Busy Busy Busy Sports Weekend

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Our weekend was very sports-filled.  Friday night, Evan had baseball practice.  His friend from the team, Everett, stayed overnight at our house so he get a ride with us to the tournament on Saturday morning.

On Saturday, I took Evan and Everett up to Georgetown for two games.  Evan played well.  The team managed their first win of the season in the second game (after losing by 1 run in the first game).

Meanwhile, Rachel took Noah to two football games.  Noah said he had several big runs and he pulled some flags.  His football team went 1-1 in the two games.

After Evan's baseball game, we jumped in the car and drove all the way south for Evan's two football games.  It took us long enough - combined with a late ending of baseball - that the first game was ending when we got there so Evan didn't get to play in the first game.  His team won anyway.  In the second game, Evan played really well.  He scored a touchdown by getting open despite being double covered and he made a nice catch jumping over the defender to get it.  They won that game.

On Sunday, we were back out at the baseball fields.  Evan's team won the first game.  Evan pitched the final inning to ensure the win.  He didn't throw many pitches.  After that we went to Popeye's for lunch and came back for the second game.  Rachel and Noah made it for the second game.  Evan's team had caught fire by this point and they crushed the other team.  Evan hit two balls to the fence and hit another really hard as well.  This win put them in the championship game.

In the championship, another boy started the game as pitcher.  He got one out but walked two kids (who ended up stealing second and third) and got 2-0 on another kid.  The coach put Evan into pitch.  With a 2-0 count and one out and runners at second and third, Evan managed to not give up any runs.  He got the first kid to pop out and struck out the next kid.  He had another good inning pitching.  In the third he ran into some bad luck.  His team made three errors behind him and that was the difference in the game.  But it was fun to watch the team not only get their first win of the season but make it all the way to the championship and finish as runner-ups.

Today, Noah had football practice after school.  Evan had his advanced catcher's course.  Noah said he did well at practice.  Evan's catcher's course was interesting as they talked to him about what pitches to throw at different counts, etc...  I was fascinated by it.

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

Rainy Day

It was raining this morning so we drove Noah to school.

I did not go to Camp Gladiator today.

I was at my school from 10 - 2 today.

Then, I came home in time to pick up Noah from school.

Morry and I drove to pick him up since it was still slightly raining.

A few weeks ago, right after Hurricane Harvey, we wanted to help so we signed up with Gold Ribbon Rescue to either be fosters or adopters of Golden Retrievers.   We finally had our in-house interview last Sunday.  During the interview, they told us it could take a few months to match us with a dog.  Well, Wednesday, they called us about a puppy that needed to be adopted.  How can you turn down a Golden Retriever puppy?

Tonight we drove to Georgetown to meet the puppy.  He's adorable and of course, we loved him.

The plan is to bring him home after our fence is fixed next week.  It could be as early as Wednesday.

After that, we got dinner at Pho Phi, a Vietnamese restaurant we found on the way home.

Now the boys are in bed.

Here's a picture of the puppy.

First Baseball Games

This morning we took it easy.

We took a walk and around 11:30 Noah was picked up to go to his friend Ben's house.  He was there until about 3:30.

Evan came with me H-E-B.

When we got back, he got ready for baseball.

Morry and Evan left to go to Georgetown, where Evan's baseball tournament was.

Evan had 2 games.  They lost both.   The other two teams were in a higher division.

Noah and I came to the second game.  Aunt Susan and Lauren's family met us at the game.

After the game, we had dinner together at Mellow Mushroom.

Now the boys are getting ready for bed.

More Sports Sunday

We took it easy this morning.

Evan had a 2:15 game, arriving at 1:15.  Morry and Evan left the house around noon to go to baseball in Georgetown again.  They lost the game, so were done with the tournament after that.

From there, they went to football.

Evan had a 6pm football with a practice before it.

Noah and I met them for the football game.  Evan played well.

For dinner we met Deborah at Tarbouch.  The food was good.  The kids ate well.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Baseball is Back

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan and Noah stayed over at Grandma and Papa's last night.  But Evan was asked to fill in for a baseball team at a tournament this weekend.  It was up in Georgetown which is about 45 minutes away with no traffic.  He had to be there at 8am.  I brought his uniform over this morning and he got dressed and were on the road by 7.  We stopped at Donut Taco Palace for the first time since the fall baseball season.

As a fill-in, Evan was relegated to right field for the entire day. That didn't stop him from making a few nice plays.  He caught a fly ball and then got in to the relay man to get the boy tagging from third for a double play.  He walked, stole second and third and scored and he hit a ball to the right side to move the runners up later in the first game.  In the second game, he had a couple good at-bats that didn't end up with him on base.  In the last inning he fielded a hard hit ball and threw to first to try to get the runner.  I actually thought he got the runner.  The two umpires were not actually watching the play.  One was focused on a runner coming home and the other was focused on a runner to second.  I guess they saw the ball go in the outfield and didn't think Evan would try to get the out at first.  We got home around 3pm.

Rachel went over to Grandma and Papa's.  They all played a game that Noah legitimately won.  It was a strategy game.

Shortly after I got home, Rachel left to go to a Team Survivor orientation.  It's a women's fitness program for cancer survivors.

The boys and I watched a documentary about Rocky and then walked to Grandma and Papa's.  Rachel met us over there and we all went to Pho Thai Son for dinner.

We're home now and the boys are in bed.

Until next time...

Cave

This morning we left the house around 9am and drove to Georgetown to go to Inner Space Cavern.  Evan went with school last year and really liked it.   We got a neat tour inside the cave.  Both boys seemed to enjoy it.  After the tour the boys got a bag of sand/rocks that they had to sift through to get to the gem/rocks.  They liked that.

For lunch we met Aunt Susan at Fish City Grill in Georgetown.

After that we did some shopping at IKEA.

It was a long day, but the boys did pretty well and we all had fun.

For dinner we had leftover corned beef from last night.

The boys are in bed now.

San Marcos Shopping

Evan, Noah, and I went to San Marcos to the Outlets today. We were looking for pajamas, shorts, and socks for the boys. We got a few things, but the deals weren't so good today for some reason.

I packed a lunch thinking we might be able to have a picnic somewhere. We were running out of time and the weather wasn't so great. It was overcast and a little bit cool. So, we just ate our lunch in the car on the way home.

When we got home I started getting dinner ready.

I tutored one student and then came home.

We had meatballs and rice for dinner.

After dinner Morry went to the Volkswagen car dealership in Georgetown. He wanted to negotiate a deal in person. It sounds like he worked something out to lease a CC. He's on his way home now and the car will come in in a few days.

The boys are ready for bed and are supposed to be in their rooms, but they keep coming up with excuses.