Where Are They Now? — Rob McKay

Wow - 20 years come and gone! It seems more than a lifetime ago that we were in high school, but it has been a lot of fun to read what folks have been up to.

As for me, after graduation, I ran cross country and track at Weber State and then served a mission in Germany. The Berlin Wall fell while I was there, which made for an exciting and interesting time. When I got home from my mission, I attended BYU, where I married Lynae Bidstrup from Idaho Falls (the one in Idaho). We've been married for 16 years and have, yep, you're right, 4 children: Andy (14--a freshman in high school--he's named after Andy Andrus, someone with whom I still keep in touch and greatly admire), Grace (9 going on 19. Tough as nails and probably a future corporate raider. My favorite quote from this week: "That's just how things are gonna be, Dad, so get with the program."), Rose (7--she's a little St. Francis--every animal within one mile of our house has been given sanctuary in her room at one time or another) and Shannon (3--a complete girlie-girl--she already has her summer wardrobe chosen--it's all pink, but you had probably already guessed that). After the last 12 years, we are extremely happy that the diaper-changing era of our lives is over. Can I get an AMEN!?!?

After graduating from BYU, we moved to New York City where I attended Columbia Law School. After law school, we moved to Washington, D.C. where I practiced corporate law and worked on international transactions and had the opportunity to spend some time abroad (mostly in Europe--I've got a cool story about how we got a flat in London, but I'll spare sharing it here because my wife rolls her eyes each time I tell it--my wife told me once that when she rolls her eyes, she is just thinking about how much she loves me. She must think about how much she loves me a lot.). We are still living in suburban Washington, D.C. and I'm working in-house for an energy company where I'm responsible for mergers and acquisitions and corporate law issues. I'm also teaching corporate law at the University of Maryland Law School.

Between family, church, work and teaching, my wife and I don't have much time for anything except the occasional night out. My wife is president of our neighborhood co-op and I spend most of my evenings writing, shuttling kids to activities and helping with homework (homework is easier the second time around--actually, this may be the first time around because I don't remember doing homework in school.). Weekends are primarily devoted to swim meets, karate, cleaning the house, doing laundry and hiding with my kids from my wife so we don't have to do chores in the yard. I'm still running and swimming regularly and I'm hoping to finally qualify for the Boston Marathon this year (I missed the qualifying time by just a a few minutes the last 4 years in a row--aaarrrgh!).

My wife and I have been teaching early morning seminary in our basement to 15 high school students (including our son) for the last couple of years and we love it. We remind them on a regular basis that high school is an important place to learn from mistakes, but that life gets much better. I tell them stories of about my screw ups in high school (and there were many--so very, very many) and that usually makes them feel better about themselves (I'm not quite sure how I feel about that).

I look forward to seeing you all at the end of June!