Aunt Phyllis and Uncle Norman

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Allison got up with the boys and let Lizzy out.  She had a brunch to go to at 9am.  We had thought she was coming back to the house afterwards so we didn't get up.  Unfortunately, we were wrong so we didn't get to say goodbye.  But we had a good time having her visit.

We didn't do much of anything this morning.  We just took it easy.

The boys and I watched the Steelers game until it was time to go to Evan's baseball game.  I took Evan and then Rachel met us later with Noah.

Evan played well at baseball.  He had a great defensive inning at 2nd base fielding two balls cleanly.  He got one boy out by fielding the ball and then racing him to 2nd base.  His defense is the most improved thing he's had between last season and this season.

After baseball, we drove the parking lot of BJ's.  We dropped my car off and I got in Rachel's car where we drove out to the Omni Southpark.  We picked up Aunt Phyllis and Uncle Norman and drove them to Frank and Angie's for pizza.  There we met Matt, Rachael, Maddie, Tristian and Max.  It was a nice to see everyone.  After dinner we drove Aunt Phyllis and Uncle Norman around campus a bit since they hadn't seen much of the city and the back to the hotel.

We came home and gave the boys baths.

They are in bed now but not yet sleeping.

Until next time...

Camp Mabry

This morning Evan and Noah got up somewhat early. We went to the gym for a 9:45 kickboxing class. After that I took the boys over to Camp Mabry. After 9-11 they closed it to the public, but I recently read that they are letting visitors in again.

Camp Mabry has a some old jets and helicopters that you can see from Mopac. The boys always get excited when we drive by, so I thought they would really enjoy seeing them up close. Evan and Noah had fun running around outside and seeing the planes and helicopters.

After Camp Mabry we went to Borders. They are closing all of the store in Austin, so they are discounting everything. Right now most things are just at 20% off, but I still got a few books. I might try and go back there again in a few weeks when there will be a bigger discount.

When we got home the boys had lunch outside. The weather was very nice today.

I cleaned up the house some and tried to get Noah to nap.

For dinner we went to Frank and Angie's (pizza). We sat on the porch outside. Evan and Noah had fun running around with some older boys.

We just got home and now we'll put the boys to bed.

New Playgroup

This morning we tried out a new playgroup. The one for Evan’s age is getting smaller and smaller. I thought I’d try the one for Noah’s age group. It was a good turnout. There were mostly girls there, but Evan and Noah didn’t seem to mind. They had a golf set that Evan and Noah continuously fought over.

After playgroup we went to the gym. Evan was very excited to see Allen (from his class) there. Evan and Noah did really well and seemed to have a good time. Noah definitely does a lot better when Evan is there with him.

After the gym we came home and ate lunch. I made sandwiches for the boys, but they didn’t eat very much.

For naptime, Noah slept and Evan played in the game room.

For dinner we went to Frank and Angie’s. Even though it was raining we were able to eat outside on their screened in porch. It was nice and the boys ate well. Evan ate almost all of the spaghetti. Noah had a little spaghetti and some pizza. There were a bunch of kids playing outside next to the porch. When Evan was done he asked if he could play with the kids. Evan loves playing with older kids, especially boys. He was following this one boy, but he didn’t seem to mind. As we were ready to leave the rain started to come down harder to we stayed a few more minutes to wait for the rain to calm down.

We just put the boys to bed. I hope they both fall asleep quickly.