Labor Day Weekend

Early Friday morning, we woke up at 1:50am and drove to Dallas for our 7:40am flight to Pittsburgh for Dora's Bat Mitzvah.

After getting our luggage in Pittsburgh we took the bus to our hotel which was near the Pitt and CMU campus.

We walked got lunch at a deli/sandwich shop, which the kids loved.  Then, we walked around campus.

At night, there was a Shabbat service and then dinner.

Saturday morning was the Bat Mitzvah.  Morry had the honor of holding the Torah.  Dora did a great job.

We took it easy in the afternoon at the hotel.

The party on Saturday night was at a private school.  They had a DJ as well as a photo booth and caricature artist.

Sunday morning there was a brunch at the hotel.

After that, we walked around town.  We walked to Eat N Park to get Smiley cookies and then to Mike and Darcy's house.  Mike gave us a ride back to the hotel and then to the airport.

We arrived in Dallas around 8pm and we drove back to Austin.  It was a little after midnight by the time we got home on Sunday night.

We took it easy most of the day on Monday.

At 4:00 we went to Uncle Marvin and Aunt Sandy's house for a Labor Day dinner.  Grandma and Papa rode with us.

This morning it was back to a full day of work and school.

Evan ate dinner at Grandma and Papa's.

Morry is at Evan's Back to School night now. 

Here are some pictures from our trip.

No Sports This Weekend

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We didn't have any sports this weekend.  Nothing was scheduled for the first time since before Labor Day.  It felt good to not have to be anywhere.

Yesterday we went to Costco in the morning to get some stuff in preparation for Thanksgiving.

In the afternoon, Evan's friend Josh came over.  He was coming to stay the night.

For dinner, we went to the Alamo Drafthouse to see Big Hero 6.  The boys all liked it.

Josh stayed until just after noon today.

This afternoon, the boys and I made popcorn and watched the movie Sudden Death which is a mid-90s movie set against the backdrop of Game 7 in the Stanley Cup in Pittsburgh.  The boys really liked it.  Our friend Mike Gordon played the referee in one scene.  The boys thought it was really cool to get to see him.

I grilled steaks for dinner which the boys and I ate.  Rachel had fish.

The boys are in their rooms ready for bed.

Until next time...

Labor Day = Shopping Day

This morning we went shopping at Dicks Sporting goods to get the boys stuff they need for baseball.  Unfortunately, it wasn't such a successful trip.  They didn't have what we needed.

We ate lunch at home and then I took Noah over to Cole's house for a little bit.

Later in the afternoon Morry took the boys to Academy to look for the baseball stuff and they were unsuccessful there too. 

Morry picked up Chipotle for us for dinner on the way home.

The boys are cleaning up now.

In a little bit we'll get them ready for bed.