Baseball, Passover, Hike and the Dog Park

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We had a full weekend this weekend.  It started out with a semi-relaxed morning yesterday morning, and then what felt like non-stop after that.

Evan and I left the house around 11am to go to his games. It was a one-day tournament.  In the first game, Evan played third base the whole game.  He made two very nice plays.  On one play there was a hard hit line drive to his left.  He dove and came down with the ball.  You could see the ball sticking out of his glove a bit. Later in the game, he back-handed a ball going down the line and threw across the diamond to get the out.  Unfortunately, they lost that game.

In the second game, Evan caught the whole game.  He picked off a runner who had gotten to far from third in the first inning.  He also should have thrown a runner out stealing both second and third but in both instances, the fielder made a mistake putting the tag down.  He really played well at catcher.  Again, it was unfortunate but the team last.  Also the games ran long which made us late for the Seder.

We got to the Seder about an hour late.  I don't think the actual Seder started too much before we got there.  Maybe 15-20 minutes.  Noah took over the job of "God" from me.  I had done it the last three years.  Last year, we introduced "God, Jr." played by Noah.  This year he moved up.  This part requires answering Papa talking about the plagues he's going to do to the Egyptians.  Noah did a really good job.

Evan and Noah had a good time playing with their cousins, Nolan and Court.

This morning we got up and got going early to take Chewie to Emma Long Park.  There is a 3-mile leash-less hike there.  We got there at 10:30 but the park had already closed due to capacity.  We found a spot along the side of the road, and tried to walk through the woods to bypass the blockade.  Unfortunately, there was a barbed wire fence that prevented us from getting across.  Nevertheless, Chewie liked that hike.

From there, we went to Auditorium Shores.  We let Chewie run around and go swimming.  He seemed a bit worn out from the previous hike.  We stayed there for a while and then walked across the river to eat ice cream sandwiches at a placed called Baked Bear.

After that, we drove to Grandma and Papa's for the boys to finish the cleanup process in the backyard.

We rested at home for about 2 hours before we left, picked up Grandma and Papa and went to Lupe Tortilla for dinner.

We're home now and the boys are relaxing some.

Until next time...

Rainy Sunday

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

I woke up with Chewie and the cats this morning around 6:30am.  Shortly after I got up, we had a very large thunderstorm.  We did need the rain.  Rachel and Evan were going to go for a bike ride, but the rain nixed that.  It also was wet enough that we decided not to take Chewie for the hike we had planned to take.

We did take Chewie for a walk around the neighborhood later in the morning.  The rain had stopped long enough for us to take a walk.  We did hear thunder in the distance as we were walking.

We made lunch when we got home.  Then Rachel and I took Chewie to PetSmart.  We needed to get more food for Chewie and we wanted to get him some more chew toys.  They were doing a big pet adoption drive there.  There were some very cute kittens there.

When we came home, Noah and I watched the Hunger Games.  He had been asking me to watch it with him for quite some time.  He's read the first two books in the series and wanted to see the movie. 

While we watched the movie, Evan had his friends Wade and Nathan come over.

For dinner, we went with Grandma and Papa to Lupe Tortilla.  It's very good but it's expensive.

Evan is doing some homework now.  Soon they will get ready for bed.

Until next time...

Non-stop Sports

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We didn't have to be anywhere early this morning so we got to sleep in some.  Our first event was Noah's flag football game which started at noon.  Around 9:45, Evan and I took Chewie for a long walk.  We wanted to tire him out before we put him back in his crate.

Rachel got lunch together and while we were walking.

I took Noah to his warm up before the game.  Rachel and Evan met us later.

Noah's team shut out their opponent for the second week in a row.  Noah was a force on defense.  They had him blitzing on every play.  In the first series, he pulled a flag on the running back behind the line to force a turnover on downs.  The opposing team started to fake handoffs just to slow Noah down some.  He really played well.  He didn't do much on offense, but his defense was excellent.

From there, we went to Taylor for Evan's games.  It was Evan's first game back after his injury last week.  He started at catcher.  He played really well.  The opposing coach told our coach how good he thought Evan was at catcher.  Evan went 2-2 in the first game with two singles.  The team played badly but Evan played well.

In the second game, Evan played centerfield and he came in to pitch.  When he was in centerfield, he got a ball off the fence just to the left of dead center and threw it to third on the fly to get the runner trying to get a triple.  Unfortunately, the first baseman was called for interference as the runner was rounding first so the throw didn't count.  Evan went 1-2 with a double in that game.  On the season, between the both teams, Evan is batting 23-for-41which is a .561 average.

After the games, we drove down and met Rachel at Lupe Tortilla for dinner.  The boys ate really well.  The food was good.

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

Until next time...

Drop off

This morning we took it easy at home.

For lunch, we ate our leftovers from dinner last night.

The kids were going to Camp Kesem today.  Noah was giving us a really hard time.  It was not a pleasant morning.

Our plan was to leave the house around 12:30 for the 2-hour car ride.  We had to pry Noah off of the furniture to get him into the car.

Evan seemed excited about going though.

Once we arrived at the camp, Noah put on a good face.

Morry and I drove back home.

Then we went out to dinner with Mom/Grandma and Dad/Papa to Lupe Tortilla.

Now, we are going to hopefully relax.  The kids will be at camp until Friday.

Lizzy's Birthday

This morning we slept in.

Later in the morning, Evan's friends Josh and Wade came over.

We had been planning on taking Lizzy to the dog park over the weekend and decided to go today.  On the way there we remembered today is Lizzy's 14th birthday.  What a great way to celebrate!

We went to the Red Bud Isle dog park that is on the lake.  Lizzy had a good time. She was more timid than usual, but she still was able to swim some.

On the way home, we stopped and got Slurpee's.

Wade and Josh were picked up around 4pm.

Noah was invited to Jude's house and was there from about 5-7.

At 5:30 Evan was picked up by Reid's family.  They were going to to a pool party and then Evan would spend the night with them.

We picked up Noah and then ate dinner at Lupe Tortilla.

Now Noah is in bed.

Here are some pictures from today.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

I got up around 9am.  I looked outside and the ground was slightly wet.  I thought to myself that it wasn't wet enough to cancel baseball.  That thought lasted about 30 seconds before I went into Evan's room and he told me that baseball was cancelled.  I checked my phone and, sure enough, they had cancelled today's games but hadn't yet cancelled tomorrow's games.  Later in the day we found out the entire weekend was cancelled.

Evan was invited to a birthday party tonight that he wasn't going to be able to make.  He asked me if he could still go.  I called the parents and it was fine for him to go since he didn't have baseball.

When Rachel got up, she asked the boys if they wanted to have friends over.  Evan didn't want friends over, but Noah wanted Jude.  Jude was happy to come over because he was supposed to go watch his brother play soccer which hadn't been cancelled, so he was glad to get out of that.

We had eggs and cinnamon buns for brunch.

Jude stayed until 4pm.  He and Noah had a good time.

Just before 5, I took Evan over to the birthday party.

For dinner, Rachel, Noah and I went to Lupe Tortilla.  When we got there, the wait was an hour, so we just picked up food to go and brought it home.

After dinner, I picked Evan up.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...