Final Tournament

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The first game of Evan's final tournament in the fall season was at 8am in Taylor this morning.  In order to get up there for warmups, we had to leave the house at 6am.  I got Evan up around 5:40.  He was a bit grumpy and it took him a while to wake up, but once we got going, he was excited.  We stopped at Donut Taco Palace for the first time in a long time on the way up.

TRPD won their first game.  Evan caught the first three innings of the game.  He did well.  He also had two hits and two RBIs.  One of the hits was a clutch two-out hit again.  In the final inning, he was playing first base.  The pitcher got in some trouble, so they pulled Evan and had him warm up in order to come in.  The pitcher was able to get out of it so Evan didn't end up pitching.

Rachel came to see the second game.  Deborah wanted to come watch as well.  TRPD lost.  Evan played first base, left and center fields in the game.  Leading off in the top of the fourth, Evan smoked a ball between short and third.  It was hit really hard.  The coach even commented on how hard the ball was hit after the game.  He came around to score the team's first run.

After the game, Evan's coach came up to talk to me.  Each team has one coach, but often other coaches in the organization help out.  Most of them float between teams.  Evan's coach cannot make the game tomorrow so he said goodbye to the kids today and he came up to tell me how proud he was of Evan.  He went on and on about how much Evan has grown this season.  The coach is very excited to see Evan in the spring.

Evan's friend and teammate Reid rode home with us.  We stopped a New York-style pizza place in Taylor and the boys got pizza for the trip home.  I met Reid's mom at Starbucks on the way home to make the transfer.

Rachel dropped Deborah off and went and picked up Noah who had been at Grandma and Papa's during the game.  She came home, got some quick food and left to go tutor.

I watched the Army-Navy game.  Evan came down and watched the second half with me.  Noah stayed upstairs and played with his iPad.

For dinner, we had Chinese delivery from China Dynasty.  We watched the latest episode of Timeless.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

Bagel Shop

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

I woke up this morning and came downstairs to do some work. Evan and Noah both were awake and came downstairs with me.

For lunch, we went to Wholy Bagel.  We hadn't been there in three weeks.  The boys were excited to go with us.  Noah ate a ton of lox and capers.  The woman working couldn't believe that's what he ordered.

Rachel left from there to go tutor.

The boys and I came home.  Shortly after, the doorbell rang.  Connor was at the door asking if the boys could come over to their house to play, so Evan and Noah went over there.  In fact, Noah basically played with them until around 6pm when Rachel had to go over and get him.

At 4:15, I took Evan to go to Darius' birthday party.

After picking Evan up after the party, I stopped at China Dynasty and brought home food for us.  Noah ordered lemon chicken.  He did pretty well with it.

Now the boys are about to get ready for bed.

Until next time...

Busy Bagel Shop

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

It was still really wet outside this morning so we decided to drive to take the boys to school.

Around lunch we decided to go Wholy Bagel.  I was busy so we didn't get to leave until just after noon.  And we needed to be back by 1.  But it's close and normally it's very close.  Being gone an hour is pretty standard.  When we got there, we had to wait in line and there were a bunch of people waiting for orders they already placed.  It is very unusual.  There are times where we are the only people in there.  I don't know what was going on today.  By the time we got our food it was nearly 12:45 and we had to get home.

It warmed up to close to 80 degrees today so we walked to get the boys.

For dinner, we ordered food from China Dynasty.

The boys are up in their rooms now.

Until next time...

More Rain

We walked to school this morning but took the other path since there had been so much rain.

We got more rain later this morning.

Morry and I went to Wholy Bagel.

We drove to pick up the boys since it looked like it might rain.

Evan went to Wade's house after school and Morry picked him up around 5:30.

For dinner we had China Dynasty delivered.

The boys are having dessert now and then we'll get them ready for bed.

Full Day

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The day began very early this morning. Rachel had us set the alarm for 6 so we could set up for the garage sale.  We started putting things out on the driveway and then Rachel woke the boys up at 6:30 to help us out.

The garage sale went well.  I made popcorn and we sold sodas as well.  All the money from the sale of the popcorn, the sodas and any toys that were sold went to the boys.  They did very well and were happy.

After the garage sale, Rachel took the boys to a pool birthday party for Noah's friend.

They left that party early and came home and changed so we could go to Aaron's son's birthday party (Jeremy turned 2).

We came home and hung out a bit.  I ordered China Dynasty for dinner.

The boys are upstairs now.

Until next time...

Marauders Tournament #2: Day 1

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The Marauders were in their second tournament of the spring/summer season today.  Our first game was not until 1pm followed by a 2:15 game.  We had to be at the fields by noon.  So we did nothing in the morning.  I put a movie on for the boys.  I just wanted them to relax.  Noah actually slept in until after 9am.

The tournament was at the Oak Hill fields where Evan plays during the regular season.  Because of that, when we pulled in, we saw quite a few people we knew.

In the first game, the Marauders came out very slow - especially hitting.  Well everyone not named Evan.  Evan batted second in the game and crushed a line drive to right.  It wound up a single as the outfielder kept it from going to the fence.  The second time Evan came up he had another hard hit line drive to the outfield for another single.  That kicked off a major rally and the team scored 7 runs to take the lead.  In the bottom half of the inning, the Marauders had to get three outs without giving up a run and were able to do it so the Marauders won their first game.

In the second game, again, the bats came out slowly.  The team that we played was better and they scored more runs in their half of the inning than the previous team.  In Evan's first at-bat, he hit a line drive down the third base line by foul.  The third baseman reached out as far as he could and somehow barely made the catch which was the only time Evan got out all day.  The next time Evan came up he doubled on a ball that rolled to the fence and wound up scoring.  Unfortunately, it was a little too late.  In the field, in the bottom of the last inning, Evan was playing second based.  He  moved to his right to back hand a ground ball.  It a little rock and shot up and hit Evan in the mouth - the same place he got hit 3 weeks ago at practice.  It wasn't as bad but his mouth was bleeding and he came out of the game.  He seems good now.

On the way home, we stopped and got Smoothie King.

When we got home, I put on the movie Independence Day for the kids.  They seemed to like it.

We got Chinese food from China Dynasty delivered for dinner and then we got dessert at Sweet Caroline's.

The boys are in bed now.  We have a game tomorrow at 8am.

Until next time...

Donuts at School

This morning we drove the boys to school.  At lunchtime we met Evan and brought donuts for his class.  Evan seemed really happy to see us and the donuts.

After that, Morry and I got our usual lunch at Wholy Bagel.

After school we walked home and then Jack came over.  The boys went in the cul-de-sac to play with Nathan and then ended up in his house.

For dinner we had China Dynasty delivered.

In a few minutes we'll get the boys ready for bed.

Valentines

This morning the boys were excited about Valentine's Day.  They left a few notes/signs for us.

Both boys had parties at school, but the parents were only invited to Noah's party.  I came to Noah's party at 9:15.  He seemed to have fun at the party and was happy to see me.

Morry and I had our usual bagel lunch at Wholy Bagel.

We walked to get boys from school.

For dinner we had China Dynasty delivered and then had ice cream at home for dessert.

Yay! It's Friday

This morning we drove the boys to school.

Morry and I had our usual lunch at Wholy Bagel.

We walked to get the boys from school and then Jack came over.  Evan was supposed to go to Jack's house, but his sister had strep.  The boys played outside most of the time they were together.  It was nice out this afternoon.

For dinner we had China Dynasty delivered. 

Soon, we'll get the boys ready for bed.

Home from Dallas

We got back from our trip to Dallas today.

We had a nice time and did lots of fun things.  We got to see Sherah's family a few times.

The boys, Morry, and Papa went to the Stars hockey game.

We got home around 2pm today and Deborah brought Calvin over around 4pm.  The boys were really excited when Calvin got here.

We went to HEB and then picked up dinner.  Morry and I got China Dynasty and the boys got McDonalds. 

Evan and Noah are ready for bed. Noah's playing on his computer and Evan's watching the Longhorns game.

It's good to be home.

Cold and Wet

I was a cold and wet day. This morning we drove to the community center and quickly walked the path into the school.

For lunch Morry and I went to Wholly Bagel.

It was raining at pickup time so we also parked at the community center this afternoon.  We had to pick up the kids at their rooms since it was rainy day dismissal.

The boys played Wii this afternoon.

For dinner we had Chinese food from China Dynasty delivered.  It was our first time trying the place and we liked it.

The boys are in their rooms now ready for bed.