Candy and Pizza

This morning we walked to school.  Today was the last Friday of the school year.

After that, I went for a run nearby and did some hill work.

Later Morry and I got bagels and went to my Brazilian blowout appointment.

We walked to pick up the kids from school.

We were at home this afternoon.

Noah earned a reward from us.  We gave him some options. He could choose a restaurant or dessert, or whatever else (within reason).  He chose a trip to Big Top Candy Shop.

So, around 5:30 we drove to Big Top and got some candy.  Then we picked up pizza from Home Slice to bring home.

We watched Lemony Snicket while eating dinner.

Then, the boys made another candy video.

Soon, they will get ready for bed.

Science Day + Photography

This morning we walked the kids to school.

A little while later, I walked back to school for Evan's 5th grade science day.   Grandma also came to the school.  The kids rotated classrooms and participated in various science experiments and hands-on activities.  Evan seemed to have a really good time and liked having us there.  It was nice.

As I left the school, there was an exhibit up with the kids' photography.  I was very impressed.  They took pictures around the school campus and then added commentary to their photos.  I took pictures of Evan's pictures.  If you zoom in you might be able to see what he wrote.

From there, Morry picked me up and we got lunch at Wholy Bagel.

We walked to pick up the kids.  Both went over to friends houses after school.

I picked up Noah from Jude's at 4:20 and brought him to football practice.

Wade's mom dropped Evan off around 4:30 and then Morry took them to meet Reed's mom, who then took them to baseball practice.

Morry picked up Noah from practice, got Evan at his practice, and then they picked up pizza on the way home.

While they were gone I practice some of the photography tips I learned from the class.  I still have more to learn, but it did seem to help a lot.

Whey they got home we ate dinner while we watched a Lemony Snicket episode.

Now the boys are in bed.

Here are some pictures from today.

My practice pictures:

the neighbor's pig

La Barbecue

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We had another uneventful trip to school this morning.  At this point, I definitely prefer uneventful.  The boys now have 22 days left of school in the school year.

Rachel went for a run after we got home.  I worked in the morning.

For lunch, I met Daniel and Brandon at La Barbecue.  La Barbecue is one of those super hip/hot barbecue trailers in Austin.  The line was at least an hour and a half long.  Luckily, they allow you to pre-order your food.  We ordered last Friday for today.  They had a second trailer where we picked up the pre-order.

The food was quite good.  Messy but good.  I ended up bringing home leftovers and Rachel had some of the leftovers.

We walked to get the boys.  Noah ended up going home with Jude.  Later Rachel got Noah and brought him to practice.

Evan and I went early to pick Noah up so Evan could try half court shots on the basketball court.

For dinner, we ordered Papa John's and watched Lemony Snicket.

The boys are in getting ready for bed now while Rachel is making cookies for a potluck party we are going to tomorrow.

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...