Noah's Half Marathon, Parker, West Palm Beach

 On January 22, Noah ran his first half marathon.  We are so proud of him. He got a great time too - under 2 hours! His official chip time was 01:56:53 .  He met his school group at the start and ran with his friend, Jackson the whole time.

We have a new foster dog, Parker.  He's sweet and cuddly.  He's black, but looks just like a golden retriever.  He will hopefully be getting adopted in a few days.

Also, we all went to the RBI fundraiser event.  Morry and I were invited by the Mantis and the boys volunteered. 

Over the weekend Grandma/Mom and I went to West Palm Beach to visit Maureen and Doug.  We had a very nice time.

Yesterday, Austin started getting a cold, winter storm.  We are lucky we were able to get home.   Today and tomorrow schools are canceled.  

I taught my classes over Zoom.

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

In the last few weeks

 Here's what's been going on over the last few weeks since I last updated the blog.

Evan and I got Covid.  It wasn't too bad for either of us.  Evan just had a headache one day and an upset stomach for a few days.  I had a dry, scratchy throat, and dry cough, and what felt like allergies.  I just happened to test since there was an outbreak at my school and it turned out I was positive.  So, Morry, Evan, and Noah took home tests and we found out Evan was positive.

Evan stayed home from school for a week and I stayed home from work for a few days.

Morry, Evan, and Noah went to the RBI Austin Fundraiser Event.  Evan and Noah volunteered and got to greet several famous athletes.  Evan was able to talk to one of his favorite players, David Freese, and even got a picture with him! 

It got really cold and rainy here.  Everything shut down for 2 days.  The kids' schools completely closed, and my school went virtual.

On one of the days, the boys walked to Domino's pizza and HEB.

Evan started baseball again with the high school ISBL team.

Today, Morry and I took Chewie to a Gold Ribbon Rescue meet-up.  Of course, Chewie had a great time.

Last night Morry and I went out to dinner to celebrate Valentine's Day early. 

Here are some pictures over the last few weeks.

Charity Dinner

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Last night, Rachel and I went to a charity dinner and auction for an organization called RBI Austin.  They provide baseball for low income families.  There were quite a few major league baseball players there.  The honoree for the dinner was the former UT baseball coach Auggie Garido who is the winningest coach in NCAA baseball history.  Because of that, many of his former players were there as well.  I was able to talk to a guy who pitched for the Pirates for a few years.  He was very nice and very talkative.  We did donate some money but we didn't buy any of the big auction items.  Grandma and Papa took care of the boys.

Today, we walked the boys to school.  We've had sun the last two days so it was a nice walk.

For lunch, we went to Wholy Bagel.  After that we drove downtown so Rachel could pick up her packet for the half marathon she is running in on Sunday.

There was no baseball after school today so we just hung out at the house.

For dinner, we went with Papa to Evangeline's Cafe.  It was good.  The boys ate well.  They both got crawfish.

When we got home, we watched Timeless.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

Another Busy Saturday

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

While not quite as packed as last Saturday, we had a bunch of things going on today.  The day started early as Evan had a 9am baseball game.  We were asked to get to the field for warmups at 8:15am.  Evan and I left a bit early and stopped each got a donut.  We were at the field early and got some good practice in.

The game went well Evan's team won and Evan hit a triple.  Then when he scored, he insisted on sliding into home plate.

From there we drove to a karate facility.  We signed Noah up for karate class.  We felt like there wasn't as much competition in it and that it would give him something of his own.  Evan and I got there early because we didn't have enough time to go home so we drove straight from the field to the location.  When Noah got there, he seemed very excited.  He seemed to really enjoy the class.  Today was a free trial but we signed him up for a month.

We came home and had lunch.  Then a boy from Evan's baseball team, Josh, came over to play with Evan and Noah.  The three boys played well at the team party last week.  Josh and Evan play together a lot before and after games so we invited him over.  The boys played really well together.  Josh did not want to leave.  It was really nice.

When Josh left, Evan went out in the backyard throwing the baseball up in the air and catching it.

We then went to Play It Again Sports.  Evan's friend Miles is having a birthday party tomorrow.  In lieu of gifts they asked us to donate gently used baseball equipment to RBI Austin which is a non-profit that helps underprivileged youth play baseball.

We went to dinner at Hyde Park Bar and Grill and then went to Central Market to get some fruit.

The boys are now in Evan's room.

Until next time...