Ben Taylor

WoW, I can't believe it's been 10 years. Time has flown by. Here is a summary of what has been going on with me since high school.

In July of 1998 I went to Phoenix, Arizona to go to Devry University to get my bachelor's degreen in Computer Information Systems. I attended my first year there while working.

From August 1999 to July 2001 I went on a mission to the Flordia, FT. Lauderdale mission. I got to learn Spanish(finally)(case anyone forgot I was born in Columbia). I went back as a normal person to Miami in January of 2002. It was a lot of fun.

After my mission I came back to Phoenix to Devry to finish my degree. I graduated in February 2004 with my bachelor's degree. While going to school the 2nd go around I worked some jobs mainly in market research, served in many callings in church and then I met my wife(Kristina). I was attending the Spanish branch keeping up with the language when in she walked, a blond haired, blue-eyed woman. I was wondering what in the world she was doing there. I asked her if she spoke Spanish and she replied with "you speak English?". Well I couldn't get enough of her and we started dating and then in March of 2003 we were married in Mesa, AZ. I started a job at Cox Communications(a telecommunications company here in Phoenix) in the technical support department. After about 2 years there I transferred to the Bilingual department where I have been since and am now an assistant supervisor. I love the people I work with and the company. It has great benefits and even though the company is
big it is like a family environment. My wife has worked for Avon and is still working doing that but has also gotten her bachelors degree in education studies and worked as a peer support specialist for a behavioral agency in Phoenix.

We were just us 2 for a few years and we had always wanted to have children. We kept trying for over 3 years and nothing was happening. We went to doctors and were told that my wife wouldn't be able to conceive and also myself wouldn't be able to conceive as well. We were devasted but decided that we would try to adopt. We went to all the classes to adopt a special needs child and then when we were ready to adopt after the program we were told we couldn't adopt for a number of reasons. Again we were just heartbroken and thought we wouldn't have children. We kept praying and hanging on to hope. Well all of a sudden 1 day Kristina started feeling sick and we went to the doctor and to our surprise she was pregnant. After 9 months of a complicated pregnancy our little angel Candice(we call her Candi) was born in May 2007. So now we are a family of 3 and she is now 14 months old. She is an absolute joy and couldn't imagine our life without her. It made us realize that God is
overall and doesn't matter what people say.

We weren't able to make it to the reunion but will try to keep everyone posted on what's going on. We moved into our home in April of this year. It is less than 5 minutes from my work and Kristina is a stay at home mom. We only make it up there maybe once every 2-3 years.

If anyone wants to keep in touch my email is code111@excite.com

Hope everyone is good and good luck over the next 10 years.

Ben,Kristina and Candice Taylor