Busy Day for All

This morning we walked Chewie and the boys walked to the bus stop.

I went to my school and stayed a little while after my class to get some work done.

The boys stayed at school until 6:00 for theater.

I tutored this afternoon and got home around 6:45.

Morry picked up the boys from school and then took Evan to his baseball lesson.

On the way home Evan got Mod Pizza for dinner.

Noah and I ate dinner at home.

Evan and Morry got home a little before 9pm.

Now the boys are getting ready for bed.

Getting ready for the big weekend

Today, we walked with Chewie and the boys walked to the bus stop. 

After that, I went for a run.

Then, I was doing stuff today to get ready for Evan's Bar Mitzvah this coming weekend.  I went to H-E-B, made a bunch of phone calls, and sent emails.

I tutored this afternoon.

Both boys had theater practice this afternoon until 6pm.

Morry picked the boys up from school and then went to bowling.

When I got home I made dinner for the boys and me.

Evan worked on Hebrew and his speech with Grandma over the phone as I got dinner ready.

Now the boys are getting ready for bed.

Baseball Weekend

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan had two baseball games yesterday morning. Evan played well in them.  He went 1-2 with a sacrifice bunt and a key hit.  He played an excellent catcher and made some nice plays at third base.  Evan's team got the #1 seed for today.

When we got home, Reid invited him to go to the park where Reid's brother was having a birthday party.

Rachel went to get her hair cut in the afternoon.

For dinner, we went to a place called Epic Fun.  They have food, laser tag, mini-bowling, arcade games and other stuff.  Rachel got 4 free unlimited passes and dinner as well, so it was all free to us.  We had a nice time.

Evan's first baseball game was at 12:50 today.  Unfortunately, in the second inning, Evan took a ball off his knee that he was trying to block at catcher and was removed from the game.  He missed that game as well as the championship game.  His team made it to the championship where they lost.

For dinner, we went with Grandma and Papa to Hunan Lion.  The boys at well.

Noah is showering now and both boys will go to dinner soon.

Until next time...

Another Day Home

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan stayed home again this morning.  While he didn't have a fever, he didn't sound good and he didn't look good so we didn't send him to school.

I left at the same time as Noah to take my car in to get an oil change, a state inspection, and a new front headlight.  I spent most of the time talking to our CEO while I was there.

When I got home, I had a phone call with our COO.  Then I had 4 meetings with not much time in between.

Rachel got home from teaching as well as Goodwill. Rachel had to get some things from Goodwill for a campaign she's doing.

I took Evan to the doctor later in the afternoon.  Luckily, he does not have strep throat.

When we got home, we Rachel left to tutor. I took Noah to HEB to get some things for dinner.

After dinner, Rachel had some stuff to do.  Noah brought home some science homework for Evan which he did.  I put some stuff back in the attic which needed to go back up after we got our air conditioning replaced.

The boys should be getting ready for bed soon.

Until next time...

Two Hour Delay...for Noah

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

When Evan got home from school yesterday, he didn't feel well.  Later in the night, Rachel took his temperature and it was 101.7.  So we kept him home from school today.  He had a low grade fever most of the day - around a 99.  His teammate and friend also came home sick from school yesterday.  So we did not send Evan to school today.

Noah did have school but it was delayed two hour because or road conditions.  It was 28 degrees over night with rain and freezing rain.  It was sunny this morning and delaying school was probably a good thing.  It was fine by the time everyone needed to go to school.

I had a haircut appointment at 10 after I had a meeting this morning.

I had two meetings in the afternoon.

I signed up for Disney+ today since it was the first day and I put it on Evan's phone so he could watch what he wanted.

Noah went to Grandma and Papa's for dinner this evening.  He was home for a little bit before he went over there.

Rachel picked up Yaghi's Pizza for us for dinner.  Evan requested it.

Rachel, Chewie and I went and picked Noah up.  Chewie enjoyed going to Grandma and Papa's.

Evan just worked on his Bar Mitzvah speech some.  He's now laying on the floor in my office.

Until next time...

Mitzvah Project

For Evan's mitzvah product, he decided to help with Mobile Loaves and Fishes.  They are a local organization that feeds and helps provide homes to the homeless.

Yesterday, we (our family and Grandma and Papa) got a tour of Community First,  a master-planned community that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for men and women coming out of chronic homelessness. 

Today, we packaged meals and then served them from the food truck at a few different locations around Austin.

After we volunteered today, we went to dinner at Cava.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

Goodbye Calvin

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

When I got on to write this post, I noticed we hadn't written a post since October 14.  It's been a busy few weeks.  I've traveled to Richmond, Rachel attended a conference.  Evan has played a lot of baseball (31 games so far).  Noah has been playing and doing well at flag football.

However, this post is a somber one.  We lost out cat Calvin early this morning.  We're not quite sure how old he is, but we think between 14 and 16 years old.  Deborah gave us Calvin in December, 2013.  Here is a link to the day we got him and here is how he did on his second day with us.   The boys fell in love with him from the moment we got him.  Evan and Noah constantly came up with nicknames for him.  The two that stuck were Sazin and Fat Cat.  Any time the boys had to write a story in school, Calvin was the subject of that story.  They drew comic strips with Calvin and Flash.  Calvin was definitely the focal point of the house for the boys.

Calvin was such a sweet cat.  He was more like a dog.  When the doorbell would ring, he'd run over to the front door. He'd climb on people's laps who were shocked to have a cat climbing on them.  He made sure you knew he was there.

He wasn't scared of anything or anyone.  When we got Chewie as a frisky 8-9 week old puppy, Calvin held his ground and let Chewie know who was boss.

Unfortunately, he got sick and was diagnosed with cancer just before Labor Day last year.  We kept him as comfortable as we could and we were able to spend more than a year extra with him.  For that, we are thankful. 

We will miss Calvin.  He was a wonderful cat and it's weird not having him around.

Until next time...