Riverton High School Class of 2002: First Edition of What We Have Been Up To!--Ashley and Matt Budd

Welcome to our first post in our "What we have been up to updates!" We are going to be contacting people and asking you to participate once you have registered, so watch out! No, really though, it's fun and I know I am so excited to find out what everyone has been doing these last 10 years.

Our first ~~victims~~ er guests are....Ashley (Webb) and Matt Budd! Awww, high school sweethearts! Here is what Ashley had to say:

Matt and I met our sophomore year in health class. It wasn't exactly love at first sight, but we were really good friends. After high school, friendship progressed to best friendship which progressed to dating. And then, I broke up with him (I still get crap about that). He didn't give up and we remained friends. Then I told him that, basically, he didn't have a chance (Again, I can't live this down). He took the hint and I was devastated that we weren't best friends anymore. Next thing you know, it was me chasing him down after I realized that I didn't want to live without him. So, to make a long story a bit shorter: after a series of break-ups and make-ups, we were married August 4th, 2006. I was the best thing we ever did. Since then, we have had 2 boys (parker, 3, and Tommy, 1). Parker loves superheros and ABCs and Tommy loves wrestling. We live in West Valley.

I went to college at Utah State where I graduated with a degree in Physical Science Education. I taught 2 years of chemistry before having my boys and now I work part time. I teach a class on scientific research and organize the school and district-level science fairs. Matt went to college just about everywhere, it seems. He graduated in accounting and just earned his MBA. He is currently studying to take the CPA exams. Matt works in finance as the CFO for an internet retailer.

We love having adventures. Our poor kids have been subjected to hours of watching us go rock climbing (Parker is the biggest scaredy cat, but I'm sure one day he'll pick it up). I have a goal of one day actually being good at rock climbing. We love camping and hiking and are currently training to climb Cotopaxi, the third highest active volcano in the world. When not being adventurous, we spend what little free time we have hanging out with our families, eating cafe rio salads, and watching netflix.