Kristen Sullivan Mantovani '03 welcomes baby boy!

Clay and I are proud to welcome William Clayton Mantovani into the world, born August 20, 2008. He weighed in at 7lbs 9oz, 20 inches long and shares his birthday with his Daddy! Will is doing wonderfully and we couldn't be more excited that he's finally here. We're at home enjoying getting to know each other, and Mommy is trying to get used to the sleep deprivation. . .

~Kristen (Sullivan) Mantovani '03

The Owl Girls come together to honor Duncan Arthur at the Columbus Heart Walk

First of all thank you to everyone who pledged money, helped with getting out information, could not make it but wanted to and those of course who participated!

The HeartWalk went wonderfully, and Duncan's Walking Warriors raised (drumroll please...) $2425.00!!!! AND that is BEFORE all the same day pledges and matching pledges will be added in, once the additions, we will be over $3000!!!!!. Our original team goal was 20 members and with kiddos included... it was 17! Not too bad! We had a wonderful time walking and celebrating Duncan.

Shout outs go out to: Our wonderful team "Duncan's Walking Warriors", Carli Amlin Dean, Amber Casper Baumer, Becky Devaney Stapleton, Helene Mundrick Wirth, Sherri Slagle Ebert, Tiffany Compan McCallen and Emily Devaney Replogle. As well as many of our kiddos that joined us, Kaiya, Cassie, Austin, Hannah, Charlie, Noah, Gabe, Savvy and Olivia.... who WALKED much of the event!!!! WTG Olivia! Also - thank you for Sherri, Carli, Tiff for making the extra long drive to downtown Columbus early on a Saturday!

Shout out to Carli who was our top moneyraiser! Way to go Carli for getting the word out there and in record time!!!

Shout out to The Jacket Man who literally came through at the last minute to make us shirts with Duncan's name on them to honor him, making them at cost and even DELIVERING them to my door when my car broke down yesterday!!! Highly recommend for any school or corpororate event.

SHout out to Brianne Stewart Harman for chatting with her Owl sisters even in the midst of all the chaos and even providing several of our kids t-shirts after they found their way to a fountain after the walk was over!! Brianne was very professional and made the HeartWalk a huge success as a director for the American Heart Association!! (My pledge everyone:):):))

Most importantly, thank you Tricia and Scott for giving us the oppornity to know Duncan (and Jackson of course) whether we knew him through knowing you two, your blog, or just word of mouth... he had left an incredible impression on all of us. A wonderful one, to do better, be more kind to others and appreciate so many things that can be taken for granted.
Your little boy and his amazing life and your amazing family has left an everlasting impression on our hearts and will forever have changed us and our hearts for the better. Thank you for sharing your story, letting us all in, being such a positive influence on all of us.
Duncan today was your day, you were in every smile, the thousands of balloons, the music in the air, the millions of footsteps that every person took. They were taking those steps to make a difference....It was to make a difference and it was because of you. We were dancing all the way down the walk, having a ball and remembering the importance of savoring each moment.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you.

Becky Devaney Stapleton & Emily Devaney Replogle '98

Owl Update~Flavia Santos Ward '04

I got an email yesterday from Flavia and some beautiful photos of her and her family and little boy Enz0 (ADORABLE). Here is what is going on in her life!

I am so excited that I am able to check and see how all my sisters are doing, and update everyone on how I am as well. Life has been good, had some curve balls come my way, but nothing that I could not handle. I am currently living in Atlanta, GA. I moved here right after graduation, I found job working in Information Technology for a real state company. In July of 2005 Michael and I got married. It was a wonderful day! But soon after we went through a rollercoaster, Mike was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, so the past years have been kind of a struggle. In march of 2007, not planning we found out I was pregnant. It was a bit scary at first, and in December 27, 2007 we welcomed our baby boy Enzo Santos Ward. Since than, our lives have changed completely, he is our sunshine! He makes us so happy! Right now, we are enjoying him to the fullest! I am also on the process of moving to Houston, TX. So if anyone knows of any of our sisters that live in that area, let me know, it would be great to have someone to get in contact when we move there. The move will probably happen sometime in October or November.Thank you for the wonderful blog, it is a great way for everyone to stay in contact.

Love-N-Hoots,

Flavia

Funeral Information for Andrea's Russell Barlow's Mom

Andrea Wilson Walton passed on Anee's Mothers funeral arrangements for us.
They are as follows:

Services for Diane Swanson are Thursday 2-8 and the Funeral is Friday at 11am.

Krill Funeral Home
840 W Mulberry St
Bryan, OH 43506

Helene Mundrick Wirth is sending a flower arrangement to the funeral home from all of Anee's sisters. If you would like to contribute, please email Helene at WIRTHH@nationwide.com so she can give you her address to mail the check to.

Oh, Anee, I am so deeply sorry for your loss. You and your family are so close in our hearts in this time and we are all praying for you.
God Bless you and your family.
Emily

Prayers for Anee

Andrea Wilson-Walton '00 distributed this e-mail today, and I thought I would share it with the rest of you...

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Andrea (Russell) Barlow's mother—Diane Swanson—was diagnosed two weeks ago with stage 4 pancriatic, stomach and liver cancer. She passed away yesterday afternoon. Obviously this was beyond sudden and very tragic.

For those of you that know Anee, please send her your love as she will need all the love and support we can give her.

Services are Thursday 2-8 and the Funeral is Friday at 11am in Bryan, Ohio.