“For a great friend, we went out to party!!” What a Yoda thing to say! Angela’s birthday was the reason and the best local watering hole was the locale. Here are the results! Judges…

ROCK-IT GRILLE!!

This year’s Winter Luau was an absolute blast!! Thanks to everyone that was able to make it. I hope you all had a great time. It is a party that we love throwing! If you weren’t able to make it this year, well there is ALWAYS next year! I have always wanted a chalkboard wall in my house and for the luau, I got one! Here is the shot that some of you were waiting for.

This link is to the FULL RESOLUTION photo…

It’s great that we have babies! I mean, all the love and affection… It’s just great. Our little boy, Logan, has 3 months to go until he is here. It’s funny because we all are so alike. Introducing, Alexis!! She was born October 9th to a very near and dear couple to us. She is just adorable!
…Bro, I am sooo buying an IP camera for Logan when he gets here! That’s what we do. While the girls are buying booties and bibs, we are buying IP cameras and baby video game controllers!! I just love her!

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve written on my site (relatively speaking). Since I’ve never “updated my status” on Facebook, I guess I’ll do it here. Plenty has been going on lately. My band, Knee Deep, is doing very well. We played Old Town Alexandria, outside of Washington D.C., this weekend. We also had the pleasure of a guest performance by singer/songwriter/musician and touring member of the cast of STOMP, Justin Myles (www.JustinMyles.net). The show was absolutely great. Quick run-down, Craig – Bass, Matt – Guitar, Mike – Drums, and myself as the frontman – vocalist. Wasn’t able to get pictures this time though. Uh, what else, Taylor (my 6 year old) will be here soon and we are excited about his arrival. He just turned 6 so we will be buying even more trains soon. He LOVES trains! Today is my lovely wife Julie‘s Birthday! I am too intelligent to say her actual age, but lets just say, she is still the “baby” of the group! I completed the start-up of my photography business, XOphoto (www.XOphotoUS.com)! It is a project that I’ve been wanting to develop for some time. It is finally off the ground and besides having taken quite a few shoots so far, I’ve started to book Weddings! So, write myself and my business partner if you want to have your family, event, etc photographed.

All of this good news pales in comparison to this bit of news. Julie and myself are having our first baby! I know, about time right!!! We found out the morning of Mother’s Day. The Perfect Mother’s Day present. She immediately had to go buy baby socks upon finding out, it was awesome! We were trying and then it happened! Angela, I told you I didn’t need 3 months, a few weeks was sufficient! It’s like the pregnant bug is going around! Angela, Libby, now Julie, Shreaka hold your breathe! Everything has bee going very well in “The World of Rico”. Oh yeah and we just got a hot tub! Later…

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In a social night of hanging out with Jim and Terri, We decided now would be a great time to throw our first Winter Luau!! After spending a few hours making plans, Terri remembered NONE of it!! Nice! But, after a bit of memory jogging, we are GO for an awesome party. The event will be this Friday night from 7-until. RSVP for the address and don’t forget the flower shirts and coconut bras! This is gonna be great!!

…And here are “Le Fotos”…