Home from Costa Rica

Morry and I went to Costa Rica from Monday to Saturday.  We got back late last night as our plane was delayed in Houston because of weather.

The kids stayed with Grandma and Papa.

Today was spent unpacking and getting ready for the week.  I took the boys to the pool for a little while (even though it was only 70 degrees outside).  Morry took them later in the afternoon for haircuts.

Here are a few pictures from our trip.

No Games

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

As Rachel mentioned yesterday, we had nothing scheduled for today.  Absolutely nothing.  We didn't have to get up early for a sporting event or a birthday party.  It was nice.  Rachel was going to run the San Antonio half marathon tomorrow but given how busy the fall has been, we decided to take it easy.

The boys slept in a bit.  I think I heard Evan around 8am.  Noah got up closer to 9am.  Rachel and I came downstairs and Rachel made Pillsbury cinnamon buns while the boys played MLB Power Pros on the Wii.

Rachel then went to tutor.  I stayed home and did a little bit of work while the boys continued to play Wii.

When Rachel got home, I left to go to Wings To Go.  Rachel thought I might be able to get more work done out of the house this afternoon.  They had free WiFi there and I could get wings.  They also had college football on.  Despite all of that, I was highly productive.  It was nice.

Meanwhile, Rachel made the boys lunch.  Then they went to the Wildflower Park to play on the playground and they brought their bikes.  The playground in a square in the middle of a neighborhood. So it's a big block but you can see the sidewalk from anywhere in the park.  Rachel had hoped that she could just sit there while the boys biked around.  Evan did well, but Noah needed to be pushed up the hills on his bike with training wheels.  He also was scared on some of the downhills.  He went around once.  Nevertheless, it was good having him get that experience out there.

I got home and played with the boys some.  Then Rachel and I got ready to go to dinner.  Blanca came over to watch the boys while we went out.

We went to a place called Casa Columbia.  It was pretty good.  Rachel got a fruit drink made of this fruit called Soursop. We had it when we were in Costa Rica - the fruit, not the drink.  I had a sip, it tasted good.  The food seemed authentic to me.  It reminded me of food in Costa Rica.  It was good.  We'd go back.

We decided rather than eat dessert out, to go to HEB and buy a frozen pie and cook it here while watching a movie.  The boys were going to bed as we got home.  They were very hyper, though, when we got home.  It seemed like they had a good time with Blanca.

Now they are in bed and we are going to sit down.

Until next time...

Thanksgiving vacation recap

Hello everyone, this is Morry. I've been tapped to do our Thanksgiving recap. As some of you may notice, we haven't made any posts since the Monday before Thanksgiving. Well that's because we spent Thanksgiving in Dallas. Then, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Rachel and I left for Costa Rica for 5 days. We just returned to Austin this afternooon.

So, as it will be too much, I will give just a quick recap of some of the highlights of the last 11 days.

• On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, Rachel and I put Evan and Noah down for bed. We came back into the room about 30 minutes late, only to spot Evan sitting on the bed where Rachel and I were going to sleep. On Evan's face there were streaks of red. It turns out, he had gotten into Rachel's lipstick and put lipstick all over his face.


• Noah enjoyed eating Turkey on Thanksgiving. I'm not sure there is much that Noah doesn't enjoy eating.


• Rachel had to go to an urgent care facility on the day after Thanksgiving because of a sinus infection. They gave her a stronger antibiotic than she had taken before.


• Three hours before we were to leave for our trip, Noah was diagnosed with early stage pneumonia. He had an awful cough and it sounded like it was in his chest. So I took Noah to the same urgent care place that Rachel had been the day before. They did an x-ray on Noah and diagnosed him. The doctor assured me that all would be fine and there was no reason to cancel our trip.


• Rachel and I had a great time in Costa Rica, even despite the fact it rained at least a few hours each day. We went jet-skiing, hiking through the rain forest (although it's not truly a rain forest, it's a humid forest or something like that) and saw two different kinds of monkeys, two kinds of sloths, a variety of birds, lizards, iguanas, some rabbit/rat thing, and a bunch of other stuff that I can't really remember. We each got a regular massage and a foot massage at the spa at the resort. And best of all, we just relaxed. It was a nice time.


• Meanwhile Evan and Noah did their best to tire out their grandparents. Evan enjoyed trying to entertain Noah when they were supposed to be sleeping, since they were sleeping in the same room. Evan even climbed into the crib with Noah at one point.


• And Evan also got to see some Polar Express display they had at the Willow Bend mall in Dallas. Evan had a great time and Noah enjoyed watching Evan have a great time.

We captured most of this in pictures, but it's too late to be putting up the pictures now. Keep checking back and we'll have them up at some point.

Also, tonight, we went to Barry and Lisa's for dinner. We saw Lincoln who has gotten so big. Barry and Lisa made a great meal and we all had a wonderful time. Evan seemed to have the most fun as he played with the dog Sunny the whole time.

Until next time...