Well it's Friday and company is a coming!!! So much to do before they arrive....clean the house, put clean towels out, bake a pie. Hahahahaha. Ya, right!!! Forget the pie, I know of a great ice cream shop in the village!!!! We will be leaving for San Diego around 10-10:30ish to pick up the Walls at the airport. Hope we don't get lost!!! Oh right, we have Nancy(GPS) to tell us where to go, that is if Shawn doesn't tell her where to go first! Jace is excited, as well as Shawn and I. Think we are getting tired of staring at each other!!! Hope the weather is OK as Jayci has big plans for the 5 days they will be here. It has been raining the last couple days, which isn't anything new for us Griswolds.

Training at Project Walk has been going good. Jaybird is getting stronger everyday. I don't think I mentioned this before, but if I have, skip to the next paragraph. When Jace left rehab in Saskatoon, she was wearing leg stockings, an abdominal binder and taking 3 pills a day, all to do with her blood pressure. Since Jayci didn't like the idea of wearing shorts down here in Cali with her leg stockings(not sure why??), we started taking them off while at home, and since there were no problems, she hasn't wore them since. As for the binder, her trainers wanted to try taking it off for some of her training, as they say it can restrict her abdominal muscles. Needless to say, for the last week, no more binder. She was taking the blood pressure pills at breakfast, lunch and supper. But, when someone sleeps in until almost noon, breakfast and lunch become brunch, no lunch and then supper so one pill was being missed(kind of happened by accident). Anyways, all these changes and no affect to her blood pressure. We think this is huge!!!! Woo Hoo!! Her shoulders continue to get stronger which is pretty exciting as well, because they were so very week and sore. Lauren(specialist) really wants Jayci to continue her work outs at home so that when she comes back in the summer, she wants to get Jayci on her hands and knees. Wow! Don't think we will have to push Jace too much to do it at home. She is pretty darned excited about everything and continues to practice her sitting here at the house. In a matter of days, she can now sit and move her body around while doing so. You can tell this takes a lot of concentration but she is determined. I got a really good video of Jace doing assisted push ups and I can't wait for you all to see it. That smile will just melt your heart!!!!!

We finally found a place for the summer. What a relief!!! We have only seen pictures but may take a drive by today as it is on the way to San Diego. Luck was actually on our side this time, as we had inquired about another property, but it was not available. They had this one that just came up and hadn't even been advertised yet. It's not as expensive as the other ones we had seen(still enough, wow, this must be the place to come in the summer). Needless to say, we jumped at it and have it booked.

Well, I better be signing off now. Got to get ready. Not sure if I mentioned this but it's Friday and company is a coming!!! So much to do before they arrive....clean the house, put clean towels out, bake a pie.....

Love you all, miss you all!
Shawn, Star & Jace

PS To all at Stevenson Accounting, I miss you like crazy. Wish I was there in the hustle and bustle of it all. Love it!!!! This is an exciting time of year. You are almost to the end, counting down the hours(literally), feeling a little sad that it is over so soon but at the same time, not over fast enough. Don't let the stress get to you now. Remember this....Chinese food(don't forget the Chinese food, it's a tradition!) May 1st - off. If May 1st falls on a Saturday, then you get the Monday off. And if Sunday comes after Saturday, you get the Tuesday off as well. Just check with BS. He knows all my little rules!! Take care, don't pull your hair out, and honestly, I DO miss it!!!!

The OM!!!