Very Busy Week

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

It's been a very busy week.  At work I've been very busy as we've been adding new customers and I've been helping the customers and the clinicians.  Also we're trying to raise money right now.  Rachel has been tutoring quite a bit.  All but one tutoring session is online, but still Rachel is busy on top of teaching at school.  The one thing that has made this week a bit easier is that Evan's hitting lesson on Monday and practice on Tuesday were cancelled.

The boys have just finished up their third week of virtual school.  They are doing well.  We're lucky in that the boys are very disciplined and we don't need to micromanage them.  I do think they're learning.  For us, I think the virtual school is going well.

Today, I had a dentist appointment.  I hadn't been to the dentist since last December.  The next appointment was supposed to take place in June but obviously it was delayed.  It went smooth.  Nothing wrong with my teeth.

Today is the 11th anniversary of Rachel's cancer diagnosis.  We always try to do something a little special on this day to really celebrate life.  I couldn't be with Rachel at lunch but on her break between classes she went to the lake and ate her lunch.  For dinner, she felt like Hula Hut so we picked up dinner from there.  She also picked up a cookie cake.

Right now the boys are playing on the Playstation.  We're about to sit down to watch some tv.

Until next time...

Birthday Party for the Boys

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

I feel like we were moving nonstop today.  We were both getting ready for the boys' birthday party as well as getting ready for our visitors this week.

We had a set of tasks that we needed to get done.  I had to replace the filters in the refrigerator as well as the air filters.  I needed to clean my office and fix a board in the fence.  Rachel got all the drinks ready in the coolers, ran out to Sam's Club and got the pie and cookie cake and pack the car to go to the party.  We also cleaned up some as well as cooked lunch for the boys.

We got to the location for the party about 10 minutes early and unloaded the car.  It wasn't long before everyone got there.  We had somewhere between 25-30 kids.  The started out playing flag football.  I joined in towards the end of that game.  Then they played kickball.

We took an intermission and had cake and pie.

Then we went back at it for a parents vs kids dodgeball.  It was like Braveheart.  The kid army was tremendous.  The parents decided not to paint our face though.

Reid came home with us after the party and the boys had a good time.

For dinner we had some leftovers and pasta.  We also watched Lemony Snicket on Netflix.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

Non-stop

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Most of the day felt like we were moving non-stop.  In the morning, we had signed up for a 10K and in the afternoon, we scheduled Evan's birthday party.  We got up early this morning, around the same time that we do for school, to get to the 10K.  We left the house around 7am and found parking up South Congress near Home Slice.  We then walked to the start line.

All four of us ran the first mile.  At that point, Rachel and Evan continued running and Noah wanted to walk.  Rachel and Evan ran almost the whole time and finished the race in 1:15 for just under a 12 minute mile.  Noah wanted to run on the downhill and walk the uphill.  If it was flat, he would decide whether he felt like walking.  I don't know what our time was exactly but I think we finished about 15 to 20 minutes behind Rachel and Evan.

We had a meeting spot after the race.  Then we walked back to our car.  We stopped at HEB on the way home to pick up the cookie cakes we ordered for Evan's birthday.  One of them had the Villanova logo on them.

We came home, showered, ate and then drove to the location for Evan's party.  It was a big warehouse with wall-to-wall astroturf.  They provided someone to organize a flag football game.

All the kids played football for the first hour.  Fourteen of Evan's friends were there.  Also there were four siblings who played too. Then we went and had cake.  We came down and the kids played dodgeball.  The one game ended with Noah the last one left on his team.  Unfortunately, he could not pull off a miracle.  Then it was kids vs adults for dodgeball.  The kids demolished us.  I don't understand how that happened.  I thought for sure we'd kill them.  But they were smaller and much more nimble.

Many of the kids didn't want to leave the party.  It was a nice time.

When we came home, we had to do our Sunday routine.  Rachel made lunches and I dealt with the litter and recycling.

We had leftovers for dinner.

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

3rd of July

This morning we hung out at home and then went to Wholy Bagel for lunch.

Around 1:00 Uncle Marvin, Leah, and John came over.  Leah and John are in town for a few days. They all hung out at our house for a little while.

We ate dinner at home and then went to the potluck block party in our cul-de-sac.  We brought an American flag cookie cake that I made along with some other cookies and drinks.  We had a nice time hanging out with neighbors.  At 9:30 we were able to see the fireworks from the nearby golf course.   We stayed out until about 10:30.

The boys are in their rooms now ready for bed.

Last Sunday Before School

Hello everyone, this is Evan (as told to Morry)

Today was last of summer vacation.  Flash woke me up this morning.  Then I played Wii and I had breakfast.  I had apples, yogurt with granola, and Wheaties and orange juice.

Later we had lunch.

After lunch, I got a smoothie with Daddy.  I finished it in 10 minutes.

Then Noah went to Cole's house.

When Noah was at Cole's house, Daddy and I watched a movie.  It was called The Nut Job.  We had popcorn and Dr. Pepper.

Then we cleaned up.

After that, we had dinner.  I had pasta.  For dessert I had cookie cake.

Now we're typing the blog.  Then I'll go to bed.