Luck O' the Irish

  Since Michael is half Irish, it is only fitting that the babies celebrate their ancestry.  Michael's maternal grandmother came to the United States from Donegal, Ireland.  As a little girl, she used to tend to a lighthouse in Donegal.  I'm sure many of you could have guessed Michael's Irish ancestry...red hair...pale skin....love of drinking beer.

  Some people tend to think that the Irish have good luck.  Not so much for the Rocc Flock.  It seems that Mike and I have almost been cursed with how unlucky our lives have been.  However, we are learning that as bad as our luck is, if we persevere, good things come in time.  Some examples:  trying to buy a house.  We put bids in on 3 different houses before finally purchasing Club 1920.  Looking back, our house is definitely the best out of all of them!  Especially since we have great neighbors like Rudy and Ester and the Ebelings!

 Example #2 - Our wedding.  We got married on the Outer Banks on July 8, 2008.  We chose this place because we wanted to have a beach wedding.  Everything was going as planned until a huge summer storm blew up right as our wedding ceremony was to begin.  However, the storm literally blew around our wedding site and we ended up getting some pretty fantastic photos.

 Example #3 - Michael miraculously won tickets to a Phillies play-off game.  I say miraculously because again, we have the worse luck of anyone I know.  So.....pretty cool we won tickets.  Not cool that the game was the same day as the Wisconsin/Penn State game that we had decided to fly to Wisconsin for.  Yeah..rotten luck, I know.  However, we had a great time and got to eat some really great cheese.

 Example #4 - The babies coming 2 months early.  Very, very awful.  Maybe not bad luck as much as the fact I got preeclampsia and my placenta had started to calcify.  However, my mother did get to spend 2 more months with them that she otherwise would not have had.

  So Happy Saint Patrick's Day to everyone and may you have good luck!