Fit Family

This morning we got up early and did the Brain Power 5k.  We left the house around 7:15am.  The 5K race started at 8:40.  All of us ran.  Evan ran up ahead, but I could still see him most of the time.  He finished with a time of 31 minutes and 40 seconds.  He came in second place for girls ages 10 and under.  Yes, I said girls.  A friend of mine gave us their race number since they couldn't go.  I looked up the results and figured out Evan would have still been in second place for boys his age.  Noah did well too, he finished with a time of 40 minutes 27 seconds and was 8th in his age group.

After running we walked around the booths for a little bit.  The race benefited the Dr. Marnie Rose Foundation for Brain Cancer.  Marnie was the sister of a friend of mine.  I saw her mom there, so I went to say hello.  She seemed very happy to see us and gave us some Run for the Rose t-shirts.

After that, we met Aunt Susan for brunch in at Cafe Java.  We had a nice time.

Evan and Morry went to a baseball scrimmage from 1pm - 4pm.  Noah and I went home.

At home, I was busy cleaning and getting stuff ready for the week.  Noah and I also played a game of Monopoly.

For dinner we went to Grandma and Papa's house.  Papa picked up Rudy's for us.

The boys are getting ready for bed now. We all had a long day.

Here are some pictures.

Brunch

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning the boys were very good and let us sleep in, although at one point, I was dead asleep and I heard, in a whisper, "Daddy, Daddy".  I looked up and it was Noah.  He said "Who is the Pirates' DH?"  I said "I don't know" and went back to sleep.

We never went to Mother's Day brunch since Rachel went to San Antonio so we did a somewhat Mother's Day/Father's Day brunch this morning.  We went up to a place in North Austin called Cafe Java.  It was good and the boys were good as well.

From there we went to Dick's Sporting Goods.  I wanted to get the boys new bat bags that are backpacks so they could carry their own backpacks.  We spent quite a while in the store and got new shoes for the boys as well as some shirts for me and a jacket for Rachel.  Rachel had printed out a bunch of coupons and we were going through trying to figure out which we could use in conjunction with each other and what was the best deal.  The cashier asked the manager and they just ended up giving us 30% off the purchase.

When we got home, the boys and I played Wii for a bit and then we went out to play baseball in the front yard.  I can definitely notice a difference, particularly in Noah, after their week of baseball camp.   Rachel trimmed some of the plants in the front bed while we played.

We had leftovers for dinner.

Then we went to go to Sweet Caroline's for shaved ice for dessert but they had just closed.  We went to TCBY instead.

We gave the baths to the boys when we got home and they are now in bed.

Until next time...

Matt, Rachael and Max

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

I mentioned this before but with Evan not in school, he's sleeping later and therefore getting up later.  The boys got up at 9am today.  I helped Evan put together the Legos that Grandmom bought him yesterday.

For brunch we went to a place called Cafe Java.  We hadn't been there before.  It was up in North Austin, but we figured we'd try it out.  Both Rachel and I enjoyed our food.

When we came home, I did a bit of work while the boys played both with some football toys that Grandmom bought as well as the iPad and iPhone.

At 4pm, Matt, Rachael and Max came over.  Max liked playing with Evan and Noah since they were the big kids.

Rachel met Melissa for dinner, while the rest of us went to Johnny Carino's.

When we got home I put the boys to bed.  They are still up though.  Rachel came home a bit ago.

Until next time...