IT'S A BOY!!!!!!

Yes, thats right IT'S A BOY!!!!!






Monica and I are so proud to let you all know that we have another boy! I'm not talking about the Baby Monica is carrying but the young man pictured below. We are sponsoring his education in India through St. Walter's Church in Roselle.



His name is Gundala.







Gundala was born on July 27, 1999. We are told both his educational potential and health are good so we have high hopes. Mason has written him telling him about himself and included pictures of himself on his skateboard. Monica also plans to write him with our expectations of straight A's. He probably won't be able to make it to the next Diamond Family Reunion Picnic but maybe someday.

Denver Family Vacation - with surprise twist!

For my first Blog Entry I thought I would post the pictures from when Monica, Mason, and I took a family vacation to Denver, Colorado in August. Enjoy!

Daren, Monica, and Mason at the Denver Capitol Building one mile above sea level.

Here we are at the Cub's vs. Rockies Game. The Cubs pulled out the victory 10-2!
GO CUBBIES!

Colorado Mascot "Dinger" was not very happy with the Rockies loss so he took it out on Cub Fan Mason. I don't think he liked Mason calling him Baby Bop either.

Here we are at Pike's Peak. We had to take an 1.5 hour Cog Rail Ride just to get to the top.

After the long Cog Rail ride I started looking for a quicker way down the mountain.

Another cool pic of Pike's Peak.

Here is Mason at The Garden of The Gods. This is the toughest rock Monica would let him climb which he was not very happy about.

and.......

little did we know we had a little stow away on our trip!!!

I'm sure the Baby's view of Denver was not nearly as exciting as ours but maybe we will visit again in the future. Estimated due date is April 26th and needless to say Monica and I are very excited! Mason is looking forward to being a Big Brother but only if the Baby stays away from his Wii.

P.S. If you work for Kraft please keep on the downlow. We have not notifed Management yet as we wanted to make sure our Friends and Family were the first to know.

Well, that is it for my first entry! Hope you are all doing well!