Andy Higdon:  

Life I live in Wyoming where I am married and a first-time dad to a precious little girl. You can certainly say my live has changed dramatically since our twenty year reunion. I moved from Dallas to the state of Idaho in July of 2002 to work for a rodeo company that is owned by the family of a close friend. For a while I actually worked as a ranch hand on a horse and bull ranch located 30 miles from Idaho Falls. It was the ultimate career change that I found to be both hard work and a great experience. Working as a ranch hand led me to become a major rodeo and bull riding fan. How funny that I grew up in Mesquite, close to the Mesquite Rodeo, and never even attended a rodeo there. Later I met Laurel who eventually became my wife on September 26, 2003. Laurel is so incredible and heaven sent and I simply couldn't ask for a better companion in life. We were married in Ogden, Utah, where her family lives and we had our honeymoon in the Grand Teton National Park at Signal Mountain Lodge. After we married, we decided to live in Cokeville, Wyoming, which is a tiny town with a population of 506, located in the western part of the state. Cokeville, home to the Pine Creek Ski Resort, is where Laurel had lived for the previous eight years. After moving to Cokeville, I went to work as a teacher at Majestic Ranch Academy which is a school for troubled youth who are typically middle school age. While there, I taught a boy's class covering all subjects which proved to be challenging and rewarding at the same time. I can safely say that becoming a school teacher was also something I never thought I'd do in life. Although I did enjoy working with the youth there, I later made the decision to leave the school to focus on a new career as a loan officer in the mortg...Expand for more