Vincent's First Holy Communion

Mother's Day, May 8, was the day of Vincent's First Holy Communion. It was such a special day. My guy was so handsome and happy. Thank you Lord for this precious son and sacrament!

It was an extra special occasion because our dear friend, Gabriella, also received her first Holy Communion. She was so beautiful and sweet!

These two have known each other since she was 1 and he was 2.

Here she is with her little sister, Lucia, my God-Daughter!

And their mommy and littlest sister Marianna!

On the way to the special 3pm Mass, we saw Zachary getting dressed to serve as an altar server.

Francesca and Lucia - God-sisters - on their way to the church.

I didn't actually see him receive Jesus (the church was packed!), but here is a photo of him shortly after.

And outside posing for a group photo.

We had a combined party at Gabriella's house.

Zack's 10th Birthday

My son has entered the double digits! Here's pics from his sleepover party a couple nights before his birthday. A friend who turned 10 on the same day celebrated with us too, along with 2 other boys.

Zack was happy to get a backpack blower... something he's wanted for years!

Poor kid was sick on his actual birthday but Gramma and Gramps still came over to celebrate his bday and hers. That's her funky lemon cake I made. It tasted good, just looks kinda goopy.

Jason's Birthday Party

Last Sunday we had a Pray and Play birthday party for Jason. It was a fun night with lots of kids and grown ups! The kids ran wild on the property and most of the grown ups tasted wine. Each guest brought a bottle of Merlot. I covered the labels and numbered them for the blind wine tasting. After all 8 different wines were tasted, there was a vote. The guests that brought Jason's favorite won a prize, as well as the guest that brought the majority favorite. Jason's fav was a Blackstone Merlot from Woodbridge, Ca. brought by the Barrons. There was a tie for the majority, Blackstone again and Foxbrook brought from the Uhlich's.

Here is Vincent, my little chef, helping make the cupcakes.

My mom says "Cheers!".

Francesca hanging with a fellow baby. Baby Atwood is 3 weeks old.

Vincent's Birthday

Here are some details from Vincent's 6th Birthday. We had a party planned for him on his birthday but he got sick and we had to cancel. Here he is the morning of his bday, before we knew he was sick. He got to eat a "junky" cereal for a birthay treat. I think with the coincidental illness, he may be turned off "junky" cereal!

Below is him opening his gifts from us.

A bicycle basket, custom designed to look boyish and with a V.

A space rocket from dad for the "space" party theme. Dad also got him another rocket that is launched with real fire! We are waiting for the grass to get a bit greener before we try it out.

So now we continue with the story. Vincent is such a good trooper! He was a really nice boy when it came to cancelling the party. He still got a visit from Gramma Cathy that day and some more fun gifts...

We decided to have an impromptu party for him at our next Pray and Play gathering. As the original party was going to be a swim party, so was Pray and Play, but the birthday boy wasn't allowed to swim due to an ear infection. He was still such a nice boy when all his friends could swim and he couldn't. awwww!!! Here are some photos from the festivities:

Moon Cakes