Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Evan had 9:30 baseball practice this morning. We used this occasion to renew our tradition of stopping at Donut Taco Palace.
Evan played well at practice. He led off the scrimmage with a very hard hit to left field for a single. He walked in his two other plate appearances and scored each time. He played catcher for several innings. He almost threw out a runner stealing third but the third baseman dropped the ball. He seemed to have a great time and was super hyper on the way home.
Noah slept in until after 11am. He's been suffering from allergies and I think it just wiped him out. He said he felt a lot better after getting so much sleep.
When we got home, Rachel was taking Chewie for a walk. They bumped into Lizzy's old friend Brody the golden retriever. The two dogs played some. And then Rachel let Chewie play with the dog, Carlos, who lives across the street.
We relaxed at home for a while. Evan and Noah went out and played in the front yard.
Later in the afternoon, Evan had his second Cotillion class. It was actually the third of the series, but Evan missed one when we were in Houston for a tournament. He didn't seem to be dreading it. But I don't think he particularly wanted to go.
I picked Evan and Darius up from the class. I told Daniel that I'd bring Darius over to where he was coaching his daughters in basketball. Both boys seemed to think the class was boring. They worked on knowing what each item in a place setting was for and how to eat a formal dinner. I know it's boring but it's good skills.
After we dropped Darius off, we came back and had dinner.
The boys will be getting ready for bed soon.
Until next time...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Separate Evening
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
All or us stayed home in the morning. I was busy with work. Rachel was trying to get some stuff done for her blog as well. The boys played with Legos most of the morning.
Just before lunch, Darius' dad called and invited Evan out to lunch with them and to go to the park. They stayed out all afternoon.
Grandma picked Noah and Rachel up in the early afternoon to drive to San Antonio. Valencia was having a party at Main Event in San Antonio. Rachel, Noah and Grandma stayed in San Antonio after the party to get dinner.
Evan and I drove with Josh and Chad to baseball practice. It was at the TRPD facility. Evan said that practice was really fun.
When we got home, we met Papa at Backspin. The food was good, just REALLY slow. It took an hour and a half for us to get our food. We ended up getting the food for free.
The boys are getting ready for bed.
Until next time...
All or us stayed home in the morning. I was busy with work. Rachel was trying to get some stuff done for her blog as well. The boys played with Legos most of the morning.
Just before lunch, Darius' dad called and invited Evan out to lunch with them and to go to the park. They stayed out all afternoon.
Grandma picked Noah and Rachel up in the early afternoon to drive to San Antonio. Valencia was having a party at Main Event in San Antonio. Rachel, Noah and Grandma stayed in San Antonio after the party to get dinner.
Evan and I drove with Josh and Chad to baseball practice. It was at the TRPD facility. Evan said that practice was really fun.
When we got home, we met Papa at Backspin. The food was good, just REALLY slow. It took an hour and a half for us to get our food. We ended up getting the food for free.
The boys are getting ready for bed.
Until next time...
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Three Football Games
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
We were able to sleep in this morning because football did not start until 10:30. It was nice having a relaxed morning.
Noah's game was at 11am, followed by two football games for Evan at noon and 1. Noah had to get there at 10:30 for warmups. It was my first time seeing Noah play flag football in a game. I thought he played very well today. He had two passes thrown to him. One he almost had, and another was knocked away by the defender. He had a good run as well. On defense, he covered so well that the other never passed to the guy he was covering. He was always right there. Noah's team had the lead briefly but ended up losing.
In Evan's first game, he had two good runs when he was on offense. One he almost broke for a touchdown. One kid made a great flag pull when Evan changed directions. On defense, Evan blitzed quite a bit. He had a great flag pull in the backfield and he jumped to knock down a pass as he was blitzing and took the pass off his forehead. The ball shot straight in the air but he couldn't find it to intercept it. Evan's team won.
In Evan's second game, he had a nice reception as well as a run. The other team was quite big - they were made up of 6th graders - and Evan's team struggled.
Evan went home with Darius after the game.
We took it easy in the afternoon.
Around dinner time we picked up Evan and then went to a place called Third Base for dinner. The service was pretty bad. And actually, the food wasn't very good either. We had gotten a coupon for $10 off when we did the 5K a few weeks ago and thought we'd give it a shot.
We stopped at HEB to get some shopping done on the way home.
The boys are getting ready for bed now.
Until next time...
We were able to sleep in this morning because football did not start until 10:30. It was nice having a relaxed morning.
Noah's game was at 11am, followed by two football games for Evan at noon and 1. Noah had to get there at 10:30 for warmups. It was my first time seeing Noah play flag football in a game. I thought he played very well today. He had two passes thrown to him. One he almost had, and another was knocked away by the defender. He had a good run as well. On defense, he covered so well that the other never passed to the guy he was covering. He was always right there. Noah's team had the lead briefly but ended up losing.
In Evan's first game, he had two good runs when he was on offense. One he almost broke for a touchdown. One kid made a great flag pull when Evan changed directions. On defense, Evan blitzed quite a bit. He had a great flag pull in the backfield and he jumped to knock down a pass as he was blitzing and took the pass off his forehead. The ball shot straight in the air but he couldn't find it to intercept it. Evan's team won.
In Evan's second game, he had a nice reception as well as a run. The other team was quite big - they were made up of 6th graders - and Evan's team struggled.
Evan went home with Darius after the game.
We took it easy in the afternoon.
Around dinner time we picked up Evan and then went to a place called Third Base for dinner. The service was pretty bad. And actually, the food wasn't very good either. We had gotten a coupon for $10 off when we did the 5K a few weeks ago and thought we'd give it a shot.
We stopped at HEB to get some shopping done on the way home.
The boys are getting ready for bed now.
Until next time...
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Noah - Math Pentathlete
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Today was the day of Math Pentathlon. Noah has been going every Tuesday in preparation for today. He had to play all 5 games. There were around 25 elementary schools from around Austin represented. We left the house at 7am to take him. Rachel and I took separate cars. Rachel dropped Evan off with Darius because Evan had two baseball games today.
The actual Pentathlon was in northeast Austin at a basketball gym shared by several Austin high schools. The kids were on the floor and the parents were up in the stands. There was one "monitor" for every two kids. The monitors were parent volunteers. They did not act as a referee but rather handled a "challenge" where one of the players felt their opponent violated the rules. Noah and I got there at 7:30 but we really didn't start until after 9am. It was a lot of waiting and getting set up. Each game was scheduled for 30 minutes although if the game was completed in less time, the kids could come back to the stands.
Noah lost his first game. He came up to me and he put his face in my chest and cried. I felt so bad for him. We talked about it and I said it's just one game. And he can't think about it any more. I don't know if that made him feel any better or not. But he went and crushed the kid in the next game he played. I think he took 5-10 minutes in beating the other child. This time he came back and he was very happy. He won the next two games as well. Both fairly easily and he was really happy. In the fifth and final game, he tied. The game is very much luck and it's a long game that almost never completes in the 30 minutes. Most times that game ends in a tie. Each win was worth 3 points, a tie was worth 2 points and a loss was worth 1. Noah ended with 12 points. That got Noah a bronze medal. He was so happy. They had an awards ceremony where they called each kids name grouped by their point total. So anyone 10 points and under got a certificate. Eleven total points got them a certificate with an honorable mention. Twelve points was a bronze medal and a t-shirt. For 13 points, they got a silver medal and a t-shirt. Fourteen points was a gold medal and a t-shirt. And 15 points, which was perfect, got them a gold medal, a t-shirt and a "Hall of Fame" declaration of some sort. There were probably 400 or more kids there. It took a long time. But Noah was really really happy and we were so proud of him.
Meanwhile, Evan played two games. He told me he played really well in both games. He got one hit today and walked every other time he came to bat. So he was on base every time today. The Bucs lost the first game, but Evan walked to drive in the winning run in the second game. He was so excited to get a "walk-off walk". He told me his friend on the team, Carter, pretended to interview him after the game on his game-winning walk.
He and Darius' family stopped at Whataburger on the way home.
For dinner, we just had pasta.
The boys are in bed now.
Until next time...
Today was the day of Math Pentathlon. Noah has been going every Tuesday in preparation for today. He had to play all 5 games. There were around 25 elementary schools from around Austin represented. We left the house at 7am to take him. Rachel and I took separate cars. Rachel dropped Evan off with Darius because Evan had two baseball games today.
The actual Pentathlon was in northeast Austin at a basketball gym shared by several Austin high schools. The kids were on the floor and the parents were up in the stands. There was one "monitor" for every two kids. The monitors were parent volunteers. They did not act as a referee but rather handled a "challenge" where one of the players felt their opponent violated the rules. Noah and I got there at 7:30 but we really didn't start until after 9am. It was a lot of waiting and getting set up. Each game was scheduled for 30 minutes although if the game was completed in less time, the kids could come back to the stands.
Noah lost his first game. He came up to me and he put his face in my chest and cried. I felt so bad for him. We talked about it and I said it's just one game. And he can't think about it any more. I don't know if that made him feel any better or not. But he went and crushed the kid in the next game he played. I think he took 5-10 minutes in beating the other child. This time he came back and he was very happy. He won the next two games as well. Both fairly easily and he was really happy. In the fifth and final game, he tied. The game is very much luck and it's a long game that almost never completes in the 30 minutes. Most times that game ends in a tie. Each win was worth 3 points, a tie was worth 2 points and a loss was worth 1. Noah ended with 12 points. That got Noah a bronze medal. He was so happy. They had an awards ceremony where they called each kids name grouped by their point total. So anyone 10 points and under got a certificate. Eleven total points got them a certificate with an honorable mention. Twelve points was a bronze medal and a t-shirt. For 13 points, they got a silver medal and a t-shirt. Fourteen points was a gold medal and a t-shirt. And 15 points, which was perfect, got them a gold medal, a t-shirt and a "Hall of Fame" declaration of some sort. There were probably 400 or more kids there. It took a long time. But Noah was really really happy and we were so proud of him.
Meanwhile, Evan played two games. He told me he played really well in both games. He got one hit today and walked every other time he came to bat. So he was on base every time today. The Bucs lost the first game, but Evan walked to drive in the winning run in the second game. He was so excited to get a "walk-off walk". He told me his friend on the team, Carter, pretended to interview him after the game on his game-winning walk.
He and Darius' family stopped at Whataburger on the way home.
For dinner, we just had pasta.
The boys are in bed now.
Until next time...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Lizzy's New Friend
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
On the walk to school this morning, I carried Evan's Science Fair Project Board, while Rachel held Lizzy. But Rachel walked the boys down the trail to school while I held Lizzy. While I was holding Lizzy, one of Evan's friends from second grade, Colby, got to the trail. He was walking with his mom and his 16-week-old puppy. It was an Australian Shepherd. Lizzy got very excited and wanted to see the dog, Tucker. Tucker was scared of Lizzy. When Lizzy couldn't sniff Tucker, she barked which scared Tucker even more. But then Colby's mom bent down and pet Lizzy. When Tucker saw this he came up to Lizzy and the two dogs were sniffing and jumping around together. Lizzy was hyper the entire way home after that.
When we got home, Rachel went for a run. I went into Aaron's to work together on some things.
At lunch, Rachel went out with Deborah and one of Deborah's friends. The friend happens to be a veterinarian who used to work out our vet office. She saw both Lizzy and Mottel many times, although that was many years ago. She didn't remember Rachel.
On my way home, I stopped at Smoothie King. Normally, I park in front of Smoothie King but all the spots were taken. I had to drive around the corner and park at Torchy's. As I was getting out of the car, I saw the door to the car parked next to me open up. It turns out it was Daniel, Darius' dad. He told me he had just gotten tacos but his car wouldn't start. I guess his battery died. He had just called his wife when I pulled up. So it worked out that I could give him a ride home. He was just going to leave the car there until after school when he could go out with his wife to start it. It's amazing because if I had parked where I normally park, I wouldn't have seen him.
Rachel went to tutor so I walked to get the boys. The boys said they wanted to go to Grandma and Papa's after school. We came home and they did their homework and then started walking and then Grandma met them. I guess they played Monopoly and ganged up on Grandma again. Rachel picked them up on the way home for tutoring.
After dinner, we played Clue.
The boys are getting ready for bed.
Until next time...
On the walk to school this morning, I carried Evan's Science Fair Project Board, while Rachel held Lizzy. But Rachel walked the boys down the trail to school while I held Lizzy. While I was holding Lizzy, one of Evan's friends from second grade, Colby, got to the trail. He was walking with his mom and his 16-week-old puppy. It was an Australian Shepherd. Lizzy got very excited and wanted to see the dog, Tucker. Tucker was scared of Lizzy. When Lizzy couldn't sniff Tucker, she barked which scared Tucker even more. But then Colby's mom bent down and pet Lizzy. When Tucker saw this he came up to Lizzy and the two dogs were sniffing and jumping around together. Lizzy was hyper the entire way home after that.
When we got home, Rachel went for a run. I went into Aaron's to work together on some things.
At lunch, Rachel went out with Deborah and one of Deborah's friends. The friend happens to be a veterinarian who used to work out our vet office. She saw both Lizzy and Mottel many times, although that was many years ago. She didn't remember Rachel.
On my way home, I stopped at Smoothie King. Normally, I park in front of Smoothie King but all the spots were taken. I had to drive around the corner and park at Torchy's. As I was getting out of the car, I saw the door to the car parked next to me open up. It turns out it was Daniel, Darius' dad. He told me he had just gotten tacos but his car wouldn't start. I guess his battery died. He had just called his wife when I pulled up. So it worked out that I could give him a ride home. He was just going to leave the car there until after school when he could go out with his wife to start it. It's amazing because if I had parked where I normally park, I wouldn't have seen him.
Rachel went to tutor so I walked to get the boys. The boys said they wanted to go to Grandma and Papa's after school. We came home and they did their homework and then started walking and then Grandma met them. I guess they played Monopoly and ganged up on Grandma again. Rachel picked them up on the way home for tutoring.
After dinner, we played Clue.
The boys are getting ready for bed.
Until next time...
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Birthday Party
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Rachel and Evan had planned to run to Wholy Bagel this morning. The threat of rain though ended up being very great so they stayed at home. It turned out, they could have run. The rain really came down after lunch.
Evan was invited to Darius' birthday party. The invitation said siblings were welcome. Noah told us today he wanted to go. About 20 or 30 minutes before I was going to take them, Miles' mom texted me and offered to take them and bring them home. So Evan and Noah rode with Miles and Cole to the party.
With all this time to myself, I watched a movie that I wanted to see that I couldn't watch with the boys around.
The boys got home around 6. They both had a really good time.
We picked up Pho Thaison for dinner. We watched Ant-Man while eating dinner.
The boys are in bed now.
Until next time...
Rachel and Evan had planned to run to Wholy Bagel this morning. The threat of rain though ended up being very great so they stayed at home. It turned out, they could have run. The rain really came down after lunch.
Evan was invited to Darius' birthday party. The invitation said siblings were welcome. Noah told us today he wanted to go. About 20 or 30 minutes before I was going to take them, Miles' mom texted me and offered to take them and bring them home. So Evan and Noah rode with Miles and Cole to the party.
With all this time to myself, I watched a movie that I wanted to see that I couldn't watch with the boys around.
The boys got home around 6. They both had a really good time.
We picked up Pho Thaison for dinner. We watched Ant-Man while eating dinner.
The boys are in bed now.
Until next time...
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Noah's Big Day
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning, Rachel and Noah got up early to run the Race for the Cure. Noah was able to run the entire way again. He stopped just to get water at the water stations. At one point there were high school cheerleaders. They formed a path for the Rachel and Noah to run through and they were really cheering Noah on. Rachel said Noah got lots of high fives on the way as well. He was pretty happy.
At lunch time, Noah and I went to a bowling party that we were having for the Bucs on UT's campus. Evan came with Josh's family. Noah was just one of the guys bowling with the rest of the Bucs. He seemed to be having a really really good time. They were able to bowl several games as well as play air hockey and foosball. We also had pizza for the boys.
We were supposed to have a tournament but the fields had some damage from the storms a few weeks ago. The tournament was postponed until next weekend.
After the party, we went to Smoothie King on campus. Darius and his dad, Daniel came with us. Miles was getting a ride home with us so he came as well. All four boys really had fun together eating their smoothies.
For dinner, we had our leftovers from last night.
The boys (and Lizzy) are showering. Then they'll get ready for bed.
Until next time...
This morning, Rachel and Noah got up early to run the Race for the Cure. Noah was able to run the entire way again. He stopped just to get water at the water stations. At one point there were high school cheerleaders. They formed a path for the Rachel and Noah to run through and they were really cheering Noah on. Rachel said Noah got lots of high fives on the way as well. He was pretty happy.
At lunch time, Noah and I went to a bowling party that we were having for the Bucs on UT's campus. Evan came with Josh's family. Noah was just one of the guys bowling with the rest of the Bucs. He seemed to be having a really really good time. They were able to bowl several games as well as play air hockey and foosball. We also had pizza for the boys.
We were supposed to have a tournament but the fields had some damage from the storms a few weeks ago. The tournament was postponed until next weekend.
After the party, we went to Smoothie King on campus. Darius and his dad, Daniel came with us. Miles was getting a ride home with us so he came as well. All four boys really had fun together eating their smoothies.
For dinner, we had our leftovers from last night.
The boys (and Lizzy) are showering. Then they'll get ready for bed.
Until next time...
Monday, November 9, 2015
Final Week of Sports
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This week starts our final week of sports for the fall season. Football is over now. Evan has one baseball practice this week with a final tournament this weekend. After that our evenings and weekends will be much calmer.
Today was the coldest morning of the fall so far. It was about 51 degrees when we left to walk to school. It was bright and sunny so it really didn't feel so bad. Noah took off his jacket half way through the walk. Lizzy seemed to like the cooler weather.
I went into Aaron's to try to solve a Your Trainer issue this morning. It took a while and I was puzzled but I was able to figure it out.
Rachel stayed home and took it easy.
I stopped at Smoothie King on the way home. I bumped into Darius' parents there.
We walked to get the boys. We stopped at Grandma and Papa's on the way to bring their trash can and recycling can in.
Rachel had a long day of tutoring. She left in the afternoon after we got home.
Rachel should be home soon from tutoring. I'm grilling pork right now.
Until next time...
This week starts our final week of sports for the fall season. Football is over now. Evan has one baseball practice this week with a final tournament this weekend. After that our evenings and weekends will be much calmer.
Today was the coldest morning of the fall so far. It was about 51 degrees when we left to walk to school. It was bright and sunny so it really didn't feel so bad. Noah took off his jacket half way through the walk. Lizzy seemed to like the cooler weather.
I went into Aaron's to try to solve a Your Trainer issue this morning. It took a while and I was puzzled but I was able to figure it out.
Rachel stayed home and took it easy.
I stopped at Smoothie King on the way home. I bumped into Darius' parents there.
We walked to get the boys. We stopped at Grandma and Papa's on the way to bring their trash can and recycling can in.
Rachel had a long day of tutoring. She left in the afternoon after we got home.
Rachel should be home soon from tutoring. I'm grilling pork right now.
Until next time...
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Walking
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning as we were getting ready to go, Evan walked by the front door and saw Grandma and Papa outside. They were on their morning walk and decided to check to see if we had left yet to walk the boys to school. They joined us on the walk.
When we got home, Rachel left to go on a hike with Deborah and two other women. She said it was a nice hike.
I had a meeting with Your Trainer today about building an Apple TV app.
Jack walked home with us after school because Rachel was going to be tutoring him.
I had to run out and meet Carter's grandmother to get him. She had to take Carter's brother, Ben, to his baseball practice. I brought Carter back to our house while Evan got ready for practice. Then Evan, Carter, and I drove to pick up Darius.
Rachel had to leave to tutor so she dropped Noah off at Grandma and Papa's. He ate dinner with them and helped them unpack. He seemed to have a really good time.
Baseball practice went really well. Evan just keeps getting better and better at third base. He made two really nice plays there today. He also pitched and hit well.
Evan, Rachel and I had leftovers for dinner.
The boys are asleep and I'm about to go to bed myself.
Until next time...
This morning as we were getting ready to go, Evan walked by the front door and saw Grandma and Papa outside. They were on their morning walk and decided to check to see if we had left yet to walk the boys to school. They joined us on the walk.
When we got home, Rachel left to go on a hike with Deborah and two other women. She said it was a nice hike.
I had a meeting with Your Trainer today about building an Apple TV app.
Jack walked home with us after school because Rachel was going to be tutoring him.
I had to run out and meet Carter's grandmother to get him. She had to take Carter's brother, Ben, to his baseball practice. I brought Carter back to our house while Evan got ready for practice. Then Evan, Carter, and I drove to pick up Darius.
Rachel had to leave to tutor so she dropped Noah off at Grandma and Papa's. He ate dinner with them and helped them unpack. He seemed to have a really good time.
Baseball practice went really well. Evan just keeps getting better and better at third base. He made two really nice plays there today. He also pitched and hit well.
Evan, Rachel and I had leftovers for dinner.
The boys are asleep and I'm about to go to bed myself.
Until next time...
Sunday, August 23, 2015
First Bucs Practice
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning was the first Bucs practice of the season. We practiced from 9am to about noon. It was still really hot. I think all the kids played well and it was a really good practice. I thought Evan played well, but he was a little hard on himself. He actually played first base a bat. On the last play of practice, he leapt up and caught a ball thrown to him at the height of his jump. As he fell to the ground he reached out and touched first base with his foot. All the kids were patting him on the head.
After practice, Darius came with us to get smoothies. Daniel was going to meet us there. There was a bit of a mix up and Daniel went to Smoothie Factory rather than Smoothie King so we went there instead.
As soon as we got home, Evan and I cleaned up his room. Weeks ago we got all the new furniture in there, but we hadn't organized all of it. I went through with Evan and we either found a place to put it in his room or it went into a box to be put into the attic, or it was thrown out. After doing that, I installed a fan in Evan's room.
For dinner, we just had little things. Rachel had some leftovers, Noah had a sandwich, and Evan and I had fried matzoh.
We went to Sweet Caroline's for dessert.
The boys just took showers and are getting ready for bed before their first day of school tomorrow.
Until next time...
This morning was the first Bucs practice of the season. We practiced from 9am to about noon. It was still really hot. I think all the kids played well and it was a really good practice. I thought Evan played well, but he was a little hard on himself. He actually played first base a bat. On the last play of practice, he leapt up and caught a ball thrown to him at the height of his jump. As he fell to the ground he reached out and touched first base with his foot. All the kids were patting him on the head.
After practice, Darius came with us to get smoothies. Daniel was going to meet us there. There was a bit of a mix up and Daniel went to Smoothie Factory rather than Smoothie King so we went there instead.
As soon as we got home, Evan and I cleaned up his room. Weeks ago we got all the new furniture in there, but we hadn't organized all of it. I went through with Evan and we either found a place to put it in his room or it went into a box to be put into the attic, or it was thrown out. After doing that, I installed a fan in Evan's room.
For dinner, we just had little things. Rachel had some leftovers, Noah had a sandwich, and Evan and I had fried matzoh.
We went to Sweet Caroline's for dessert.
The boys just took showers and are getting ready for bed before their first day of school tomorrow.
Until next time...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Adios TV Cabinet
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning, the boys went with Rachel to tutoring. I had a meeting with Your Trainer for much of the morning.
I got home just after lunch time. Rachel and the boys were still gone. They got back just after me. It turns out that they stopped at HEB to do some grocery shopping.
Evan and I were supposed to meet Darius and Daniel to play some baseball but Daniel had a last minute work thing. Instead, the boys and I went and bought some used DVDs from a guy. We got all the Star Wars movies, the Simpsons movie and Rat Race.
For dinner, we had hamburgers that we cooked on the grill.
We had a very large TV Cabinet that I got back in 1999. It's really solid wood and very heavy. In fact, getting it upstairs a few years ago was a very large task. We needed to get rid of it because it's set up for the old square-style televisions. We didn't think anyone would want it since most people have flat screens now. We thought we might pay someone or get a neighbor to help me get it downstairs for the garage sale this weekend. Rachel decided, though, to post it on the Circle C Facebook Garage Sale page. Lo and behold, someone said they would pay us $20 for it and come help me get it downstairs. After dinner the guy and his 12-year-old son came by and helped me get it downstairs and out the door and onto his truck. And he paid us for it. I can't believe it. Rachel can sell just about anything. It feels good to have that gone.
The boys are finishing up watching the original Star Wars and then they'll go to bed.
Until next time...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Park and Bowling
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning, Evan went with Rachel on a run. This time, though, he didn't run, he went on his scooter.
When they got back, Rachel packed everyone a lunch and she and the boys went and had a picnic at the park.
They were only home from the park for a short time before they had to leave again. They planned another time bowling with Owen and Lorena. Evan invited Darius so Rachel picked up Darius on the way to bowling. Darius came back to our house after bowling and played here for a while before Daniel picked them up.
I grilled ribs for dinner while Rachel tutored. The boys ate very well. They really like when I make ribs.
We walked to Grandma and Papa's after dinner. Unlike the last two nights where we had to take care of something over there, this time the boys insisted that our walk take us over there so they could play in the backyard for a bit. Lizzy enjoyed running around the backyard.
The boys are getting ready for bed now.
Until next time...
This morning, Evan went with Rachel on a run. This time, though, he didn't run, he went on his scooter.
When they got back, Rachel packed everyone a lunch and she and the boys went and had a picnic at the park.
They were only home from the park for a short time before they had to leave again. They planned another time bowling with Owen and Lorena. Evan invited Darius so Rachel picked up Darius on the way to bowling. Darius came back to our house after bowling and played here for a while before Daniel picked them up.
I grilled ribs for dinner while Rachel tutored. The boys ate very well. They really like when I make ribs.
We walked to Grandma and Papa's after dinner. Unlike the last two nights where we had to take care of something over there, this time the boys insisted that our walk take us over there so they could play in the backyard for a bit. Lizzy enjoyed running around the backyard.
The boys are getting ready for bed now.
Until next time...
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Baseball with Lincoln
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Last week, I got a text from my friend Barry. He told me he was going to be signing his son, Lincoln, up for baseball. Lincoln is Noah's age. Barry was curious if I had any tips. I offered to meet them to play some baseball and show Barry and Lincoln some things they'll need to know for coach pitch. This morning we met them half way - at a field off 2222 and Shoal Creek. On the way, Evan and I stopped at Donut Taco Palace and got donuts.
We had a really good time playing baseball. Lincoln really hadn't done much at all in the way of baseball, but he was really good. He showed excellent instincts. Before they got there, I pitched to Evan and he hit. And then the last thing we did after working on Lincoln's hitting and fielding was have Evan hit. Lincoln fielded in the outfield. He didn't catch anything in the air but he was able to keep the ball in front of him which was good.
We came home and then I hung the tv in the game room and moved the shelves I built over to the walls. Rachel was busy organizing for a garage sale we had next week.
We had leftovers for lunch.
Evan and I drove over to property that Darius' dad owns that he's turning into a baseball infield so that we can practice there. Daniel had someone with a bobcat leveling the dirt and putting infield dirt down. Darius and Evan ran around the property and got dirty in the big mounds of dirt.
Darius came home with us but first we stopped at Smoothie King.
Rachel was working in the backyard on some left over vines we were pulling down. We came in and I hung the tv in our bedroom on the wall.
For dinner, we got Salt Lick. Darius ate with us.
The boys are still playing together. Daniel is on his way over to get Darius.
Until next time...
Last week, I got a text from my friend Barry. He told me he was going to be signing his son, Lincoln, up for baseball. Lincoln is Noah's age. Barry was curious if I had any tips. I offered to meet them to play some baseball and show Barry and Lincoln some things they'll need to know for coach pitch. This morning we met them half way - at a field off 2222 and Shoal Creek. On the way, Evan and I stopped at Donut Taco Palace and got donuts.
We had a really good time playing baseball. Lincoln really hadn't done much at all in the way of baseball, but he was really good. He showed excellent instincts. Before they got there, I pitched to Evan and he hit. And then the last thing we did after working on Lincoln's hitting and fielding was have Evan hit. Lincoln fielded in the outfield. He didn't catch anything in the air but he was able to keep the ball in front of him which was good.
We came home and then I hung the tv in the game room and moved the shelves I built over to the walls. Rachel was busy organizing for a garage sale we had next week.
We had leftovers for lunch.
Evan and I drove over to property that Darius' dad owns that he's turning into a baseball infield so that we can practice there. Daniel had someone with a bobcat leveling the dirt and putting infield dirt down. Darius and Evan ran around the property and got dirty in the big mounds of dirt.
Darius came home with us but first we stopped at Smoothie King.
Rachel was working in the backyard on some left over vines we were pulling down. We came in and I hung the tv in our bedroom on the wall.
For dinner, we got Salt Lick. Darius ate with us.
The boys are still playing together. Daniel is on his way over to get Darius.
Until next time...
Friday, July 31, 2015
Lizzy at the San Antonio Vet
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning Lizzy had an vet appointment with a vet in San Antonio. Her normal vet said that her parathyroid was enlarged and she needed to see a specialist. Deborah recommended a guy in San Antonio. So we made an appointment for this morning. Rachel and Evan left with Lizzy before 8am. Noah stayed home with me.
The vet said that at least one of Lizzy's four parathyroid glands was enlarged and not working properly. The ultrasound was not able to accurately show a second parathyroid so when the doctor gets in there to remove the first, he may have to remove a second. He said he believes that Lizzy has had this problem for two years based on some of the numbers that our vet sent over. Taking care of this now should allow Lizzy to start feeling better and live longer. Her surgery is scheduled for August 12 and she'll have to stay there for a couple days.
At home, Noah and I ran some errands at lunch. I picked up Wendy's for me and Subway for him on the way home.
I had a meeting at 3:30, so I left the house right before Rachel and Evan got home. Then Rachel had to leave quickly after to take Lizzy to the regular vet to get a booster to a vaccine she got in June. She dropped Evan off with Darius because they were invited to a birthday party. Darius' mom drove them.
The party that Evan went to was at a place called Stunt Ranch. They teach movie stunts there. The boys did an obstacle course, went on a zip line and performed a stunt. They had to run away from a car that "exploded" as they were running away. Evan had a really good time. Darius' mom dropped him at home afterwards.
The boys are getting ready for bed.
Until next time...
This morning Lizzy had an vet appointment with a vet in San Antonio. Her normal vet said that her parathyroid was enlarged and she needed to see a specialist. Deborah recommended a guy in San Antonio. So we made an appointment for this morning. Rachel and Evan left with Lizzy before 8am. Noah stayed home with me.
The vet said that at least one of Lizzy's four parathyroid glands was enlarged and not working properly. The ultrasound was not able to accurately show a second parathyroid so when the doctor gets in there to remove the first, he may have to remove a second. He said he believes that Lizzy has had this problem for two years based on some of the numbers that our vet sent over. Taking care of this now should allow Lizzy to start feeling better and live longer. Her surgery is scheduled for August 12 and she'll have to stay there for a couple days.
At home, Noah and I ran some errands at lunch. I picked up Wendy's for me and Subway for him on the way home.
I had a meeting at 3:30, so I left the house right before Rachel and Evan got home. Then Rachel had to leave quickly after to take Lizzy to the regular vet to get a booster to a vaccine she got in June. She dropped Evan off with Darius because they were invited to a birthday party. Darius' mom drove them.
The party that Evan went to was at a place called Stunt Ranch. They teach movie stunts there. The boys did an obstacle course, went on a zip line and performed a stunt. They had to run away from a car that "exploded" as they were running away. Evan had a really good time. Darius' mom dropped him at home afterwards.
The boys are getting ready for bed.
Until next time...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Busy Afternoon
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Yesterday, we cut the cord. We got rid of cable. We increased our internet connection to 300 Mbps but got rid of TV. We will now be watching all of our TV via Netflix or something similar. It took two cable guys nearly 4 hours to get it set up and it went well into the evening. But we're all set up now.
This morning we walked to school. Our neighbor, Brody, rode his bike with us as we walked to school. Brody is Noah's age but he was following Evan closely.
I went to Aaron's for a bit and then met a dad whose son has played baseball for lunch.
Rachel had a big Costco run while I was gone.
In the afternoon, we walked to get the boys. As has been the case, Evan and Noah ran up ahead and beat us to the house.
Rachel left shortly after getting home to tutor Audrey. She came home and picked Noah up and took him to another place to tutor.
I left with Evan and picked up Darius to go to baseball practice. We have two fill-ins that are playing with us this weekend so they came to practice. So we had more participants at practice than we normally have. It was fun. Evan pitched quite a bit today. It was good seeing him out there.
After practice, I drove Darius to Cheddars where his family was and dropped him off there. Evan and Darius had a ton of fun in the car and it was tough separating them.
We had rotisserie chicken from Costco for dinner.
Noah is now reading to me as I write the blog. The kids will then go to bed.
Until next time...
Yesterday, we cut the cord. We got rid of cable. We increased our internet connection to 300 Mbps but got rid of TV. We will now be watching all of our TV via Netflix or something similar. It took two cable guys nearly 4 hours to get it set up and it went well into the evening. But we're all set up now.
This morning we walked to school. Our neighbor, Brody, rode his bike with us as we walked to school. Brody is Noah's age but he was following Evan closely.
I went to Aaron's for a bit and then met a dad whose son has played baseball for lunch.
Rachel had a big Costco run while I was gone.
In the afternoon, we walked to get the boys. As has been the case, Evan and Noah ran up ahead and beat us to the house.
Rachel left shortly after getting home to tutor Audrey. She came home and picked Noah up and took him to another place to tutor.
I left with Evan and picked up Darius to go to baseball practice. We have two fill-ins that are playing with us this weekend so they came to practice. So we had more participants at practice than we normally have. It was fun. Evan pitched quite a bit today. It was good seeing him out there.
After practice, I drove Darius to Cheddars where his family was and dropped him off there. Evan and Darius had a ton of fun in the car and it was tough separating them.
We had rotisserie chicken from Costco for dinner.
Noah is now reading to me as I write the blog. The kids will then go to bed.
Until next time...
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Austin Bucs
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
While Rachel and Noah are having fun in San Diego, the Austin Bucs were scheduled to play two today for the first day of a tournament. I woke Evan up at the time I normally get him up for school. He was pretty tired, but I think he was excited to play.
We had to stop at the bank on the way out and then we went to Donut Taco Palace for our normal pre-tournament breakfast.
In the first game, the starting pitcher struggled in the first inning. Evan was playing third base. The runner on third took too big a lead and the pitcher threw over to Evan. The runner broke for home and Evan threw a perfect strike to get the runner out and end the inning. The coach put Evan in to pitch in the second inning. Evan needed 11 pitches to strike out two players and get an easy pop up for a 1-2-3 inning. In the third inning, Evan went back out to pitch. The first batter hit a ball between third and short. The third baseman dove for it and ended up knocking the ball away from the shortstop. It would have been a tough play even if he had gotten it. Evan thinks it was an error. I don't know. Either way, it was the first base runner that Evan has allowed in 4 appearances dating back to September. That boy stole second and third and scored on a easy ground out. Like the base runner, the last time a runner had scored on Evan was 4 appearances ago. In the fourth inning, Evan went back out there and gave up two solid hits to start the inning. They were good pitches but the kids hit them well. It didn't seem to faze Evan one bit and he quickly got the next three batters out to finish the game for a win.
In the second game, we struggled a bit with our pitches. Darius came in to save us in this game. Evan had a nice game. He walked a couple times and scored. The Bucs won this game to go 2-0 for Saturday. That should be good enough to give us a bye tomorrow so we can start later in the day.
Evan and I went to Chick-fil-A for lunch.
For dinner, Mangieri's a local pizzeria sponsored the Bucs so we had a team dinner. We ate outside. It was just a really nice time. The kids all were able to run around and play and the adults were able to talk. The weather was beautiful. It was a really nice time.
Evan wanted to get dessert afterwards so we stopped at TCBY.
Now we're home and Evan is in bed. We're just waiting for the final results to be posted to find out our start time tomorrow.
Until next time...
While Rachel and Noah are having fun in San Diego, the Austin Bucs were scheduled to play two today for the first day of a tournament. I woke Evan up at the time I normally get him up for school. He was pretty tired, but I think he was excited to play.
We had to stop at the bank on the way out and then we went to Donut Taco Palace for our normal pre-tournament breakfast.
In the first game, the starting pitcher struggled in the first inning. Evan was playing third base. The runner on third took too big a lead and the pitcher threw over to Evan. The runner broke for home and Evan threw a perfect strike to get the runner out and end the inning. The coach put Evan in to pitch in the second inning. Evan needed 11 pitches to strike out two players and get an easy pop up for a 1-2-3 inning. In the third inning, Evan went back out to pitch. The first batter hit a ball between third and short. The third baseman dove for it and ended up knocking the ball away from the shortstop. It would have been a tough play even if he had gotten it. Evan thinks it was an error. I don't know. Either way, it was the first base runner that Evan has allowed in 4 appearances dating back to September. That boy stole second and third and scored on a easy ground out. Like the base runner, the last time a runner had scored on Evan was 4 appearances ago. In the fourth inning, Evan went back out there and gave up two solid hits to start the inning. They were good pitches but the kids hit them well. It didn't seem to faze Evan one bit and he quickly got the next three batters out to finish the game for a win.
In the second game, we struggled a bit with our pitches. Darius came in to save us in this game. Evan had a nice game. He walked a couple times and scored. The Bucs won this game to go 2-0 for Saturday. That should be good enough to give us a bye tomorrow so we can start later in the day.
Evan and I went to Chick-fil-A for lunch.
For dinner, Mangieri's a local pizzeria sponsored the Bucs so we had a team dinner. We ate outside. It was just a really nice time. The kids all were able to run around and play and the adults were able to talk. The weather was beautiful. It was a really nice time.
Evan wanted to get dessert afterwards so we stopped at TCBY.
Now we're home and Evan is in bed. We're just waiting for the final results to be posted to find out our start time tomorrow.
Until next time...
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Two Games, Two Wins
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
The Bucs had their first tournament of the season today. It's a two-day tournament. Today was the Pool Play round which sets up seeding for tomorrow. Evan's first game was at 11am. We left the house around 9:15 and stopped at Donut Taco Palace on the way and then had warmups.
The Bucs crushed the first team. At one point the score was 14-1. Evan played well. In the first game, he was 1-2 with a walk and two runs scored. He also had a really nice steal where he got an amazing jump. He did have a collision with Darius on a ball when he was playing left field. Evan was coming in for the pop up and Darius, who was playing shortstop, was going out. At the last second, Evan saw Darius and slid and Darius went over top of Evan and kicked Evan in the face. Evan has a pretty swollen lip now but he was ok and it didn't slow him down at all.
Evan caught in the second game. Again, he did well batting. He was 1-1 with a single and a walk. The game was a bit closer but the Bucs won again. The coach singled out Evan for his hustle and heads up play in both games.
Evan and I came home and found that Rachel and Noah were at Costco. Rachel called and said they had bumped into Aaron and Mandy and invited them over to the house. Jeremy was very excited to play with "tiny Legos" which are really normal Legos, but he's used to Duplos. The boys had fun with Jeremy and Nathan.
For dinner, we picked up Yaghi's for Evan and me. Noah had a hot dog and Rachel had a salad.
The boys are going upstairs to bed shortly.
Until next time...
The Bucs had their first tournament of the season today. It's a two-day tournament. Today was the Pool Play round which sets up seeding for tomorrow. Evan's first game was at 11am. We left the house around 9:15 and stopped at Donut Taco Palace on the way and then had warmups.
The Bucs crushed the first team. At one point the score was 14-1. Evan played well. In the first game, he was 1-2 with a walk and two runs scored. He also had a really nice steal where he got an amazing jump. He did have a collision with Darius on a ball when he was playing left field. Evan was coming in for the pop up and Darius, who was playing shortstop, was going out. At the last second, Evan saw Darius and slid and Darius went over top of Evan and kicked Evan in the face. Evan has a pretty swollen lip now but he was ok and it didn't slow him down at all.
Evan caught in the second game. Again, he did well batting. He was 1-1 with a single and a walk. The game was a bit closer but the Bucs won again. The coach singled out Evan for his hustle and heads up play in both games.
Evan and I came home and found that Rachel and Noah were at Costco. Rachel called and said they had bumped into Aaron and Mandy and invited them over to the house. Jeremy was very excited to play with "tiny Legos" which are really normal Legos, but he's used to Duplos. The boys had fun with Jeremy and Nathan.
For dinner, we picked up Yaghi's for Evan and me. Noah had a hot dog and Rachel had a salad.
The boys are going upstairs to bed shortly.
Until next time...
Friday, January 2, 2015
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...
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...
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Night with the Upshaws
This morning Morry and Evan went to breakfast with Darius's family. Noah was still sleeping when they left so we stayed home.
Both Evan's football game and Noah's baseball game were cancelled today because of the rain.
Evan went to Darius's house after breakfast for a little bit.
Morry brought Evan home for lunch and then he went back out to go to another friend's house. His friend Josh from his baseball team invited him over to spend the night.
Aaron, Mandy, Jeremy, and Nathan came over for dinner. They picked up Schmidts barbecue. We had a nice time and we were able to eat outside. Noah and Jeremy had fun playing Legos together.
They left a few minutes ago and Noah is ready for bed.
Both Evan's football game and Noah's baseball game were cancelled today because of the rain.
Evan went to Darius's house after breakfast for a little bit.
Morry brought Evan home for lunch and then he went back out to go to another friend's house. His friend Josh from his baseball team invited him over to spend the night.
Aaron, Mandy, Jeremy, and Nathan came over for dinner. They picked up Schmidts barbecue. We had a nice time and we were able to eat outside. Noah and Jeremy had fun playing Legos together.
They left a few minutes ago and Noah is ready for bed.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
On the Mend
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
I got up around 8:30 and came downstairs. Evan was playing Wii and Noah was watching him. Noah seemed better than yesterday but still seemed sick. I got breakfast for the boys. After Noah ate his breakfast, I gave him medicine.
The boys continued to play throughout the morning. Nikki left after 10am to take Keith to the airport.
At 11:30, Rachel and Evan left to go to Aunt Susan's 60th birthday party. With Noah being contagious it wasn't a good idea to bring Noah, so I stayed home with Noah. Noah played Wii all day long.
I did work and watched the Steelers game on the computer.
Rachel and Evan got home after 3pm. Evan got dressed for his football game. Today was a make up of the rain out two weeks ago.
Evan's team won today. The team they played was made up of mostly 3rd graders. Evan's team really played well and dominated the game. Evan played a good defense and pulled a few flags. He didn't catch a pass on offense though.
We went to Rudy's after the game to get food for dinner. Darius' family was there. They were planning to eat there. While I ordered food, Evan and Darius stayed together. They were walking around the place like they owned it. We'll eat with them after next week's game.
When I got home, Noah looked like a new kid. His color was back, he was hyper. He ate a ton of sausage and brisket. Evan also ate a bunch of brisket.
They had showers and now they are in bed.
Until next time...
I got up around 8:30 and came downstairs. Evan was playing Wii and Noah was watching him. Noah seemed better than yesterday but still seemed sick. I got breakfast for the boys. After Noah ate his breakfast, I gave him medicine.
The boys continued to play throughout the morning. Nikki left after 10am to take Keith to the airport.
At 11:30, Rachel and Evan left to go to Aunt Susan's 60th birthday party. With Noah being contagious it wasn't a good idea to bring Noah, so I stayed home with Noah. Noah played Wii all day long.
I did work and watched the Steelers game on the computer.
Rachel and Evan got home after 3pm. Evan got dressed for his football game. Today was a make up of the rain out two weeks ago.
Evan's team won today. The team they played was made up of mostly 3rd graders. Evan's team really played well and dominated the game. Evan played a good defense and pulled a few flags. He didn't catch a pass on offense though.
We went to Rudy's after the game to get food for dinner. Darius' family was there. They were planning to eat there. While I ordered food, Evan and Darius stayed together. They were walking around the place like they owned it. We'll eat with them after next week's game.
When I got home, Noah looked like a new kid. His color was back, he was hyper. He ate a ton of sausage and brisket. Evan also ate a bunch of brisket.
They had showers and now they are in bed.
Until next time...
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