Day 428

Remember the very yellow dandelions Lexi picked on the way to school a week or so ago? Well, they've matured. Nana and Papa closed the deal on their new car (may the GLA rest in peace). It was a 4.5 hour process; Jamie barely made it to horses - with the new car! And Lexi found peace swinging to her music.

Day 427

Still trying to get clarity on whether the car has been totaled officially or not. Don't want to end up with two cars. The day ended unclearly but with an appointment tomorrow morning at the Lexus dealer to do paperwork. Tracy went to another non-visitation with the foster kids, and the appointments with docs and therapists continue unabated. AJ had a game this evening. He's lovin' baseball. Jamie got some Biblical Hebrew language materials to supplement the Great Courses materials. The workbook should prove very helpful. We've been watching 24 for weeks now...

Thanks for the pics, Matt!

Day 426

Nana and Papa went off car shopping again. By the way, their little car is officially totaled. The replacement could well be pictured below. While car shopping, they lunched at Panino's; you should see/try their Italian Nachos - yum! Thanks, Patrick and Trebor! We also celebrated a birthday today with a new cake recipe - a Keto "best ever" chocolate cake. Even the kids liked it. It was surprisingly good! And speaking of Keto, I ran across a PragerU video that applies: How the Government Made You Fat. Harkens back to Sugar Blues, a book we were introduced to by Lynn's step-dad decades ago. This book did for us in the dietary world what Ecological Sanity did for us in the enviro/political world (another book he shared with us decades ago). Today was also swim lessons for Jonnie and Lexi, and a dinner out for Tracy and Matt.

This might be the Fosters' new car...

Day 425

Snow! I didn't get many pics again, but the day was quite active, including Lexi's tennis lesson. Well, the dogs were fairly quiet. Lunch at Walter's! Nana and Papa checked out the Toyota Venza today...

Day 424

Another great lunch at Sushi Ato! Spring is trying to spring. And trains are still a huge hit with the twins.

Fina's prom decorations surround Matteo's Lego Piano.

Day 423

Happy Mothers' Day! It was a bit weird. Matt was out of town, so Jamie stayed home with the five Regusci "littles" while Tracy, Nana, and Fina (and the foster twins) worked Sunday School all morning. About noon, Jamie took Lexi over to the church and grabbed Fina to hit Carls Jr. on the way to her Sound of Music rehearsal. The quiche lorraine we picked up at Marigold yesterday turned out to be wonderful. We got Matt home from the airport later in the afternoon and voila, we were back to full strength. Nana's been doing some online car shopping...

Tulips at home

Rose bundles at church for the Moms and Grandmoms.

Day 422

Jamie did a Parlor Car Chat this morning while the rest of the gang went to AJ's baseball game. He got to play catcher! And hit a double! First thing in the morning, before they ran out of flowers, Nana and Papa ran to Sprouts to get a few Mothers' Day flowers. The roses are for the Sunday School preschoolers to give to moms and grandmoms, and the tulips are for our house. Fina had a Sound of Music rehearsal out in Falcon. A new toy arrived today - the Aarke water sparkler. Jamie ran to Ace to get a CO2 canister, and voila, sparkling water! Nana and Papa had a nice relaxing early dinner at the Club and brought back medallions for Tracy. And as soon as the sun disappeared (concluding Shabbat), Jamie enjoyed a little Torah Time at the firepit. Of course, you can study Torah during Shabbat, but you can't light a fire including smoking a cigar. It turns out that It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play won Bronze in the Best Play category. Jamie played Mr. Potter and Uncle Billy.