Ryker's name

It dawned on me that most people don't know how we came up with Ryker's name. Here's the explanation.

Ryker actually ended up on our list because Chuck found it in a list of Danish/Dutch names. He liked it and thought it sounded like Ryan sort of, so we put it on the list. Then I figured out that it actually mirrored Ryan's full name:

Ryan Michael Mueller

Of course, we cheated and did a K instead of a CH, but close enough.

Yes, we're aware that it's a prison (Riker's Island), and some work on Google taught me that there was some sort of Treky person named Captain Ryker and that there is a man named Ken Ryker in a profession that we don't talk about on family blogs (warning though - don't click on any videos or pictures with his name on them).

But the name, and the symbolism, was just too cool to pass up.

Kelly is the middle name - in honor of my mom.

There you have it...