I'm Back!

Alright just as I told you I am blogging again and it has not been three months yet! Woo Hoo, success! I was hoping to have my grades finalized however, they have not yet came in. But it looks like it's gonna be a good semester. However, I am a bit worried about my summer class, Hebrew! It is not just Hebrew, but it is actually TURBO Hebrew. I will take 2 full semesters of Hebrew in 2 months. It is gonna be crazy!

For those of you who do not know it is Diamend's birthday on Wed, June 1st. She will be turning 26! We are going to be getting some type of food with some friends. She is very very excited about her birthday, so if you think about it, call her, text her, FaceBook her, or email her! She is an amazing woman with great friends! Let her know you remember!

One of the things that Diamend and I have coming up is the Concerts in the Garden. Each summer the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra does tribute nights on the weekends. We are going to the "Magical Mystery Tribute" and (my favorite) "Star Wars and Beyond". The first one is clearly the Beatles but the second one is theme songs from major motion pictures like Star Wars. There is also going to be a laser light show! It is gonna be so much fun! We hang out on the lawn with blankets and chairs. We bring our own food picnic style and just relax!

Well that's all for now! Hope you are all having a good summer. Please comment and keep communicating with us!

Tony Bianco

SWBTS Update

Well it seems to be a common theme but you haven't heard from me in a long time! Sad days...so I'm gonna catch you up with all things Southwestern! The first is how Youth Ministry Lab 2011 (YML) finished up. It was amazing! It is a training conference held at the Seminary for Youth Pastors, volunteers, adult leaders, parents and wives. We even train the student leaders in the youth group.It is such a good experience for me, I am able to meet prominent leaders in the Youth Ministry world. Plus, I get to work with Dr. Richard Ross, Dr. Wes Black, and Dr. Johnny Deurouen.These are wise seasoned Youth Ministry professors at my school. Their mentorship is worth all the stress and work! We had over 1,100people on campus for the event and it is the largest event the campus holds! Iam so blessed to be apart of such a life changing conference. I will be doing this again the coming year. But for now I am enjoying not having to do too much work for it!


The semester has finished up officially! Hoo Woo! It was possibly the hardest semester I have had here at SWBTS. My grades have not posted yet, but when they do I will share those with you for accountability purposes. But it was a wild ride there towards the end. In a matter of 3 weeks I had 4 book reviews and 2 research papers to do. It has been a challenge and I know that there is no other explanation for getting all this work done other than through the Lord. He has given me such strength. I also have to thank my amazing wife! She did not only read all these papers but helped me stay awake and work! I love her so much! She is an amazing woman, I could not have done any of this without her.


I have more to say but because I want to blog more than once every 3 months I am going to hold off and force myself to blog later. Till next time!




Tony Bianco

ConGRADulations!

Haha.. get it!? Congratulations Grad!?
Anyway... Tony's sister (my wonderful, one-and-only Sister-in-Love) graduated this weekend with her Bachelors!


We were blessed enough (through the generous help from Tony's parents!) to be able to go home and see her graduate and celebrate with the family.



Alicia Rose graduated from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville from the school of Business with her major in Accounting. We are all so proud of her! And after her internship this summer she is going back to SIUE for her Masters.

Alicia and her boyfriend, Brendon. He is part of the family and we are rooting for him as he goes through pharmaceutical school at SIUE!

The Bianco ladies

So after staying in Edwardsville for the night for graduation, we drove to Springfield on Saturday and started getting ready for the big party! We had a big celebration for her with lots of family and friends. And since we were all together, we got a few family photos! :)

The original Bianco foursome

And the whole gang!

We only had about 48 sweet, short hours in Illinois! :( But we were blessed to be able to spend some Mother's Day time with our sweet mommas before flying back to TX on Sunday afternoon.

I'm so sad I didn't get any photos of my precious momma, sister and nephew! But I soaked up all my time with them (a few short hours) and loved every minute of it! And I wish I had taken just one photo of my lil guy.. he is getting so big!! I'll have to update you soon! :)

So after a short but fun weekend in Illinois - Happy Graduation sis! and Happy Mother's day to both our momma's and my sister! ;)

We love you!!

~Diamend