Passover Seder

Had a great Passover Seder tonight! This was our first full-blown Seder that went 3 hours - without doing all the parts. A Seder is a big deal. The best part was that the kids enjoyed it as much as the adults. Some more info is here.

Matt holds a redeemed afikoman

As Hilda Prager quipped, "Only the men
got out of Egypt."

Matt cooked brisket and burnt ends

Getting ready (not everything is in place yet).

Seder Prep

We moved into serious prepping for tomorrow night's Passover Seder... Yes, we know the actual dates are this Friday and Saturday, but tomorrow is when we could all gather. Click here for some miscellaneous info about the Passover Seder that Jamie developed for the church small group that he and Lynn lead.

For the Charoset...

Charoset...

Chocolate Lava Cake for dessert.

A rare look at just getting started,
which means looking for edge pieces.

Nana and Papa took a break for lunch at Padrino's.

Just a fraction of the groceries...

Nana told a good story...

The Seder Table is taking shape...

Spamalot Closes, Party at the Compound

Spamalot had a great run the last four days, culminating in a party at our house this Saturday night. Tracy got a very nice acknowledgment from Ms. Keating on stage at the close of tonight's show for heading up all the rehearsal meals and the snack table at the shows. A few Spamalot photos are here. Some other things happened in the meantime, see below...

The foster twins now ride the bus to preschool!

Ollie the Otter visited Lexi's Dad's workspace.

First game of the season. AJ and Griffen are on the same team.

Nana and Papa enjoyed The Secret Garden at
First Company Theatre

A common scene in the theater room.

Practice run for our Passover Seder's
Potato Kugel Cups

Egg spinning decorating machine.
Big hit with all the kids...

Spamalot cast party: DIY Holy Grails

Sign a farewell photo for each Senior.

Spamalot

Spamalot opened tonight at DCC Theatre! Fina plays Patsy.

Post-show at the snack table

That's Zoe as King Arthur.

Found the Holy Grail! At seat D101.

April Fool's Day Parade

Matteo and Papa "attended" today's April Fool's Day Parade on the way to the van stop this morning. On Mountain County Radio! We laughed the whole way! My two favorite parts were interviewing advertisers as if they were floats in the parade and the "warning" to send your kids to school as normal as they will be bussed to the parade from their school to the parade's "regular location." Speaking of Mountain Country Radio, Papa took his Manitou Money (that he and Matteo won a couple months ago on a radio call-in game) to Manitou Springs yesterday and made a deposit on a Christmas thing; he's not saying any more. And, a couple other recent photos...

Routine bedtime stories...

Nana's taken her new knee up to the sewing room
the past couple of days! Progress on both counts!

Second Pool Day 2022

It was a record number for the Regusci-Foster group, 16 people, and that was without Nana! Brom and Cooper joined us along with the two foster twins. The next evening Brom, Tac, Aunt Cindy, and Uncle Roland joined us for dinner, too.

Monday evening