Cass Winery & Lopez

While the Fosters did horseback riding and wine tasting at Cass Winery, the Reguscis et al took on Lopez Lake. All the day's photos start here.

All Play!

What a great event at the Foster's Nipomo house with all the Foster kids and Foster/Regusci/Kreb grandkids! And what a playground the yard proved to be. Clearly, everyone had a great time. All the day's photo start here.

Errands always go better with ice cream!
Especially after buying a set of tires!

The Day after the 4th

Mornings are great times for games. Today we were back to the Mexican Train Dominoes game. Following a trip to Cowgirl Cafe and the Nipomo Native Garden, we settled into some quiet time and prep time for tonight's dinner with Bob, Sandy, Julie, and Lee. Spaghetti Carbonara was accompanied by a great salad and an amazing truffle dessert accompanied by a McKeon Phillips 2005 Port that Julie had "laying around!" To cap the night, the kids did a fireworks display. And thanks to Julie, we now have a keepsake McKeon Phillips wine bottle.

Smith & Hook and Dunning wines
went well with the homemade sourdough
bread that Jen made.

Julie's Truffle dessert

Don't let the sediment fool you.
The Sir Winston Port was great.

4th of July

We started the day with a game of Five Crowns, but have yet to play the final round (13-card hand, kings are wild). Then swim team practice at AG High. We knew there was going to be a parade going through Nipomo and tried to avoid it, but as it turned out, we end up IN the parade, at least for a short while. Lastly, we all went to Gibson's house for all kinds of afternoon gaming (volleyball, horseshoes, etc.), dinner, and fireworks. And, of course, meeting up with all the Reguscis who made it to town the day before. All the day's photos start here. The new Yeti and some dry ice kept the ice cream sandwiches solid for hours!

Smoky Pineapple and Tequila Punch

We had to make a special run to Von's in Grover Beach for Orgeat, a key ingredient to the cold-smoked pineapple libation Trevor found in Food and Wine magazine. So, why not stop in at Lido for breakfast!? Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the girls were whipping up about 60 cupcakes for tomorrow's 4th of July party. We also made another batch of 12 dozen oatmeal raisin and chocolate chip cookies for the 4th. Dinner was from Me and Ed's in downtown Nipomo. We finished off the day watching the Dodgers beat the Pirates. All the day's photos start here.

Cookies, Games, Sushi, and Fireworks

It took a while, but we cranked out the first gross of Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies for our 4th of July extravaganza. Batch #2 is tomorrow. We also (re-)learned how to play Five Crowns. After a fabulous dinner at Kanpai Sushi in Shell Beach, we visited a firework stand in preparation for the 4th.

Batch #1 of Oatmeal Raisin Chocoloate Chip Cookies

Five Crowns

Swim Meet and Bubbly

Swim Meet at Arroyo Grande High School! Hannah and Abby both swam several races. Nana and Papa followed up with a stop at Laetitia Winery for some bubbly. We cruised through the rest of the day with a Dodgers/Royals baseball game, a jerked chicken dinner, and the last half of Kindergarten Cop. All the day's photos start here.

Matteo, can you print one of these?!