Congrats, Faith!!

 Congratulations, Faith!  You are officially a high school grad!!! 

I was so blessed to be able to share in your day!! Love you, Aunt Lulu

Rally for Richie

     A "Rally for Richie" was held recently to help Richie and his family during his stem cell surgery and recovery. It was held a week after our school had our "Run for Richie."  His family was very grateful for all of the support.  It was held at McPete's in Big Lake and was a huge success (even if Ann didn't win her silent auction item)!! :0)

     Richie wanted a picture for the school monitors of him surrounded by those of us who came to his benefit.  There was face painting and hair painting available, so you can see he went with red and blue!! :)

Teacher Appreciation

This was one of the cool gifts that I received for Teacher Appreciation Day.  

What a clever idea!

How Fast Life Changes...

Last Friday, May 10...

Kati (our niece) and Jim were married.  

What a beautiful day it turned out to be for them!!

Sadly, Jim passed away from his cancer last night.  

Our thoughts and prayers are with Kati and Brayden, their son.

One Lucky Mom

Thanks to my wonderful family for making Mother's Day special.  

The best part was spending it together!! I love you all so very much!!

Dani, Darrell, and Michael treated me to dinner at Pittsburgh Blue; it was awesome!!

Here are the beautiful flowers that I received...

To top off the evening...a blackberry Mojito.  Yum!! :0)

Mother's Day

     Happy Mother's Day, Mom!!  You are such a loving, kind, generous, giving, and dedicated mom.  I have been so VERY blessed to have you as my mother!!  Love you so very much, Lulu and Darrell

     Happy Mother's Day to Mom O. as well.  Today was very difficult for us without you to share it with.  Not a day goes by without thinking of you and remembering what a wonderful mom you were.  We know that you are watching over us from heaven.  Love you, Mom O.!!

Run For Richie

     Richard was diagnosed with childhood cancer Ewing's Sarcoma in February by a biopsy of his lump on his left forearm. (He even named this lump Bob). Richie finished his 6th round of chemo at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital. Soon he will also have a stem cell transplant.  He and his mom will need to be there at least 60 days, so our school had a fundraiser called "Run for Richie" this past week.  It was so awesome as the varsity and JV baseball and track teams ran in addition to our MS track and softball teams.  Many other students participated along with lots of staff members. The donation was $5 per person.  The track team set a goal of $500 and tripled it by raising a total of $1531!! 

  Here is Richie...ALWAYS a smile on his face.

Richie rode his bike alongside Ryan, one of our 8th graders.

Here is the whole gang!! His mom was so touched by all of the support for her son!!

Some of the staff members who participated...

Congrats, Dan!!

     Congratulations to my nephew on his master's degree as well as his new teaching job at Billings West High School as an art teacher!! You are going to be tremendous!! You look so very healthy and happy!!  (For those of you that prayed for our family, this is the nephew that was in the Peace Corps in the Philippines.)  Love you so much, Aunt Lulu & Uncle D

"Master" Dan (as he told me to call him...LOL)

Dan and his fiancee, Paige

Greg, Faith, Cathy, and Dan

The happy graduate (and my alma mater) :0)

Paige, Dan, Cathy, Faith, and Greg

Closer...

     My "little" brother (as I still call him) is moving to Fargo over Memorial Day weekend to open up his new pharmacy.  This opportunity presented itself last fall when he was approached by his current employer, Costco, who was building a new store in Fargo. They opened the Costco store, but his pharmacy is still being built.  It is scheduled to open in early June.  I am excited to have family move closer to Minnesota!!!

Intentionally misspelled as he pointed out to me

 (although I had already figured it out) since his initials are SK... :0)

     Steven asked Darrell and me to meet him in Fargo a couple of weekends ago to help him house hunt.  Here is the house we liked and the one he ended up purchasing.  It is not far from his new pharmacy, so that will be very nice and convenient.  There are a few finishing touches left on the construction of his new house.

Now all that he will have to do is learn his new "language"...North Dakotan!! :0)

Meet Ranger!!

     Our good friends, Mike and Darci, just picked up their new puppy, Ranger.  He is a golden lab and is so adorable.  They have been "puppy less" since they had to put down their other lab, Scout, last June.   So far he has been doing great and adjusting to his new home well.  Enjoy the pictures; they are sure to brighten anyone's day!! :0)