Bonnie Raber and Kathy (Flynn) Niemer... June, 1987. Bonnie and I have been friends for 31 years.

Judy Nath... another wonderful friend for several years. Judy and her husband John came from Kansas to attend our wedding!

Here we are with Donna and John Puckett. Donna is Bonnie's sister-in-law and a very good friend of mine. We were honored to stand up with them at their small wedding on February 17, 2001.

Dorene Stall, another wonderful friend. Dorene was with me when Victor and I met and she was with me when Victor proposed. She was maid of honor at our wedding. Dorene is a computer science professor and has taught me a lot!

Linda Andriot -- a good friend I work with, Linda goes above and beyond the call of duty. She had a lovely shower for me and then took 8 rolls of film at our wedding, had them developed and put them into an album for us. They were great shots!

Beci Daniels with her daughter, Bridgett and her mom... Beci went above the call of duty and let us have our rehearsal dinner at her lovely home. She also helped me make up the favors for the wedding guests.

Carol Brown sits next to me at work... all day long she calms and inspires me. She thinks I help her... she doesn't know how much SHE helps me every single day!

Patti Ruge, another great friend and co-worker. Patti helped Linda put on my wedding shower.

Mossie Pawlyk, a dear friend who shares my love of cats.

This is my friend Donna. We used to work together and have stayed in touch since. There have been many times when Donna's wit and moral support carried me through tough situations.

Alan and Debbie Sefakis... Alan and Victor have been friends since they were 7 years old

Vic and Alan, way back when

Rick Schmitz, another close friend of Victor's for several years.

Vic and Tim Shannon. Tim has been part of my family for so many years, as Jeff's friend and after living with my family when he was in high school, that he's another brother to me. He and Vic hit it off right away.

Laymon Lovell is another good friend of Victor's. They share HVAC interests, as well as computers. Laymon stood up with us in our wedding along with Alan Sefakis and Victor, Jr.

Dave Learned has become a great friend to us both over the last couple years... Dave also took a lot of really excellent pictures for us at the wedding!

Tim's wife, Laurie, another dear friend of Vic's and mine, with her little, old dog... don't even ASK the dog's name!

Tim Shannon and Laurie Nelson's wedding, May, 1989

Herb Bass is a good friend and a great sounding-board for new ideas. If you want to discuss any sort of philosophy, politics or religion, Herb will always have something interesting to offer.