Dog Park and Waterloo

This morning Evan was dropped off around 11am.

A little while later the boys and I took Chewie to the dog park.  We had to wait about 15 minutes to get a spot in the parking lot.  Chewie had a great time.  He ran around with other dogs and even fetched the ball in the water.  That was his first time really swimming.  We wore him out.

The boys convinced me to stop at Panera on the way home.  We ate outside with Chewie.

Then, we took it easy in the afternoon.

At 5:45 we picked up Grandma and Papa and went to Nathan's party at Waterloo Ice House.  We sat outside and the kids could run around.  It was a nice time.

Now we are home and the boys are getting ready for bed.  Evan has an early game tomorrow morning.

Here are some pictures from today.

First Day of School 2015

This morning was the first day of 2nd grade for Noah and first day of 4th grade for Evan.  They were both in good moods this morning.  We took some pictures and then walked to school.  First, we dropped of Noah in his classroom and then took Evan to his.

After drop off I met some other moms for breakfast at Waterloo Icehouse.

Then, I went for a run and gave Lizzy a haircut.

The day went by pretty fast.  Soon, it was time to pick up the boys.

Morry and I walked to pick them up.

They both seemed to have good days.

For dinner we had steak, salmon, and corn on the cob.

We took a walk and now the boys are getting ready for bed.

Here are a few pictures from today including pics of the boys reorganized rooms.

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.

Grandma and Papa in Austin

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning I had to wake Evan up to go to camp.  This was the first time I had to wake him up.  He's been awake and downstairs playing previously.  Rachel took Evan to camp.

Later in the morning, Rachel and Noah worked more on the garden.  Then the two of them went to Rachel's tutoring.

At lunch I went to pick Evan up for camp.  Darius wanted to go to lunch with Evan again so we joined Darius and his mom for lunch at Waterloo Ice House.  The two boys played on the playground until lunch as served.  Tomorrow, Darius' mom is going to take Evan and Darius out to lunch and a place called Jumpoline.

Around 4pm, Grandma and Papa arrived.  They are in town because they are flying out with Evan and Noah to go to Seattle to go camping this weekend.

We went to Uncle Marvin and Aunt Sandy's new house.  They closed on it yesterday and moved in it today.  It was very nice.  Evan was more interested in going in the large backyard.  From there we went to Trattoria Lisina for dinner.  The food was excellent as usual.

We came home, the boys showered and now they are in their rooms.

Until next time...

Only One Today

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Evan and I left the house around 7am to go to his baseball game.  We stopped at Donut Taco Palace I on the way out.

It was cold when we got to the fields, but it warmed up considerably during the game. Unfortunately, Evan's team lost and did not advance.  It was, however, a terrific baseball game.  The score through three innings was 1-0, Marauders.  I've never seen such good defense played by both teams when the teams are made up of 7- and 8-year-olds.  It was terrific.  The other team was from San Antonio.  After one out in the top of the 4th, Evan came up to bat and turned hard on an inside pitch.  It went right down the left field line all the way to the corner.  It started a rally where the Marauders scored 4 runs to go ahead 5-0.  Unfortunately, the other team scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 4th.  After the Marauders tied it up in the top of the 5th, the other team scored 6 runs in the bottom of the fifth.  The Marauders had one more chance in the top of the 6th but came up short.  Evan played catcher most of the game.  In the bottom of the fifth he made a great play.  He got a throw home with a kid coming from third.  Instinctively, he blocked the plate and applied a hard tag.  Evan really saved a run there.

After the game we came home.  Rachel had picked up Zayde.  I took a shower and then we went to Waterloo Ice House for lunch.

After lunch, I had a meeting.

Then, Evan, Zayde, Rachel and I went into the cul-de-sac.  Evan and Nathan played basketball against me.

When the boys had enough we came back home and Nathan and Noah played Wii.

I grilled outside and we ate outside on the porch for the first time.

On the way to drop Zayde off at home, we stopped at TCBY.

The boys are now in bed.

Until next time...