Anna Grows

James, Andrew, Luke & Anna on the North Shore Thanksgiving 2019 was hosted by Aunt Mary.  As always, it was quite a feast (Aunt Mary could have fed at least 30 more people) and the Virginia Fagellas likely took home more food than they brought in courtesy of Aunt Mary's "to go" bags.  Aunt Loren and Aunt Lucy were also there, along with James, Luke and Andrew. Unfortunately, Uncle John was unable to make the trip from Yonkers to Long Island.  There were many rumors for why he could not make it ranging from taking a secret trip to Italy to not actually knowing where Long Island is.  Joe and Theresa thought it may have something to do with the Yankees not winning the pennant and being unable to face Nationals fans.  Joe, Loren, Lucy & Mary contemplated sending an Uber to pick him up.  Maybe next time....  There was much lively dinner discussion, including political debates between Aunt Lucy and Joe.  We caught up on Luke's adventures in Wyoming, James&

Anna & Theresa at the National Parade There is not a lot of positive news that comes out of Washington, DC these days, but one of the best things to happen is the big World Series victory of the Washington Nationals.  For those of you that are baseball fans, you know this was not a typical World Series.  The Nats were at the bottom of the National League in May.  They made a steady climb throughout the season to win a wildcard slot in the playoffs all the way to the championship.  There was no shortage of drama throughout with big finishes and agonizing defeats.  Washington fans were riveted throughout the playoffs (there were a lot of tired people at the office and school during the week from late night games). Anna's new principal is a super fan and brought her enthusiasm to the students.  She proudly hung a Nats flag in the school office and each time the team won a play-off series, she had a "Rock the Red" day for students to wear their Nats shirts - or anyt