Monday, January 17, 2022

Finding Junk

So, here's what we did this weekend.

On Friday, Evan, Morry, Chewie and I tried a new restaurant called Suds Monkey Brewing Co.  It's a pub/pizza place in a warehouse with a big outside eating area.  

We had to wait 2 hours for our pizza, but it was really good pizza.  There was also a good live band that we enjoy listening to while we waited.  Chewie got a lot of attention from all of the kids running around. 

Saturday was cold and windy.  Evan's baseball team was supposed to have a scrimmage but had to move indoors.  He said he pitched really well.

After that Evan went to Reid's house.

Morry, Noah, and I picked up dinner from Freebirds. 

Then, we picked up Evan and Reid and brought them back to our house for the night.

This morning Morry was warning the boys not to leave anything valuable outside this week since it's bulk pickup week.  The boys got really excited because they saw it as an opportunity to get some discarded items from the neighbors for the game room and their rooms.

They spend much of the afternoon walking around the neighborhood. They got a desk chair, a Papasan-like chair, a plastic set of drawers, some huge joystick/button console that looks like part of an old arcade game. They were super excited.

This afternoon Morry and I walked to the new smoothie place that opened in the neighborhood.   My smoothie was a little too sweet and his a little too watery, but we decided we would give them another chance sometime since they just opened.

The boys walked to Dominos and ate an early dinner there.

Morry and I tried to pick up Dan's Hamburgers, but after waiting a while for someone to take our order at the drive-through,  someone told us they were closed for the day.

So, we picked up burgers from P Terry's instead.

Tonight Morry and Evan watched the Steelers game.  Noah played video games, and I worked on lesson plans for school.

Monday, January 10, 2022

Booster Shots + Garage Cleanup

 Yesterday, both boys had their Covid booster shots. We had to get them at different CVSs because that was all that was available. 

Evan had baseball practice yesterday afternoon.

For dinner,
we ate at Lotus Hunan.

Today, Morry and I spent most of the day cleaning the garage.

Both boys weren't feeling so well from their boosters.  Noah felt worse than Evan and spent most of the day in bed.

For dinner, we picked up Salt Lick BBQ, and Grandma and Papa ate with us at our house.

Tonight, Morry and Evan were up late watching the Steelers game.

They have to get up early tomorrow.  Evan has a 6:30am MRI appointment for his wrist.

Here is a picture of the garage today.


Monday, January 3, 2022

Winter Break 2021

 Our winter break is almost over.  The boys and I go back to school on Wednesday.

During the break we drove to San Diego for an anniversary party/ family reunion for one of Papa/Dad's cousins.   We stopped in Phoenix for 2 nights on the way there.  On the way home, we drove straight to Austin with a few stops for food, gas, and restroom breaks.   We had a nice time.

Fran and Scott came to visit for a few days.   We enjoyed hanging out with them and celebrating New Year's together.  For New Year's Eve, we set up the projector in the backyard and watched Back to the Future.

Here are a few pictures from our trip and New Years.