LaRocque Family
David, Krista, Antonio, Carmen, Felix, Stephen, Jacob, & Victoria LaRocque You'll need to login to see pictures and full content.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Summer Travels
We've had a busy, hot summer so far!This year's trip was to Ohio to visit Krista's grandparents. On our way up, we stopped by Krista's mom's place, and surprised her with getting Jim & Terra to come with their families for a little birthday party for her. We picked up Carmen from the Wilds, and headed up to Ohio, where we were glad to see Grandma and Grandpa doing well. Tricia and her family were also able to come down at the same time, so we got to see all of Krista's siblings in one weekend! On our way home, we stopped by for a repeat visit to the Creation Museum. To make all the travel a little more bearable, David made a bracket to attach a 19" screen for Wii and movies to keep the kids occupied.
Then, after a couple days at home, we drove to Daniel's home to meet up with his family and Papa and Meme. We enjoyed a classic hot July 4th concert with the Richmond Philharmonic and a choir, and then cooled off in the pool for a relaxing holiday. Good thing, because the next day David and Antonio went out for some rolling around in the dirt shooting paint at each other and our friends!
A couple birthday parties and a Pampered Chef party later, and family and friends visiting, and we survived the summer crunch!
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Birthday and Bike Ride
Jacob enjoyed his birthday this year, growing up before our very eyes into a talkative and very curious 5-year-old. He and Victoria have been fascinated by the removable kitchen faucet, and recently discovered the great fun of spraying the ceiling with water.We enjoyed a beautiful spring this year, and took advantage of the nice weather to go to a (rainy) Durham Bulls baseball game and pick (and eat) this year's crop of strawberries. The whole family (tandem, trailer, and all) took a bike ride on Memorial Day, on some paved paths in the area.
Antonio decided now is the time to buy a big TV, after having enough of kids getting in the way of games and movies alike. So he bought a nice big plasma screen to hang on the wall for all to enjoy playing the Wii and watching movies on!
Friday, May 16, 2008
May Showers
It's been wonderfully rainy around here the last couple weeks, gradually eating away at the drought here in NC! The rain is great fun for the kids, who then get to go find worms, bugs, and frogs that show up in the back yard.The whole family took a trip at the beginning of last month, and stayed with some friends and visited with family, while David displayed his new church collaboration services at a conference.
Otherwise, life has been school, chores, and playing the Wii (Sports, Mario Party, Playground, DDR - what a workout!, and Mariokart), with an occasional break for a bike ride or trip to the NC Science Museum. David's parents brought some cool animal carvings from their recent trip to Ethiopia, too.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Krista's Surgery
This afternoon, Krista had a 3.5 hour surgery removing extensive endometriosis. She did well through the surgery, and the surgeon is pleased with how she did and amazed at what she's been living with.Read more about the remarkable technology used in her surgery, or even watch a video of a similar operation being performed by Dr. Boggess, Krista's surgeon!
The kids are at home with Krista's mom.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Johnathan's Passing
One week ago, Sunday night, our 18-month old son Johnathan stopped breathing in his sleep, and passed on to be with God in heaven. He’d had a normal day, and enjoyed his dinner and bath as usual. The last few weeks saw progress in his development, and he appeared to be moving past the breathing issues that had plagued his short life. God called him home to heaven, instead of Johnathan coming home with us. A full autopsy revealed no issues, and his death was determined to be caused by SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), even as old as he was.
Johnathan’s foster family in Oregon has loved and cared for him like their own grandson, and had been looking forward to his imminent transfer home with us. They immediately called EMS, but nothing more could be done. We were called on Monday with the news, and we flew out as soon as we could catch a flight (on the week before Memorial Day, that took a couple days).
We got to spend a couple days with Johnathan’s wonderful foster parents, and shared stories and tears together. We were able to bring Victoria with us, who brought lots of necessary smiles to everybody’s hearts! The funeral was held on Friday, May 25th. It was heartbreaking to see such a small coffin and such a little body lying so still and lifeless. It’s hard to understand how something like this can be God’s will, but it is, and we accept that, however sorrowfully.
The wonderful part about the funeral was how many people were there that had been touched by Johnathan’s short life. Dozens of family members, social workers, early intervention staff, and many others who had been with and loved him. We are heartbroken to have him gone, but his life was not in vain. We put together some pictures from the foster family, along with some music and words from his primary social worker, which you can watch if you like:
Several families stepped in to care for the kids while David, Krista, and Victoria travelled, and their sacrifice is much appreciated!
Monday, January 01, 2007
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