Jennifer Holtan (2003)

*(UPDATE) Just got a note from Jen who is on the ground and loving the other side of the world!

Well, this semester I am going to lovely Ireland to study abroad.
Although I will miss everyone, I am getting super excited as the time
comes even closer. I will be leaving this Wednesday, Feb. 1st and wont
be returning until May 11th!! Please feel free to email me cause I'm
sure that I will get lonely every now and then!
Jholtan@css.edu

Brittany Julian writes

Things are going well around here. I have  a new job, yet working for the same company. I am finally a diesel mechanic! I work at a Peterbilt dealer in Reno, in the leasing department. Hailey is going to be 3 come February. She is getting so big and to smart for her own good. Hope things are going well with all!

Abby Marquart

Abby (Marquart) is happy and very pregnant!! She is due in early April and looks as if she is having twins, although she is not!  The little baby inside is a boy named Jack Michael Betsinger!  I am an Aunt (Kelly Marquart)!!!  So that is really awsome!!

Karen Bryant (1997)

After 25 long hours of labor, Joseph Paul Gray finally entered the world at 9:45PM on December 1, 2005 to Karen (Bryant) and Chris Gray. He weighed 7lbs, 13 oz and was 21 inches long.

Andrea Pennington (1997)

Jack Davis Diel (Andrea Pennington and Sam Diel) entered the world on Dec. 22 at 8:30 pm at North Memorial. Jack spent a few weeks in the ICU as he arrived a bit early (about 6 weeks). The big guy still tipped the scales at 6lbs. 5 oz and was 1ft. 71/2in. tall!

THEA NEAL writes:

• I hope this new year finds you well, wherever you might be. A week ago, I flew out to D.C. to participate in Hope's Washington Honors Semester. I will be interning for Senator Levin (from Michigan, for my non-Michigander readers) for the next seven weeks. The second half of the semester I will spend in Johannesburg, South Africa, interning at World Vision's food aid office. In other news, the metro is a beautiful thing amazing. I'm greatly enjoying my public transport commutes, although I have yet to master the "angry metro-face" look that people sport while riding to work.
  
  My address for the next seven weeks is:
  Thea E. Neal
  320 23rd St. South
  Apt. 610
  Arlington, VA 22202

ALUMS!

• Molly Frederick is closing on a new “home to be” at the end of January. She bought an end unit of a town home just out of Elk River on highway 10. I’ll let you know when I get a new address and phone for her.

• Hey! Just a word on Gretchen Pierson. She recently got herself an apartment in Moundsview and is working at Medtronic. Again, check back for a new address and phone number!