As promised, we have taken some pictures of the events of this last weekend. My friend Fran, who I have known for about 15 years, was in Port Saint Lucie from Ft. Lauderdale this week and decided to make the extra stretch to come up to visit us so we could meet her new born baby boy of 3 weeks, Baby John Vincenzo Ranken. He is so so cute. It is true what they say, they are alot of work and they spend nearly all of their time filling their bellies, filling their diaper and sleeping. Thankfully, we were able to get some good pictures of him while he was awake.



Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures of Chris with Baby Vinnie but Chris held him for a long while and even fed him that day- a natural!



On our list of things to do this weekend is to have some fun for our first year anniversary (05/28). After tossing around the idea of having a luau or some other type of get together, we finally decided on a short get away to the Keys. I do apologize it took us so long to decide. . .I know some of you have been waiting on a definitive answer on that for far too long.

Anyway, check back next week to view pictures and maybe video of our one year anniversary getaway!

As some of you know, Chris and I joined a Kung Fu school about 6 weeks ago. The name of the school is Wah Lum Kung Fu. The style is Northern Praying Mantis Style. We go 4 days a week and love it. It is fun exercise with a purpose. Since both of us have been athletic in the past, it is nice to be able to enjoy a serious sport as we get older.

Although I was a gymnast for quite some time (about 11 years), and have taken kickboxing in the past (for a very short time), Kung Fu, although consisting of a lot of kicking, punching and acrobatics, is so very different from gymnastics and kickboxing. I couldn't even get the "Kung Fu" forward roll right! We really enjoy that despite our backgrounds, it is different than anything we have done in the past and every day we are sore in spots we did not realize we even had a muscle.

At anyrate, things around the Marot household are going well. We are quickly approaching our first year anniversary. We were thinking of having a luau to celebrate as a rememberance of the pre-wedding party we had last year. I guess we still have not really decided though. A lot of people will be in town that weekend as a coincidence, so I am thinking of at least having some sort of get together. All I can say at this point is "stay tuned."

Also, Chris and I have been very busy this year with something to do almost every weekend. Unfortunately, we have been big slackers as far as taking pictures of the events. Since I started this blog, however, I am committed to taking pictures and video from this point forth and posting them on this site, so, be on the look out.

Family and Friends,

I have created this blog to keep everyone updated with what is going on in our lives. We still have an actual website, but only Chris knows how to add to and change it.

I used to nag Chris to "add this and change that" (on our website) and I couldn't understand why he would avoid it. One day I asked him to teach me so I could manage the site myself. It was then that I realized it not only takes a significant amount of skill but also a good chunk of time to edit a website. So, I decided I wouldn't nag anymore. Even if I had the skills, I wouldn't want to spend the time.

I had completely given up on the idea of "communication via our website" until our friend Jason Terreri (when he stayed with us for alumni week) was going to show us pictures of his wife, Cara, of how far along she was in her pregnancy. That's when he pulled up his blogspot. He said it was easy to blog and "easy" is definitely for me. So, basically, I am stealing the idea from them. Thanks Cara and Jason!

Although we will keep our original website, it is likely that you will find the most recent information and pictures on our new blog. Enjoy!