Happy Birthday, Honey!!

     Happy birthday to my wonderful husband!!  We were able to celebrate with Michael, Danielle, Amber, and our close friends, Jim and Dayna.  Family and friends are so important to us, so it's always nice to share our important days with both of them.  Michael and Amber have been spending extra time in Sartell the past few weekends.  Michael and Jim and Dayna's daughter, Aubrey, are only three months apart in age, and Darrell and Jim have been best friends since they were three years old.  Their parents still live in the same neighborhood as Darrell's mom and the house he grew up in.  There is always so much to talk about, so it was a fun evening enjoyed by all!!

You are such a loving husband and father and are loved so very, very much!!  XOXOXO

Congrats, Rach!!

     Congratulations to my niece, Rachel, on her recent college graduation.  We also have another teacher in the family!! :)  You will be a fantastic teacher with your enthusiasm and love for life.  You were born to be a teacher; those little ones are going to be so lucky!!  We are so very proud of you, Rach, and love you so very much!!!  Aunt Lulu and Uncle D

Happy Mother's Day!!

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Disney News

     Great news was shared with us yesterday!! My nephew announced his engagement to his girlfriend, Paige.  Danny proposed to her Thursday night in Disneyland. How exciting!! For those of you who prayed for my nephew while he was serving for the Peace Corps in the Philippines...well, this is him!!  It is so wonderful to see him this happy and healthy after his debacle overseas.  Your prayers were heard!!  We all thought that the two of them were just going to Disneyland for a fun trip;we were all pleasantly surprised to hear of their engagement. :0)  Now we get to have another family wedding!!

Danny and Paige (who is happily showing off her engagement ring)

In other Disney news...

     Katie and Freddie took the kids to Disney World this week.  She recently switched nursing jobs, so they celebrated by having some family time in Florida.  Last Sunday at 6:30 AM (a bit early) we received this text picture of Megann and Mathieu with a caption that read, "Let the magic begin!"  They certainly were excited to do just that!!

     Later in the week we received more pictures with Pluto as the center of attention.  Our first Golden Retriever was named Pluto after the Disney character, so Katie sent these two pictures as a tribute to our beloved (and still missed) dog, Pluto!!  Such cute photos!

Disney was certainly full of adventures this week!!