Francy's Rainbow Birthday Party

This little girl had a birthday.

Family members and friends came over to celebrate.

I made some rainbow brite treat bags.

Lots of delicious food was shared.

Francy's favorite babysitter even came.

We had fun in the newly remodeled family room.

She got lots of sweet adorable gifts. 

Including five pairs of shoes.

Lilian helped with the hand printing.

Erin and Frank, the newlyweds came even though they were newly-wed. ;)

Me and my dad threw together this rainbow brite cake last second.

Here are Francy's handprints.

At the end of the day she was so tired she fell asleep right in her highchair. (lol!)

A New Way to Cook

Our old oven and range.

Our new oven and range.

My Dad's Easter Poem

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Three Marys at the Tomb, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11.  He is Not Here by Rich LaRocco
The women Jesus knew, forlorn, Went to His tomb on Sunday morn. The earth had moved, the rock rolled back, His body gone, the tomb was black Where is our Lord? the women cried, We laid Him here after He died. And then they saw upon the stone, An angel, sitting there alone. He is not here, the angel said, For He is risen from the dead. Remember not his prophecy, That He would go to Galilee? Now go and his disciples tell, He lives again, and all is well. And so they ran with fear and joy, His pledge fulfilled, death to destroy. Rejoicing, yet a doubt they feared, When suddenly our Lord appeared. Fear not, He said, for I am He, Who suffered in Gethsemane. I conquered death, atoned thy sin, That you may live with God again. They touched his hands and held his feet, And washed his wounds with tears so sweet. He dried their tears, sent them away, To spread the news, He lives today. While some believed, his foes denied, You stole his body, skeptics cried. Apostles, all eleven men, In Galilee met Him again. The Gospel truth, no greater thing, Our Savior lives, so let us sing. He is not here, for he is ris'n, And freed us from eternal pris'n. Repent, my Child, forsake your sin, He died for thee but lives again. Copyright 2011, Rich LaRoccoCopying is permitted for personal use.Please credit the author.Based on Matthew 28.

I Have a Five Year Old!!!!!

For Michael's birthday this year, we took him and two of his closest friends to Hill Aerospace Museum for the day. I think he had a lot of fun. Grandma & Grandpa LaRocco were able to meet us there as well. He is always telling me that when he grows up he wants to be a "Jet Pilot." He loved anything that flies really. I guess this is why he chose an airplane birthday theme for two years in a row. ;)
We got him a brand new bike and I think that is what he is most excited about. We are excited to have such a smart, handsome, clever, and funny little boy.

Engage.

We are sooooooooooo super excited!!!!!

Wesley the Warrior

Sweet little Wesley.

He had to have tubes put in his ears in March. He was the most cheerful sweetest little boy ever about it though. He kept smiling so big for all the pictures. The part I hated was that we weren't allowed to be there for the surgery. So they took him away and a nurse would come back saying "He did great!", but they didn't bring him back for sooooo long. We waited over two hours and they told us it would only be about 45 minutes. But apparently he was just sleeping after the surgery. Why we couldn't see him just sleeping really bothered me. I was super worried. But all is well. He did great and now he can hear much better. :)

By the way, I do not know why these pics will not be rotated. I rotate pictures all the time. Oh well, just turn you head or your computer and you'll be able to see.

Captain Furr & I

Some awesome friends of us invited us to go here (Thanks Julie & Grant!), the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center. We didn't really know what to expect, but we loved it. We participated in a Space simulation on a ship similar to ships in Star Trek. It seemed as though everything was Star Trek referenced, It was so totally rad! Justin was elected Captain and I got to be the First Officer. 

 Here we are right before the simulation.

 Waiting in line before the breifing.

 We tried making serious Starship important people faces.

I even found a bomb and someone on my crew detonated it in time to save our crew. Our mission was successful.  We also met a few super cool new friends we now hang out with, who love Star Trek as we love Star Trek. We are still kind of mourning the loss of the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas, so this made up for it a little. Someday we plan on attending a real Star Trek Convention and hope to meet some of the characters in the Star Trek world. I know this must sound super geeky but yes I am really that into it.