Where Are They Now? — Lois Decker (Brown)

It has been so fun reading everyone's comments. I only wish there were more of them. So, I'm posting mine even though it won't be nearly as witty as other entries.

I'm Lois Decker (Brown) and I can hardly even remember high school. Seriously. Giving birth to four children has stripped me of most of my intelligence, which was already scarce to begin with. Oh well.

After high school I went to BYU (with a short stint at BYU-Hawaii) and I graduated in journalism. I had no idea my time at the good old "Provonian" newspaper would turn out to be more than just an excuse to have an easy class.

I worked for a summer in Washington DC as a newspaper correspondent and then I flew to France to serve an LDS mission. After my mission I couldn't figure out what else to do so I began a graduate program in communications research. A short while into my program I met and married McKay Brown from Kanab, Utah. I finished my masters, worked for a year in the corporate world, and then started having children. At that point I began to become an expert at diaper changing, bottle washing, and singing bedtime songs. I also started a freelance writing business, which later turned into a small corporation(basically I was the corporation) I ran from home. After my fourth child, I decided I really and truly had enough to keep me busy as a mom, and so my writing is in hibernation. I live in Utah Valley and have several former Bulldogs in my neighborhood including the photography/art teacher Lynn Poulter and French teacher Art Burnah.

Some of my favorite experiences from high school include sewing class with Mrs. Price and the "Make-it-with-wool" contest. Who thought up that name anyway? I also loved being in the plays Music Man, Seven Brides (where I got to kiss Robert Spencer), Macbeth, and a few others. One funny memory was on the last night of the Seven Brides play. The last scene involved the seven sisters kissing the seven brothers at their shotgun wedding. Well, I decided to put on a ton of lipstick and slather it with vaseline. I wanted to leave my mark. Robert made curtain call that night with red lipstick smeared all over his face.

I also loved running track in high school. Running is still my favorite form of exercise even though the physical therapist who works on my left knee keeps telling me I need to mix it up more. I am a miserable scrapbooker, I can't stand watching day time TV (except for an occasional rerun of Matlock), and I have put more dings into the family van than I care to admit. That about sums it up. I look forward to seeing everyone this summer.