R&R "Girls Weekend' in Wisconsin Rapids

Mike and Sue were gracious enough to host Colleen and 7 of her friends from college for a weekend in Wisconsin Rapids. The girls had a wonderful time!

Labor Day Weekend

Dan's sister Barb was in town from Phoenix over Labor Day weekend. She coordinated and hosted a dinner/get together with Dan's family and Colleen's parents and sister at Buca - also a bit of a surprise birthday twist for Dan. It was great for the Sullivan and O'Leary clans to meet and all had a great time!


Dan's Dad Ralph, friend Irene and Colleen's parents Mike and Sue





Dan's aunt JoAnn, uncle Joe, uncle Rodger and aunt Darlene

Labor Day Weekend was spent at the O'Leary cabin in McGregor, MN on Big Round Lake. It was a gorgeous weekend.

Mike brought up his sailboat which is named "Brace Yourself" -- there was a lot of wind so it was such a great time!

We also celebrated Dan's 34th birthday.

Summer '08 in MN

We had a beautiful summer in Minnesota! We spent time hiking near the north shore (Duluth area) as well as up at Colleen's family's cabin in McGregor, MN (2 hours north of the cities).

We spent time with family and friends and enjoyed the beautiful MN summer weather!

Colleen's parents at their 40th high school class reunion (We were at a wedding down the street so stopped by to say hi!)

Colleen and her college friends at a wedding at the Univ of St. Thomas.

Amber and John (Colleen's cousins) visited from the Milwaukee area -- dinner out at WA Frost in St. Paul.

The "Grill-Masters" Dan, Colleen's brother Kevin and dad Mike at the cabin

Dan and Holly hiking at the Jay Cooke Park near Duluth, MN

Colleen and Dan at a friend's wedding.

Holly always wants to be in the center of EVERYTHING!

Pictures from 2008

Here are a few pictures of spring and summer of 2008 - enjoy! We got engaged in WI Rapids on a snow shoe hike in the trails behind the home Colleen grew up in. It was also her 32nd birthday!
Dinner to celebrate the engagement
Dan and Holly playing in the snow -- this was on Easter Sunday afternoon 2008!
Holly Loves the snow!
Grandma and Grandpa Westlund (Colleen's maternal grandparents) and some of their grandkids - this was on Father's Day '08

Just Trying This out...

Hi,
Since we have friends and family who are outside of the twin cities area, we wanted to try this blog thing. We hope that you will save our blog to your 'favorites' and check back often. We want to share with you the fun times and experiences we have as we enter this new chapter in our life -- and we hope you will continue to check back as we continue to go through more chapters!

Much love and God's Blessings to you all!

Love, Colleen & Dan