About
Written by: Kirk
This is the blog for the Goodwin Family (Kirk, Bonnie and Ella).
History
Kirk Goodwin and Bonnie (Sprague) dated their senior year at Ames Senior High School and, after a short 16 year “break”, they rekindled their relationship over Memorial Day weekend in 2003. Bonnie, living in Denver at the time, received an offer, that apparently had a nice ring to it, to return to Iowa. Leaving many close friends, Bonnie returned to Ames, Iowa and three weeks later Kirk and Bonnie were married on May 29th, 2004 in Newton, Iowa.
They lived in Newton, home of Kirk’s employer Maytag Corporation, and made plans to building on their farmland to make room for their new addition.
On a beautiful Palm Sunday morning, April 9th, 2006, their beautiful daughter, Ella Louise Goodwin, entered the world. While during Bonnie’s pregnancy they were told the chances of Ella having Down syndrome was 1 in 50,000, they find Ella much more special than that.
Meanwhile, Kirk’s employer Maytag was acquired by Whirlpool Corporation and Kirk received an offer, including all the time they needed to complete all of the medical tests required for Ella, to work with Whirlpool’s patent group.
On September 15, 2006, (Kirk’s 38th Birthday) the Goodwin family started a new life in Saint Joseph, MI.
This site will help chronicle their new life.
Tags: Bonnie, Ella, Kirk