Early Baseball Morning

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Evan had to be at the Taylor baseball fields at 7:15am.  That means we have to leave the house by 6:15 in the morning.  I got up at 5:40.

Evan's team lost both games but Evan played well.  He reached base on all 4 of his at bats.  He crushed a double well over the left fielder's head in his first at bat and then singled, walked, and singled again.  He started the first game at first base, but he ended up coming in to catch the end of the first game and all of the second game.  He caught really well.

Evan's good friend Braeden who used to be on the team but moved to a new organization was at the fields.  Evan and Braeden seemed really excited to see each other.  They both had huge smiles when they saw each other for the first time.

After the games we went to a new place called Wild Chix and Waffles.  It's a chicken and waffles place.  A PR company reached out to Rachel to see if she could go there and review the restaurant and talk about it.  So we went there, along with Grandma and Papa, to try out the food.  Everyone seemed to enjoy it.  It was a really interesting restaurant complete with board games that you can play while you wait for your food.  We talked to the owner, who was very nice.

We relaxed at home in the afternoon.

For dinner, I made pork skewers on the grill.  After dinner, we went to TCBY. 

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

Still Hurting

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

I think all of us are still hurting from losing Lizzy.  I know that Rachel and I are struggling.  Evan did not go to school today as he was so upset that he got physically sick before school.  Noah was very difficult this morning.  I think there were a lot of causes, but he grieves differently than Rachel, Evan and me, so I'm not sure if that was one of the reasons he was difficult this morning.

Rachel and I did go to Camp Gladiator this morning.  We pushed ourselves to do it.

Later in the morning, I took Grandmom to the airport.

In the early afternoon, a family came by to see Adam.  I think they'd like to adopt Adam, but we're waiting for them to go through the process with Austin Pets Alive.

We walked to get Noah.  He was in a good mood this afternoon.  He went straight to Grandma and Papa's house.

I took Evan and his teammate Braeden to practice.  I don't believe that Evan is contagious.  I think it's emotional.  I wanted him to get back out and do what he loves.  He did well.  I think it's still really tough for him.  He only smiled a bit.  I think he just feels really empty right now.  It's just going to take time for him, as it will for all of us.

Rachel went to tutoring and now she's at Evan's Back-to-School night.

The boys are upstairs and are going to get ready for bed soon.

Until next time...

Hopdoddy

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

I had two phone meetings this morning - both with Focus Forward.  Rachel was a part of the second meeting with them as we talked about SEO.

After our meetings we went to Wholy Bagel for lunch.

We picked up the boys from school.  Evan seemed in a bad mood.  I think he was tired.

Evan had baseball practice tonight.  Braeden's dad offered to take Evan.  I met them at Applebee's.

When I got home, Rachel, Noah and I left and went to South Congress to eat at Hopdoddy.  It's a burger place that is always crowded here in Austin.  I had been one time, but Rachel hadn't been.  We probably waited 30 minutes to order. When we left the line was out the door and around the building.  The burgers really are quite good.

We then met Braeden and his dad with Evan after practice.  We stopped at Craig O's to get dinner for Evan.

When we got home we watched Timeless.

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

Thrift Store

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

It was a pretty easy morning this morning.  There were no meetings, no phone calls.  We just walked the boys to school and came home.  I did work, but I just focused on the work which was nice.

We left for an early lunch at Wholy Bagel.

After lunch we went to a thrift store.  We each picked out clothes for the other to wear.  We're going to go to dinner tomorrow night in the clothes that we each picked out.  We're going to look pretty silly I think.  We managed to do it for less than $15/person.

We walked to pick up the boys in the afternoon.

Evan had baseball practice tonight.  Braeden's dad offered to drive today, so I drove Evan to the meeting spot and they took him.

For dinner, Rachel, Noah and I went to Freebirds and got burritos.  Before we left to meet Braeden's dad, we picked up a burrito for Evan.

We stopped at Sam's Club before going home to get some things.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

Thanksgiving in January

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

After taking the boys to school, we went to Camp Gladiator.  I had to leave early to get home for a HomeAway call so we drove separately.

Later in the morning, someone came by the house to buy some of the boys' old clothes.  Then Rachel left to go to Pilates and I drove to HomeAway for more meetings.

Rachel picked the boys up from school.  I got home shortly after they got home.

Rachel was supposed to tutor but it got cancelled.  Noah was scheduled to go over to Grandma's since I was going to be with Evan at baseball and Rachel was tutoring.  He still went over there and had dinner.

He had asked Grandma for Thanksgiving type stuff for dinner.  So Grandma made a turkey breast and had cranberry sauce.

Evan had baseball practice.  We drove Braeden up there.  The boys were silly in the car.  They had a scrimmage at practice with the 12U team.  Evan is on the 11U team.  They separated the teams so there would be an even number of each of the age groups on each team.  Amazingly the 11-year-olds were the kids getting the hits off of the 12-year-old pitchers.  Evan had a good solid hit.

We're home now and the boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

Baseball Practice But No Football Practice

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning Evan had baseball practice.  We met up at Wendy's with Reid's dad and took Reid to practice.  We did stop at Donut Taco Palace on the way up.

Evan had a good practice.  They had it set up with 9 kids in the field and three batting.  When there were three outs, they'd bring in another 3 kids to bat and rotate kids in the field.  Evan caught twice, played left field once, batted, played first twice and pitched.  He looked good at first base today.  When he was pitching, he actually pitched six outs since he got threw the first three outs so quickly they kept going.  He was very sharp pitching.

On the way home, we brought Reid and Braeden with us and met their parents to drop them off.

Rachel and Noah were at HEB when we got home.

Noah was supposed to have football practice this afternoon, but around lunch time it got cancelled.  It was nice to have the afternoon free.

Evan played basketball outside for a bit with Nathan.

Then I made popcorn and the boys and I watched the movie The Rock.

For dinner, we had Yaghi's pizza delivered.  We watched Timeless while eating.

The boys are in bed.

Until next time...

No Camp Gladiator

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Rachel and I decided not to go to Camp Gladiator this morning after dropping the boys off from school.  I needed some rest and Rachel wanted to take a mini-break after running the half marathon.

I worked from home all day while Rachel went to Pilates followed by a quick trip to Costco.

Noah went to Grandma and Papa's right after school.  Normally Evan has baseball practice and Rachel tutors so that's why Noah goes there.  Rachel didn't tutor today but Noah still wanted to go.

Around 5, I left to take Evan to practice.  We stopped and got and picked up Evan's teammate, Braeden on the way up.

Evan had a good practice from what I saw.  He made an excellent throw from the foul territory on right field to third base almost getting the runner.

We dropped Braeden off on the way home and then went home and had dinner.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...