Marital Status- I am married to a wonderful woman, Elizabeth.
Number of Children- Between us we have four wonderful children: Joshua 19, Student Body President of the junior college he just graduated from in LA and is in the process of submitting his mission papers; Peter 16 who will be a Junior in high school and is on the swim and latin dance teams; Katherine 13 will be a freshman in high school this fall and is busy attending acting and modeling classes in Orange County and earning extra money modeling; Isabelle 4 what can I say, she's Daddy's Little Princess and the light of my life.
Current Occupation and/or Spouse's Current Occupation- I work for a company called ADP. We're an international company specializing human resource product offerings, but we're best known for being a payroll company since 1 in 6 American workers get paid through ADP. I manage a team of account managers who are responsible for ensuring we deposit and file payroll tax liability accurately for large, American corporations. It's been a great job that has also provided me the opportunity to see a lot more of our beautiful country as I visit clients around the nation.
What would surprise people most about you?- Probably that I've gotten a little bigger since high school. It's amazing what working in an office 10-12 hours a day or sitting on an airplane and eating out with clients can do to someone's waist line. Some days I really miss moving pipe. I never thought I would say that, and I probably never will again.
What is your favorite High School memory?- It would be very difficult to identify my favorite high school memory. I have a lot of fond memories of friends and things we did together.
Most interesting thing you’ve done in the last 25 years?- Tough question. I have four wonderful children, that's very interesting to me. I guess I could say visiting 38 states and three other countries, living in Denmark, but probably the most interesting thing in my life over the past 25 years is my family and watching my children grow. That is a thrill, and I'm very grateful that my children are so much better than I was. One great trip was through New England in October a few years ago. In the course of a few days, i was able to see leaves in all the stages of change. That may not seem like much to all of you who still live places with seasons, but after being in Southern California for several years, I had forgotten how beautiful that is. It seems like troubled people who like to cause problems seem to be attracted to wherever I am which gives me the opportunity to help others like catching a rapist in the act and chasing him down and holding him until the police arrive, escorting someone out of church who walked in and started screaming and asking people to fight, or breaking up fights, or keeping bullies from beating up ladies in the street, or being witness to illicit gang activity and reporting to police or all sorts of things. I'm definitely not in Pingree anymore. The great thing is that so far my family and I have all been protected throughout all of it.
Greatest accomplishment or honor in the last 25 years?- With God's help my son and I survived a very painful divorce, I met a wonderful woman with two wonderful children who I now call my own, and then we had one of our own, hence the four children. Then being blessed to have us all sealed together in the temple. The rest is temporal, and to be honest, the worldly honors don't seem to stick in my memory too long.
I wish I could be there for the reunion. It's been a quarter of a century since I've seen most people from school. That's definitely way too long.
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