in the bathroom with my headphones on, and just crank that iPod up as loud as I can get it…which is never loud enough. I’m looking forward to the day when they can permanently implant Eric Clapton music directly into my ear canal.

And so, while my father tours Argentina (with his iPod safely anchoring him in the sixties), I’m slurping all of his music into my computer and making playlists of all those songs I always thought I never got. And, oh, there might not be anything better.

Hanging with Warren in front of some of my father’s music collection.
If you don’t own Learning to Flinch, I’m sorry to tell you that your life is woefully incomplete.
Best album ever? Very possible.

new blanket

Classmate Blogs — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:46:00 +0000

Riley was sent this adorable blanket from Blankets For SMA. These blankets are made by a girl who has SMA and she sends them out to SMA kids all over! If you can't tell it has puppy dogs on the front and then the back has little dog bones on it. It is super cute! Thanks MJ for the awesome blanket.