Hello everyone, this is Morry.
It was a pretty easy morning this morning. The boys got up earlier than they had been getting up.
Rachel went to a Pink Ribbon Cowgirls lunch up north. I made lunch for the boys.
Just after lunch, I had a meeting. It went well.
Evan had some hitting instruction at the facility in the afternoon followed by a throwing course. It felt weird to already be taking him out to TRPD. His buddy, Angelo, also did the throwing course. Evan went home with Angelo afterward and is staying the night.
Noah went to Grandma and Papa's for dinner. They had fried rice. I think Noah helped make it. It was still light when they were done, so he walked home.
Rachel and I had dinner at the house.
Noah is now upstairs playing video games.
Until next time...
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Thursday, August 1, 2019
Saturday, February 2, 2019
HitTrax Tournament
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
There is no baseball tournament or flag football game this weekend. But they did have a HitTrax tournament at the facility. HitTrax is a system that measures how the ball is hit, the velocity off the bad, the angle and the launch angle and tells you where the ball goes and if it's a hit or not (based on their age). Evan's team had to form smaller teams and were allowed to bring friends that weren't in the organization to compete.
Before we left for that, Rachel left to tutor a girl for the ACT. It turns out she had other math homework so Rachel ended up not helping her prepare for the ACT.
Evan had already formed a team with Cooper, Angelo and Cooper's friend. They called themselves the "Megabombers". They ended up winning the whole tournament. Evan was very excited.
Rachel stopped at HEB on her way home and got some stuff for the week. She said it was very crowded at HEB.
We got home about an hour after her and we had lunch.
The rest of the afternoon, we took it easy.
For dinner, we went to The League with Papa. We had a nice time.
The boys are playing on the Playstation now and Rachel is making cake balls for a Super Bowl party tomorrow.
Until next time...
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Gizmo and the End of Winter Break
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Rachel, Grandma and Aunt Susan went to New Braunfels for the weekend for a girls trip. They left just before lunch on Friday. That left the boys and me alone for the weekend. But in addition to the boys, we have Calvin, Flash and Chewie. We're still pet-sitting Luna. And, on Thursday, we got a new kitten who we named Gizmo. He is so cute and so happy and loves to be around people. He's still scared of Chewie but he seems ok with the two cats and Luna as long as the cats are not hissing at him. The thing about him is he was born without eyelids and he needs drops in his eyes twice per day.
Also on Friday, Evan invited his friend Angelo to stay with us. So we had a full house, even without Rachel, on Friday night. The boys all stayed up until 3am playing video games.
On Saturday, I took Evan to flag football practice. Angelo's dad picked him up from there. In the afternoon, Evan and I went to the TRPD facility and I helped him practice some. A boy that we know that is joining the 11u team met us there and Evan worked with him some.
For dinner, we went to The League and Tavern with Papa. It was our first time there. We liked it.
This morning, I took the boys to get their hair cut. In the afternoon, we went to the Ramati's for a 6 Points event.
For dinner, we met up with Grandma and Papa and went to Maudies.
Until next time...
Rachel, Grandma and Aunt Susan went to New Braunfels for the weekend for a girls trip. They left just before lunch on Friday. That left the boys and me alone for the weekend. But in addition to the boys, we have Calvin, Flash and Chewie. We're still pet-sitting Luna. And, on Thursday, we got a new kitten who we named Gizmo. He is so cute and so happy and loves to be around people. He's still scared of Chewie but he seems ok with the two cats and Luna as long as the cats are not hissing at him. The thing about him is he was born without eyelids and he needs drops in his eyes twice per day.
Also on Friday, Evan invited his friend Angelo to stay with us. So we had a full house, even without Rachel, on Friday night. The boys all stayed up until 3am playing video games.
On Saturday, I took Evan to flag football practice. Angelo's dad picked him up from there. In the afternoon, Evan and I went to the TRPD facility and I helped him practice some. A boy that we know that is joining the 11u team met us there and Evan worked with him some.
For dinner, we went to The League and Tavern with Papa. It was our first time there. We liked it.
This morning, I took the boys to get their hair cut. In the afternoon, we went to the Ramati's for a 6 Points event.
For dinner, we met up with Grandma and Papa and went to Maudies.
Until next time...
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Sunny Weekend
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
The sun has finally emerged in Austin. And today, they were even able to remove the boil water notice!
Yesterday, Noah had a flag football game in the morning. It was cold at the start of the game, but warmed up quickly. Noah has developed a specialty of blitzing the quarterback. Last week, the quarterback did not complete a single pass when Noah blitzed. Yesterday, Noah was even more successful. While he didn't get a "sack", the QB just threw the ball up twice when Noah blitzed and it was intercepted and run back for a touchdown. His team won easily. It was really nice seeing Noah have that success.
Noah had a birthday party to go to in the afternoon.
While Noah was at the birthday party, I took Evan to his baseball games. His arm was still hurting so he couldn't play a position where had to throw. He batted only in the first game. In the second game, he played first base. He's a pretty good first baseman so I think he enjoyed being out there playing. They lost both games.
Evan's friend and teammate, Josh, came home with us and stayed over night.
Evan, Josh and I left early in the morning for today's baseball game. We stopped at Donut Taco Palace on the way.
Evan's arm felt somewhat better, so he played in the left and right fields. He got the ball three or four times and they limited the distance he had to throw. Unfortunately, they lost the game.
After the game, we met Evan's friend and teammate, Angelo and his family at Popeye's. It was a nice time.
Rachel took Noah to another birthday party. This party was ice skating. Rachel stayed at the party. Then they went to a Wonders & Worries Halloween party. Finally, Rachel dropped Noah off at Sunday School.
For dinner, Rachel and I picked Noah up at Sunday School. Then we went to a restaurant called Bamboo Bistro.
We had to stop at Target on the way home to get some stuff for a blog post for Rachel's blog.
The boys are upstairs playing now.
Until next time...
The sun has finally emerged in Austin. And today, they were even able to remove the boil water notice!
Yesterday, Noah had a flag football game in the morning. It was cold at the start of the game, but warmed up quickly. Noah has developed a specialty of blitzing the quarterback. Last week, the quarterback did not complete a single pass when Noah blitzed. Yesterday, Noah was even more successful. While he didn't get a "sack", the QB just threw the ball up twice when Noah blitzed and it was intercepted and run back for a touchdown. His team won easily. It was really nice seeing Noah have that success.
Noah had a birthday party to go to in the afternoon.
While Noah was at the birthday party, I took Evan to his baseball games. His arm was still hurting so he couldn't play a position where had to throw. He batted only in the first game. In the second game, he played first base. He's a pretty good first baseman so I think he enjoyed being out there playing. They lost both games.
Evan's friend and teammate, Josh, came home with us and stayed over night.
Evan, Josh and I left early in the morning for today's baseball game. We stopped at Donut Taco Palace on the way.
Evan's arm felt somewhat better, so he played in the left and right fields. He got the ball three or four times and they limited the distance he had to throw. Unfortunately, they lost the game.
After the game, we met Evan's friend and teammate, Angelo and his family at Popeye's. It was a nice time.
Rachel took Noah to another birthday party. This party was ice skating. Rachel stayed at the party. Then they went to a Wonders & Worries Halloween party. Finally, Rachel dropped Noah off at Sunday School.
For dinner, Rachel and I picked Noah up at Sunday School. Then we went to a restaurant called Bamboo Bistro.
We had to stop at Target on the way home to get some stuff for a blog post for Rachel's blog.
The boys are upstairs playing now.
Until next time...
Sunday, August 5, 2018
Dina's Family
Since the last blog post...
Last week Evan's friend Angelo came over after baseball and spent the night. Then, they went to baseball together the following day.
Noah went over to Jude's house and they made dog treats together.
We went as a family to see the new Jurassic World movie.
Dina and Trevor came into town on Friday to see their son Evan who is here for a summer internship.
On Saturday we met them at the Zilker Botanical Garden, then we walked around South Congress, and had lunch at Home Slice Pizza.
Today, Grandma and Papa invited everyone over for brunch. In addition to Dina's family, Aunt Susan, Aunt Diane, Uncle Jay, Uncle Marvin, Susie's family, and Lauren's family were there. We all had a nice time together.
Tonight we met Dina's family at Oasis for dinner.
Now the boys are in bed.
It was a busy and fun few days.
Here are some pictures.
Last week Evan's friend Angelo came over after baseball and spent the night. Then, they went to baseball together the following day.
Noah went over to Jude's house and they made dog treats together.
We went as a family to see the new Jurassic World movie.
Dina and Trevor came into town on Friday to see their son Evan who is here for a summer internship.
On Saturday we met them at the Zilker Botanical Garden, then we walked around South Congress, and had lunch at Home Slice Pizza.
Today, Grandma and Papa invited everyone over for brunch. In addition to Dina's family, Aunt Susan, Aunt Diane, Uncle Jay, Uncle Marvin, Susie's family, and Lauren's family were there. We all had a nice time together.
Tonight we met Dina's family at Oasis for dinner.
Now the boys are in bed.
It was a busy and fun few days.
Here are some pictures.
Sunday, June 3, 2018
That's All Folks
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
The baseball season came to an end today. It started early, though, with another 8am game. Today, Noah decided not to come with us, so it was just Evan and me. We visited Donut Taco Palace for the last time until the fall season on the way up.
In the first game, Evan started at first base. His pal, Angelo, was catching. In the second inning, with the score tied at 2, bases loaded and one out, they brought Evan into pitch. The first batter grounded weakly to second or short and one run scored. Somehow they called a balk on Evan on the next pitch. His coach came out to argue but the call was not overturned and a second run scored. Evan then struck out the next batter to end the inning. His team tied the score at 4. Evan came in and got a 1-2-3 inning but getting a foul pop up behind home plate, getting a runner to bounce back to him and then inducing a swinging bunt which Angelo fielded nicely and threw to first. In the next inning, Evan got another foul pop up behind home plate, a grounder to second, walked a batter and struck out the third batter. That caused the game to go into extra innings. In extra innings, it starts out with the bases loaded and one out. The last three batters of the previous innings are the base runners. Evan was the batter. He worked the count to 3-1 and then took a ball off his belt buckle to to force in a run. That was the only run they scored. So Evan came back out to pitch with the bases loaded and one out. He calmly struck out both batters he face to end the game and send them to the next round.
Around that time, Rachel took Chewie to the dog park. Noah didn't want to go with her. Rachel said that Chewie had a good time running around. As soon as they got there, Chewie raced for the water.
The second game didn't go as well for Evan's team. Evan caught in this game and played well. He had some nice blocks and good throws. But the team was out of pitching and so the game got away. Nevertheless, it was good to get a win with the Blue team.
On our way home, we stopped and got some slices of pizza to eat in the car.
Just before we got home, Noah got picked up by Jude's family to go for a hike. Rachel also gave Chewie a bath.
We took it easy the rest of the afternoon. Then we went to pick Noah up from Jude's. We stopped and got Papa and went to Me Con Bistro for dinner.
The boys are getting ready for bed.
Until next time...
The baseball season came to an end today. It started early, though, with another 8am game. Today, Noah decided not to come with us, so it was just Evan and me. We visited Donut Taco Palace for the last time until the fall season on the way up.
In the first game, Evan started at first base. His pal, Angelo, was catching. In the second inning, with the score tied at 2, bases loaded and one out, they brought Evan into pitch. The first batter grounded weakly to second or short and one run scored. Somehow they called a balk on Evan on the next pitch. His coach came out to argue but the call was not overturned and a second run scored. Evan then struck out the next batter to end the inning. His team tied the score at 4. Evan came in and got a 1-2-3 inning but getting a foul pop up behind home plate, getting a runner to bounce back to him and then inducing a swinging bunt which Angelo fielded nicely and threw to first. In the next inning, Evan got another foul pop up behind home plate, a grounder to second, walked a batter and struck out the third batter. That caused the game to go into extra innings. In extra innings, it starts out with the bases loaded and one out. The last three batters of the previous innings are the base runners. Evan was the batter. He worked the count to 3-1 and then took a ball off his belt buckle to to force in a run. That was the only run they scored. So Evan came back out to pitch with the bases loaded and one out. He calmly struck out both batters he face to end the game and send them to the next round.
Around that time, Rachel took Chewie to the dog park. Noah didn't want to go with her. Rachel said that Chewie had a good time running around. As soon as they got there, Chewie raced for the water.
The second game didn't go as well for Evan's team. Evan caught in this game and played well. He had some nice blocks and good throws. But the team was out of pitching and so the game got away. Nevertheless, it was good to get a win with the Blue team.
On our way home, we stopped and got some slices of pizza to eat in the car.
Just before we got home, Noah got picked up by Jude's family to go for a hike. Rachel also gave Chewie a bath.
We took it easy the rest of the afternoon. Then we went to pick Noah up from Jude's. We stopped and got Papa and went to Me Con Bistro for dinner.
The boys are getting ready for bed.
Until next time...
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Last Weekend of Baseball
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning, we got up early to go to Evan's last tournament. This is the "B" team that he's playing for. We had to be at the fields at 7:15. Noah wanted to come with us because Angelo's brother, Tony, as going to be there and they were planning to hang out.
We stopped at Donut Taco Palace on the way. Noah didn't want anything.
Evan played third base in the first game. He made some very nice places on balls that were chopped. He seemed to know when to field the ball so he didn't get caught between hops. He popped up once and walked twice in the game. The team lost that game. In the second game, he was catcher. He threw out a runner trying to steal third in the first inning. They never tried to steal second on Evan but they attempted third three more times. Two of the times, I thought the runner was out but the umpire called them safe. The third time the throw was just late, although that was Evan's most impressive throw. The pitch was high and inside causing Evan to have to stand to catch but Evan was off balance. He somehow managed to catch it, transfer the ball to his throwing hand and throw a perfect strike without moving his feet. He didn't step into it at all and the throw looked great. They unfortunately lost that game as well.
We came home and did nothing all afternoon which was kind of nice. Evan, Noah and I were all quite tired. Rachel did take Chewie on the upstairs porch. She did some work out there and let Chewie relax looking out front.
For dinner we went to Chipotle and then we went to the new Bahama Buck's that just opened in Austin. We've been looking forward to it opening.
The boys will be getting ready for bed soon.
Until next time...
This morning, we got up early to go to Evan's last tournament. This is the "B" team that he's playing for. We had to be at the fields at 7:15. Noah wanted to come with us because Angelo's brother, Tony, as going to be there and they were planning to hang out.
We stopped at Donut Taco Palace on the way. Noah didn't want anything.
Evan played third base in the first game. He made some very nice places on balls that were chopped. He seemed to know when to field the ball so he didn't get caught between hops. He popped up once and walked twice in the game. The team lost that game. In the second game, he was catcher. He threw out a runner trying to steal third in the first inning. They never tried to steal second on Evan but they attempted third three more times. Two of the times, I thought the runner was out but the umpire called them safe. The third time the throw was just late, although that was Evan's most impressive throw. The pitch was high and inside causing Evan to have to stand to catch but Evan was off balance. He somehow managed to catch it, transfer the ball to his throwing hand and throw a perfect strike without moving his feet. He didn't step into it at all and the throw looked great. They unfortunately lost that game as well.
We came home and did nothing all afternoon which was kind of nice. Evan, Noah and I were all quite tired. Rachel did take Chewie on the upstairs porch. She did some work out there and let Chewie relax looking out front.
For dinner we went to Chipotle and then we went to the new Bahama Buck's that just opened in Austin. We've been looking forward to it opening.
The boys will be getting ready for bed soon.
Until next time...
Monday, April 30, 2018
Very Late Sunday Night
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
On Sunday, Evan, Noah, and I went up to Taylor around 9am. Evan's first game was at 11:30. He needed to be there at 10:15 and we were stopping to get donuts.
Rachel left shortly after us for a funeral service for a friend of hers from the Pink Ribbon Cowgirls.
Evan's first game went great. They won and Evan had a great game. He was 2-2 with a triple and a HBP. He made his largest impact behind the plate. He threw two runners out trying to steal second. Both were in critical times where the other team had put their first batter on base. He also caught a foul pop up behind the plate for the second out in the last inning.
After that, we went to get pizza for lunch.
In the second game, Evan caught again. They were playing the number one seed. Evan didn't get to throw anyone out but he played well again. With the opposing team trying to make a late comeback, Evan caught a foul pop up against the net behind home plate and almost fell over but managed to hold on to the ball to end the game.
They immediately had a third game - the semifinal. Again TRPD jumped out to an early lead. Evan played third base in order to give him a break. But with the score 7-3, they brought in Evan to get out of a bases loaded jam. He was able to get the out. He pitched another inning where there was an error that led to two runs, but he was able to force a double play to get out of the inning with the score 7-5. He batted in the bottom of that inning and got hit by a pitch but it was enough time for the game to end and they were on to the championship.
Fifteen minutes later, the championship started. TRPD jumped out to a 4-0. Evan drove in a run and scored the fourth run. The TRPD defense had a mini-meltdown in the fourth allowing the score to be tied. In the fifth, they brought Evan into pitch again. He walked a batter and gave up a bloop hit. With runners at 2nd and 3rd with no outs, Evan induced three straight grounders back to him which should have ended the inning with no runs scoring. Unfortunately, there was another defensive mistake that allowed the winning run to score. TRPD was able to bat again but wasn't able to score anything. But coming in second in a 21-team tournament was pretty good. Especially playing 3 straight games.
Noah was there with us the whole time. Angelo's brother Tony was there for the first game, but after that, he was with me the whole time. He never complained. He helped me score. He helped out the coaches some. He was a trooper.
We finally got home at 10:30 last night.
We let Evan stay home from school today. Noah has perfect attendance and didn't want to break that. I let him sleep as long as I could before waking him up.
Rachel went to teach and Evan came with me into the office.
Evan went to Grandma and Papa's for dinner.
The boys are getting ready for bed now.
Until next time...
On Sunday, Evan, Noah, and I went up to Taylor around 9am. Evan's first game was at 11:30. He needed to be there at 10:15 and we were stopping to get donuts.
Rachel left shortly after us for a funeral service for a friend of hers from the Pink Ribbon Cowgirls.
Evan's first game went great. They won and Evan had a great game. He was 2-2 with a triple and a HBP. He made his largest impact behind the plate. He threw two runners out trying to steal second. Both were in critical times where the other team had put their first batter on base. He also caught a foul pop up behind the plate for the second out in the last inning.
After that, we went to get pizza for lunch.
In the second game, Evan caught again. They were playing the number one seed. Evan didn't get to throw anyone out but he played well again. With the opposing team trying to make a late comeback, Evan caught a foul pop up against the net behind home plate and almost fell over but managed to hold on to the ball to end the game.
They immediately had a third game - the semifinal. Again TRPD jumped out to an early lead. Evan played third base in order to give him a break. But with the score 7-3, they brought in Evan to get out of a bases loaded jam. He was able to get the out. He pitched another inning where there was an error that led to two runs, but he was able to force a double play to get out of the inning with the score 7-5. He batted in the bottom of that inning and got hit by a pitch but it was enough time for the game to end and they were on to the championship.
Fifteen minutes later, the championship started. TRPD jumped out to a 4-0. Evan drove in a run and scored the fourth run. The TRPD defense had a mini-meltdown in the fourth allowing the score to be tied. In the fifth, they brought Evan into pitch again. He walked a batter and gave up a bloop hit. With runners at 2nd and 3rd with no outs, Evan induced three straight grounders back to him which should have ended the inning with no runs scoring. Unfortunately, there was another defensive mistake that allowed the winning run to score. TRPD was able to bat again but wasn't able to score anything. But coming in second in a 21-team tournament was pretty good. Especially playing 3 straight games.
Noah was there with us the whole time. Angelo's brother Tony was there for the first game, but after that, he was with me the whole time. He never complained. He helped me score. He helped out the coaches some. He was a trooper.
We finally got home at 10:30 last night.
We let Evan stay home from school today. Noah has perfect attendance and didn't want to break that. I let him sleep as long as I could before waking him up.
Rachel went to teach and Evan came with me into the office.
Evan went to Grandma and Papa's for dinner.
The boys are getting ready for bed now.
Until next time...
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Early Morning Baseball
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
We had to be up in Round Rock for warm ups by 7:15 this morning. Noah came with us. We stopped at Donut Taco Palace on the way up. Noah got a taco and Evan got a donut.
Noah played with a boy named Tony the whole time. Tony is the younger brother of a boy on Evan's team named Angelo. It's nice that Noah has someone to play with.
In the first game, Evan started out catching. He played a great catcher. He blocked everything that could be blocked. In terms of hitting, Evan was 2-2 with a walk, a single and a triple. His team started out losing 5-1 after the first inning and a half. But then they scored 11 runs in the bottom of the second and put the game out of reach.
They had a break between games as another game was played. During that time, we went to see some of Evan's friends and former teammates play in another game.
Rachel came up for the second game. This game was against a really good team. But TRPD didn't back down. Evan walked in the first inning. He was the catcher again. He threw out a runner trying to steal third in the bottom of the first. In the third, he singled knocking in a run. The team put up a good fight and had the potential tying run on at the plate in the last inning but couldn't come through.
We came home and Evan and Noah watched the Villanova game. I did some work and got food for the boys.
Rachel took the boys to Sunday School. After Sunday School we took the boys to Top Golf. It's a tradition that we take the boys to Top Golf for their birthdays. We typically do it on a weekend morning where it's half price. But we took them for dinner. It went well. I golfed really well.
The boys are in bed now.
Until next time...
We had to be up in Round Rock for warm ups by 7:15 this morning. Noah came with us. We stopped at Donut Taco Palace on the way up. Noah got a taco and Evan got a donut.
Noah played with a boy named Tony the whole time. Tony is the younger brother of a boy on Evan's team named Angelo. It's nice that Noah has someone to play with.
In the first game, Evan started out catching. He played a great catcher. He blocked everything that could be blocked. In terms of hitting, Evan was 2-2 with a walk, a single and a triple. His team started out losing 5-1 after the first inning and a half. But then they scored 11 runs in the bottom of the second and put the game out of reach.
They had a break between games as another game was played. During that time, we went to see some of Evan's friends and former teammates play in another game.
Rachel came up for the second game. This game was against a really good team. But TRPD didn't back down. Evan walked in the first inning. He was the catcher again. He threw out a runner trying to steal third in the bottom of the first. In the third, he singled knocking in a run. The team put up a good fight and had the potential tying run on at the plate in the last inning but couldn't come through.
We came home and Evan and Noah watched the Villanova game. I did some work and got food for the boys.
Rachel took the boys to Sunday School. After Sunday School we took the boys to Top Golf. It's a tradition that we take the boys to Top Golf for their birthdays. We typically do it on a weekend morning where it's half price. But we took them for dinner. It went well. I golfed really well.
The boys are in bed now.
Until next time...
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