Full Day

This morning Morry and Chewie walked Noah to school.

I was at my school from 8am - 12 noon and then went to H-E-B before going home.

Morry and I walked with Chewie to get Noah from school.  Noah had a field trip today and it sounded like he had fun.

Noah played outside with Brodie this afternoon.

For dinner we made and Everyplate beef sandwich meal.  The kids ate well. 

After dinner, we went to the Thrift Store to look for items for the kids' Halloween costumes.   Evan wants to be Marty McFly and Noah wants to be Doc from Back to the Future.  We were able to find some good stuff for Evan, but nothing for Noah.  I think we'll have to shop online for Noah.  Does anyone have a lab coat we can borrow?  :)

Here a picture from tonight.

Soon the boys will get ready for bed.

End of Baseball

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan's last baseball tournament started today.  We were playing down in San Marcos.  I woke up at 9am and Evan was already up.  The boys were watching Back to the Future III.  We got ready and left.  On the way down we stopped at Donut Taco Palace.

It was sunny when we got there and very hot.  The air was very stagnant and humid but we were glad to not have clouds.  The team warmed up and then we went to the field we'd be playing on.  The game before us was running very late.  Rachel and Noah got there while we were watching the previous game.

The Bucs played very well.  Evan walked in his first at bat and stole second but was stranded at second.  We took a 4 run lead into the top of the 4th.  We brought Evan in to close out the game.  He got the first batter to pop up on the first pitch.  Evan got ahead of the second batter but the boy started to foul off some pitches and ended up walking.  The same thing happened with the third batter.  Runners were on first and third for fourth batter and Evan seemed like he had had enough playing around.  He quickly struck out the fourth batter then got a soft grounder from the next batter to end the game.

Just after the game ended we started seeing a lot of lightning.  They postponed the game for 30 minutes.  We went into the snack bar and waited.  But it just kept getting darker and darker so we went to the car.  Just as we got to the car the skies opened up and it just started to pour.  They cancelled all the days games so Evan and I drove back home.  Rachel and Noah had left at the conclusion of the first game.

We had leftovers for dinner.  When dinner ended I got word that San Marcos had gotten a ton of rain and the entire tournament was cancelled.  So unfortunately, our season came to an end today.  But Evan did well and I think he was glad he got on the mound today.

We went to Dairy Queen for a celebratory dessert.  While we were there I got a text from the father of a boy on Evan's team.  They wanted to know if Evan could sleep over tonight.  So when we got home, I drove Evan over and dropped him off.

We're going to have a team lunch tomorrow and that will be it until August.

Until next time...

Mother's Day

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The boys got up before us this morning.  Rachel and I got up at the same time.  Being that it was Mother's Day, it was up to Rachel to choose where she wanted to go.  Ultimately she chose to go to Crema Bakery.  While she was getting ready, the boys and I finished up our gift.  We sent her on a scavenger hunt around the house to get gift cards.

Brunch was good.  The boys both ate good muffins.  Rachel and I liked our food.

From there, we went to Mt. Bonnell.  We had taken the boys before but they only have vague memories of it.  Of course, that's where Rachel and I got engaged.  We all had a good time there.

We met Aaron, Mandy, Jeremy and Nathan at their house and then walked to the park.  The kids played together and they played some basketball.

We all walked over to Nau's Enfield Pharmacy and got some food.  The Upshaw family ate their lunch since they hadn't eaten.  We got limeades and Noah got a hot dog.

We came home and did our daily Sunday chores.  The boys watched Back to the Future II.

We ate pork tenderloin for dinner cooked on the grill.

For dessert we went to TCBY.

The boys are showering and getting ready for bed.

Until next time....

Orthopedics

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, we walked to school along with Noah.  Evan rode his bike with Jack.

Around 10am, we picked Evan up at school.  He hurt his knee in football in the fall and is always complaining about it hurting when he puts pressure on it.  So if he plants to change direction or if he is on his scooter he complains.  We finally made an appointment with a pediatric orthopedic doctor.

The doctor was very very nice.  He was good with Evan.  They took x-rays and the doctor explained what each bone was to Evan and where it was in him.  As Rachel and I suspected, there was no break. Also, the pain Evan was pointing to was lower than his growth plate.  The doctor couldn't see anything but hesitates to recommend an MRI just yet.  He prescribed 4-6 weeks of physical therapy for Evan.  He said it would help him in general because "athletic boys his age are always tight" and this will help him loosen up.  So we'll start Evan in therapy.

We dropped him back off at school and came home.

When we went to pick the boys up, Rachel and I drove.  Rachel said goodbye to the boys and left to go tutoring.  Noah and I walked home and Evan rode his bike home with Jack.

We were talking about Back to the Future this weekend and so Evan and Noah have been doing a Back to the Future marathon.  They are on Back to the Future 3.  We actually own those on DVD.  I think they've really been enjoying them.

I'll be reading with Noah soon and then the boys will go to bed.

Until next time...

Evening with Ben, Molly, and Matt

I dropped Evan off at school today, deposited some tutoring checks at the ATM, then came home.

Noah and I just stayed at home. I cleaned up around the house. Then we ate lunch and picked up Evan.

Wendy told us the music guy brought in an electric guitar. He let the kids play it. The music guy played the guitar for them and Wendy said it was like the scene from Back to the Future. Michael J Fox plays the loud rock music, but the audience isn’t ready for it. Wendy said by the kids’ reactions, they must have not heard anything like that before.

When we got home, Blanca came over. She stayed about an hour so I could do some stuff around the house.

The boys went down for naps around 2:30 and slept well.

Morry picked up pizza from Little Caesars on the way home. Matt and the kids came over for diner and then Morry helped Matt move one of our TVs to Matt’s new apartment. I watched the kids while they moved the tv and bought it to the apartment. Evan and Noah had a great time playing with Ben and Molly. Evan’s very wound up now, but it’s time to get ready for bed. Hopefully, he goes to sleep ok tonight.