In the last two years much has happened to Mandi. First, at the beginning of the first of the two years, she and Julian got married. Second, two months after they were married, Mandi found out she was pregnant! They have a beautiful baby boy.His FN is honoring one of his grandfathers (Philip Rodney or Emmerich Daniel). His MN is a modern English name. They are now also expecting another baby. They do not know the gender of their little one yet, but they've come up with a couple of choices. They're going to choose from: Katrina "Kat" Elise (FN honors Rhonda), Ilse Margaret (FN honors her Grandma Ilse Hannelore), Hannah "Ella" Eleanor (FN honors Ilse), Rose "Rosie" Teresa (FN honors Mandi), or Juliana "Leah" Willow (FN honors Julian). For a boy the choices are: Horace "Teddy (Bear)" Theodore (FN honors Julian), Dan Benjamin (FN honors Grandfather Emmerich), Isaac Horatio (FN honors great-grandfather Isaak Gregory Richter), Michael Rodney (MN honors Phil), or Adrian Jules (MN honors Julian).
Katie was cheated by Robert Perkins. He went off with some other girl, who ended up pregnant. This young woman gave the baby to Robert, who in turn thrust it on Katie, saying, "I can't take care of a baby! I'm a guy. I don't have the know-how." Katie ended up adopting the little girl. Robert and the young woman hadn't even named their daughter. Katie's named her after both her parents: Theresa Danielle and Robert Michael. She has also found herself a new boyfriend. Mr. Echeverría-Desrosiers was born to a French-Spanish couple. His mother was French, and his father was Spanish. They compromised on his name, giving him one name that is French and one that is Spanish. Mr. Echeverría-Desrosiers has been in a previous marriage, but his wife died after being in a horrible car accident. He has a daughter, whose FN is a hyphenated French-Spanish name (one French, one Spanish) and whose MN was one of his wife's favorites: Felicity, Diana, Elisabeth, Michelle, Veronica, or Dominique.
Jacqui and George, who has started to be known as Collin by his good friends (which also includes the Murgatroyd family as a whole) as a sort of nickname for his last name, Collingwood, are engaged. Collin has also had to take on caring for his nieces and nephews, his brother's children. His brother, Ferdinand, was away on a business trip and wasn't expected back for a few months. Ferdinand had asked Collin to watch his kids (as their mother was abusive and she and Ferdinand had gotten a divorce when the youngest was only 5 months old; their mother isn't allowed to see her children), and George accepted the responsibility. News came just a few weeks ago that Ferdinand was murdered while on this trip. It was for absolutely no reason, but that the killer wanted to get Ferdinand's money (Ferdinand was well off). Ferdinand's kids all have FNs beginning with either D or E, and their middle names are popular for the year they were born in.
Nick and Ben are off at college, studying super hard. They both have girlfriends. Nick's, Victoria Handers, is the sporty type of girl. Ben's, Theresa Wile, is more the shy, bookish type of girl. Victoria and Theresa get along very well, though, and the four often do things together.
Ariel and Sam are also dating. In fact, they're dating siblings! David and Martha Dellmore are only a year apart, just like Ariel and Sam, but they are practically best friends. Ariel is now a senior in high school, and Sam is a junior.
Josh and Em are happy in middle school. Josh is in eighth grade, and Em is in seventh. They are both very glad to have each other, especially now that all their older siblings are traipsing off to college.
DH: Philip "Phil" Rodney Murgatroyd (58)
DW: Rhonda Kathleen [Sabbadin] Murgatroyd (53)
-DD: Miranda "Mandi" Rosalind [Murgatroyd] Richter (27) [Elowen]
--DH: Julian Horace Richter (29) [jessica_p]
---DS: ? ? Richter (1)
---D?: ? ? Richter (expected)
-DD: Katherine "Katie" Theresa Murgatroyd (25) [Wandering Moon]
--exDBf: Robert Michael Perkins (28) [K.B.]
--DBf: ? ? Echeverría-Desrosiers (30)
---DBf's DD: ? ? Echeverría-Desrosiers (2)
---ADD: ? ? Perkins (1)
-DD: Jacqueline "Jacqui" Elissa Murgatroyd (23) [molly]
--DFiancé: George "Collin" Wystan Collingwood (26) [molly]
---DNephew/DNiece: ? ? Collingwood / ? ? Collingwood (9)
---DNiece: ? ? Collingwood (6)
---DNephew: ? ? Collingwood (3)
-DS: Nicholas "Nick" Peter Murgatroyd (21) [K.B.]
--DGf: Victoria "Tori" Marie Handers (20)
-DS: Benjamin "Ben" Ulysses Murgatroyd (19) [Jessamine]
--DGf: Theresa "Terry" Eloise Wile (19)
-DD: Ariel Susannah Murgatroyd (17) [molly]
--DBf: David Luke Dellmore (17)
-DS: Samuel "Sam" Orlando Murgatroyd (16) [molly]
--DGf: Martha Rachel Dellmore (16)
-DS: Joshua "Josh" David Murgatroyd (13) [Wandering Moon]
-DD: Emily “Em” Beatrice Murgatroyd (12) [RowenaRavencalw]
This message was edited 3/13/2011, 12:41 PM