Chewie's Trainer and Thrift Shops

 Today Chewie's trainer came by to show us everything she has worked on with Chewie.

Then, Morry and the boys watched the Steelers game.

After that, we went to two different thrift shops to find stuff for the boys to wear on Halloween. Evan was successful, but Noah wasn't.  We will have to find something for him online.

Then, we did our grocery shopping at H-E-B.

Evan went over to Reid's house to go swimming tonight.  He just got home.

Now Morry and I will sit down for a little bit and probably watch the last episode of Schitt's Creek.

Our Day

This morning I Zoom tutored and then went to school.

Today was my long day at school and I got home around 2:30.

While I was gone Chewie had training, Morry worked, and the boys had school.

I Zoom tutored again this afternoon.

Normally, I have in-person tutoring on Wednesday nights, but they canceled because he had a cross-country meet. 

So, Morry took Evan to baseball practice.

When Morry and Evan got home we ate dinner.  Morry and Noah had hamburgers.  I had leftover Chinese food and Evan had baked chicken.

Soon, Morry and I will sit down and watch some TV. 

Trent and Carter

 Today, everyone was home.  I made the kids lunches and then went for a run/walk.

Chewie's trainer came today.

In the afternoon I Zoom tutored 2 students.

Then, we picked up Home Slice Pizza and met Trent and Carter at the park in that neighborhood. 

Trent and Carter are checking out Austin because Carter and his girlfriend would like to move here.

We had a nice time in the park.

Carter and Evan played hackysack. 

We just got home and now I'm doing a little bit of work before Morry and I sit down and watch more Schitts Creek.

Here are some pictures from today.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

 Here's what's been going on the last few days.

Thursday: I tutored in the morning, then taught, and then tutored later in the afternoon.  The trainer came to train Chewie during the day.

Friday: I met Aunt Susan at her doctor's appointments to be there for support and take notes. Then, I went to my school and taught my afternoon class.  The trainer came during the day. Last night, Morry made ribs for dinner and we ate them outside.

Saturday: Late morning Morry and I took a walk on a trail and then picked up drinks at Black Rock on the way home.  Shortly after getting home, he and Evan went to baseball.  I met them for his later game.

On the way home, we ate dinner outside at Kerbey Lane and brought food home for Noah.

Now the boys are playing some video games before bed.

Dog Trainer

 This morning I dropped Evan off at his friend's house at 8:30am.  They invited him to go on the lake again.  He had a fun time water skiing and surfing.

At noon a dog trainer came.  She's going to be training Chewie on leash walking.  Today was just the initial consultation.  She seemed nice and Chewie liked her and did well.

After that Morry and I took Chewie to the leashless hiking trail at Emma Long.  He had a great time, of course.

On the way home, we stopped at Black Rock Coffee.

Before dinner Morry, Evan, and I went to H-E-B to pick up dinner and groceries for the week.

We ate dinner outside.

Now the boys are playing some until it's time for bed.

Garrett's Party

This morning we picked up Grandma and Papa around 9am and then went to Cedar Park (45 minutes) to Garrett's birthday party.  They rented out a pool.  We had a nice time. The boys played water basketball for a lot of the time.  Evan also jumped off the high dive board.  We were surprised to see Ben, Matt's son, working there as a lifeguard.  He came up to say hi.

We came back home and took it easy until it was time for Chewie's training at 3pm.

Chewie did well.  He enjoyed eating all of the treats.

We ate dinner at home tonight and then went to TCBY for dessert.

Now the kids are playing in the gameroom.

Weekend Off

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan's coaches decided that wanted Evan to have a break this weekend.  They were just worried about his health with the ball hitting him in the head last weekend.  He was not really happy about it, but it's nice to have a break.  He did have his hitting/throwing program that he's doing for the summer this morning.  They are working on their swing for half the time and their throwing including building up their velocity while throwing properly for the other half.  Everyone of Evan's pitches topped 60 mph and he had a crow hop throw hit 65mph.  I think his fastest pitch was 63.  Evan's goal is to get that up to 70mph by the end of the summer.

After that, we stopped at Smoothie King on the way home.

We all had lunch together and then we dropped Noah off at his friend's house.  Then Evan, Rachel and I took Chewie to his second training session.  Chewie did well.  He's quite smart.  And he has the right temperament.  He wants to do the right thing and he wants to learn.

We came home for a bit and the I went to pick Noah up.

We had dinner at home. Then we drove downtown to go to a new place for dessert.  It's called Baked Bear.  They sell ice cream sandwiches.  You pick your top and bottom.  You can mix and match from a bunch of different flavors of cookies as well as brownies and doughnuts.  Then you pick your ice cream and finally you pick a topping.  We brought Chewie with us.  It's in the old power plant area that they renovated.  This place is in a bit of a courtyard.  There were tons of people walking around and families.  A number of people had dogs.  Chewie got attention and he got to play with some dogs.  It worked out well for everyone.

We are home and the boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...