Brayden Matthew Dirck

Brad and Kristen Dirck are proud to announce the birth of their son Brayden Matthew Dirck.

Brayden was born at 11:07 a.m., Aug. 20, 2015 at Presbyterian/Saint Luke’s Medical Center in Denver, Colo. He weighed 3 pounds, 7 ounces and was 16 inches long.

Maternal grandparents are Carol and Steve Kelley, of Rawlins, and the late James Pigg, of Saratoga. Maternal great-grandparents are Mary and Carl Pigg, of Saratoga, and George Hooker, of Fort Collins, Colo.

Paternal grandparents are John and Cathy MacPherson, of Saratoga, and Jim and Lena Dirck, of Rawlins. Paternal great-grandmother is Shirley Belly, of Green Ridge, Mo.

Brayden joins his sister Jamie Katherine Dirck, who is 4 years old.

Kristen graduated from Saratoga High School and the Dircks still have family in the upper Platte Valley.