Mother's Day, Driving, Cooking

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Since we last wrote, several things have happened.  On Thursday, Noah went over to Grandma and Papa's and cooked dinner.  They made artichokes, teriyaki chicken, cauliflower, salad, and a baguette with roasted garlic.  Everyone enjoyed it.  Papa walked Noah home with some leftovers.

On Saturday, Rachel, Evan and I went to Lady Bird Lake and kayaked.  Rachel and I were in the inflatable kayak with two seats.  Evan had the single person, hard kayak.  Evan did really well, kayaking with no problems.  The inflatable kayak seemed to struggle with the 15mph winds.  I had to really work to row for the two of us.  At one point, the headwind was so strong that no matter how hard I rowed, we moved backwards.

From there, we went to Black Rock and got some drinks.  For dinner, Grandma and Papa came over and we picked up Hula Hut for dinner.

On Sunday morning, Grandmom came over. She joined us along with Grandma and Papa at Snooze for brunch. We checked in online and got to the restaurant when it told us to get there.  We still waited nearly an hour and a half before we could be seated.  Once we sat down, things were nice.  We were able to eat a good brunch.

On the way home, we stopped at Tiff's Treats to get Grandmom her present.

In the afternoon, we took Chewie for a walk.  Then we went to a large parking lot and let Evan drive around.  He did much better driving this time and really enjoyed it.

Today, after school and work, I took the boys to get their hair cut.  Then we stopped at Academy to get some stuff to wear for this weekend for the boys.

Until next time...

Successful Boys

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

So Saturday was a successful one for the boys. It was the last day of the high school baseball season for Evan. His team set up an event.  Two coaches had a draft of both Varsity and JV players and they played two games against each other.  After the games, there was a potluck for everyone to celebrate.

Evan had a good day playing.  Batting against mostly Varsity pitchers, he went 2-4 with two walks, a single and a double.  He was not intimated by the older kids pitching.

After the games, we ate, and then the coach talked to everyone.  He announced that some kids from the Varsity and JV were named to the "All-Tournament team" from the weekend before as voted by all the coaches of the teams in the tournament.  Evan was named to the team.  It was basically saying he was one of the best players out there.  It was a nice way to end the season with that recognition.

When we got home, Noah showed us an email.  He had officially been accepted to the National Junior Honor Society. It seemed like he should have been admitted since he does so well in school, but you never know.  It was nice to see that Noah got recognition for how good at school he was.

As a reward, we took the boys to Bahama Bucks.  Chewie came along and enjoyed it.

Yesterday, Rachel and I took Chewie for a walk around Lady Bird Lake.  We stopped at Black Rock Coffee on the way home.

In the afternoon, a kid in the neighborhood came by and detailed my car. For dinner, Grandma and Papa picked up food from Saps and came over and we ate on the porch.

Today, Rachel had a dentist appointment.  I took Noah to Gorzycki to swap out his Chromebook.

There was no baseball today, so I smoked chicken quarters for dinner.  It worked out well.

Until next time...

Start of High School Baseball

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This past week, high school baseball games started.  Evan played 5 games this week.  He played up near Killen, TX (near Ft. Hood) in a place called Copperas Cove.  The game was in the high school baseball stadium. It was pretty nice with a working scoreboard and nice dugouts.  Evan caught most of the game and was in centerfield in the last inning.  He walked in both of his at-bats.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, he played in Hutto.  On Thursday night, it was cold and misty so it wasn't the best baseball night.  Evan caught the whole game.  He walked two more times and tried to bunt for a single.  He would have been successful but he slipped running to first base.  Even still, he almost was safe even with the slip.  

Rachel and Noah attended Friday's game.  Evan pitched the first inning, ending the inning by freezing the batter for a called third strike on a sinker. He played shortstop for two innings and left field for the final inning.  He walked, struck out and popped out in the game.  After the game, we picked up Mod Pizza.

On Saturday, Evan played two games.  I watched his first game.  He caught all but the last inning where he played centerfield.  His first at bat was great.  The coach was really happy with him.  After falling behind, 0-2, he fouled off 5 pitches while working the count to 3-2.  On the eleventh pitch, he crushed a ground ball down the third base line.  The third baseman made a great play just to catch it but he had no throw and Evan wound up at first with a single.  In his next at bat, he hit a line drive past the second baseman for a single as well. 

Rachel, Grandma and Papa came for the second game on Saturday.  Evan started the game pitching and pitched 3 innings.  He really looked good pitching.  His stats were not great as his defense made several mistakes.  Evan's coach told Evan that he counted 12 either actual errors or mental errors while Evan was pitching.  Even still, he really looked good.  He pounded the strike zone and kept the team in the game as best as he could.  He singled in his only at bat and took second on a throwing error.  He caught the final two innings.

While the team isn't great, the experience has been great for Evan.  He's getting to play a big part on the team and he's getting great high school experience.  I like his coach.

When we got home yesterday, Evan and Noah played wiffleball outside.  Then there was a block party for our street.  Evan came out with us but Noah stayed in.

This morning, Rachel went for a walk with her friend, Leslie.  She stopped at Black Rock and got drinks for us on the way home.  Evan and Noah played wiffleball outside again.

In the afternoon, after putting a bunch of stuff back in the attic, Noah and I watched a movie.

Rachel and I went to HEB before dinner and then picked up Torchy's for dinner.

Until next time...

Championship Sunday

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning when I got up, Reid's dad, Tony, had texted me inviting us over for food and to watch the NFL Championship games.  So we agreed to go over there.  Rachel offered to make cookies.

So, Rachel made sugar cookies and icing. The boys helped decorate them.  Since Reid and his family are Yankees fans, Evan made a Yankees logo on one of the cookies.

Noah decided not to come with us.  We went over and watched the game.  We ordered pizza to eat.  Evan and Reid didn't watch much of the game.  They were playing football in the back or doing other things.  Tony and I watched the game together while Rachel and Mandi hung out.  It was a really nice time.

Rachel left after the first game. We had driven separately so that Rachel could leave when she wanted.  I stayed for the first quarter and went home.  Evan stayed there.  I left so that Rachel and I could go to HEB and shop.

After shopping, we drove back and picked Evan up.  Then we dropped off food to Grandma and Papa that we had picked up.

Rachel is now doing some work while the boys play on the Playstation.

Until next time...

First Weekend of 2021

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We had a pretty laid back start to 2021.  On Friday, Rachel and I took Chewie to Lady Bird Lake.  We walked around the trail there.  Chewie gets so excited when we get there.  He barks and pulls on the leash.  But into the walk, he's fine. 

On the way home, we stopped at Black Rock.  I got a smoothie and Rachel got some coffee.

For dinner, we did fondue again to use up the remaining meat we had.  After dinner, we watched Coming to America.  The boys really liked it.

On Saturday morning, Evan had bullpen sessions at the TRPD facility.  Rachel, Evan, Chewie and I went up there.  We stopped at Donut Taco Palace and got donuts for Evan and a taco for Rachel.  We dropped Evan off and then went to the Hamilton Greenbelt and went for a hike.  Chewie really loves that place.  About a minute into the walk, we saw a deer.  Chewie seemed to want to play with the deer.  It was cold (around 39 degrees) when we began the hike, but it warmed up quickly.

We took it easy in the afternoon, just doing some small things around the house and really just doing nothing.

For dinner, we picked up pizza at Pizza Cave.  We also picked up pizza for Grandma and Papa and dropped it off with them.

This morning, Rachel, Chewie and I went on a walk on the greenbelt by our house.

After lunch, Rachel and I went to Lowe's and Home Depot to look for a fire pit and some ligustrums to plant.

Before dinner, we went to HEB and got food for the week.  We just made food at home for dinner.

The boys are upstairs playing on the Playstation.

Until next time...

Tucson, Christmas, Grandma's Birthday

 We went to Tucson from Saturday through Wednesday.   It was a bittersweet trip since Zayde was no longer there, but we had a good time being with family.   And, one day, we met my friend, Holly, for a hike.

This was our first Christmas home in many years.  Hardly any restaurants were open, so we made dinner at home.  Then, we watch the new Wonder Woman movie at home.

We spent the afternoon today doing some cleaning and organizing. We brought everything down from the attic.

Today was Grandma's birthday.  Papa picked up an early dinner for all of us from Troy and we ate outside in their backyard.  Chewie came with us and we all had a nice time.

Then, Morry and I went to H-E-B.

Here are some pictures from the last week.

Our Week So Far

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Monday was a normal day.  After school ended, I took the boys to get their hair cut.  For dinner, I made orange chicken and white rice.  When we finished dinner, I took Evan to TRPD for a hitting lesson.

On Tuesday, we had our trees trimmed and some trees removed.  The guys got to the house at 8am.  Rachel took Chewie over to Grandma and Papa's.  We had one tree removed that was sort of in the middle of the yard and a few scrawny trees in the back corner.  Other than that, we just had the trees trimmed properly.  We hadn't done it in 3 or 4 years.  Evan had baseball practice in the evening.

On Wednesday, the tree trimmers were back to finish up.  They were done by about 10am.  After school, I took Evan to TRPD.  He's running practice for catchers for the younger teams.  He coaches 2 kids every 30 minutes.  Rachel picked him up after tutoring.

Today, we had a pretty laid back day.  Rachel taught in the morning.  After school, I took Noah worked with Grandma on Hebrew.  I took Evan and met Josiah and his dad, John at Marucci Clubhouse.  We stopped at HEB on the way home and got ground beef for Chewie for his Hanukkah gift.  We lit the candles for the first night of Hanukkah and Chewie and the boys got their gifts.  Chewie loved the raw ground beef.  The boys each got t-shirts.  For dinner, we had flank steaks and potatoes.

We're about to sit down to watch some TV.

Until next time...

New Floors

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Back when we had our kitchen redone, we wanted our kitchen floors and my office floor replaced with hardwood to match the rest of the hardwood floors downstairs.  They did not have enough of the hardwood floors left to do my office.  The floors were backordered.  A few weeks ago, the flooring came in.  Today they contractor came to start installing the floors.  They came at 8:30 this morning and worked until after 5pm.

I moved everything to the dining room and worked out of the dining room today. Rachel took Chewie to Grandma and Papa's house.

The boys were back to school.  They both seemed to get back into the swing of things.  Everyone is virtual for this week.

The contractor had all the floor laid in my office by the time they left.  They still have to add on some wood to the baseboards and paint it.  They are going to fix the transition into our kitchen.  And they are going to add some backsplash in to where the wall was exposed when we replaced the range hood.

I took Evan to TRPD for hitting lessons after they left. 

When we got home, we had dinner.

Rachel is working on some lesson plans and the boys are playing upstairs.

Until next time...

First Day of School 2020

Today was the first day of school for Evan, Noah, and me.

Evan and Noah had online classes and my school started back in person.

Noah's first class was at 8:15am and Evan's first class was at 9am.

I tutored a student online at 8:45 and then went to my school.  I taught 2 classes today from 10am-12pm.  My school set up tents outdoors so I was able to teach outside. I hope to do that as much as possible.

Today Papa had his hip replacement surgery. It sounded like everything went as planned, but he's spending the night in the hospital to manage the pain and some other post-op issues.

I got home around 1pm, ate, and did some blog work.

Then starting at 4pm I tutored three students and taught my Hebrew class.

I've been teaching online through Outschool.  You create your own classes and use the platform to post them.  You determine how long the classes last, the number of students you will teach, and the price.  I decided to create a Hebrew alphabet class and have 6 students in my class that meets once a week for 8 weeks.

Evan had baseball practice tonight.

When Evan and Morry got home we ate dinner.

Both boys were pretty exhausted today.  It sounded like it went well, but it was just a long day sitting at the computer for both of them.  Evan didn't have that many breaks.

The Month of December and the Holidays

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

I noticed that this is our first blog post since December 5.  That makes sense.  It was a long month of traveling.  Right after our last blog post, Rachel went to Israel for 10 days.  She traveled with Grandma and Papa to go to a wedding and see some family.

She was home for 5 days after returning before we drove to Tucson to visit Zayde.  There we got to spend time with Zayde as well as Uncle Ron and Aunt Kelly.  We had a nice time seeing everyone.  Our hosts made paella for us again.  Evan and Noah really enjoyed it.

Six days after returning, we flew to Denver, CO where we then went to the Winter Park ski resort.  We were there for two full days and parts of two others.  We had a nice time skiing and tubing.  Rachel's cousin Gila, her husband Joel, and daughter Alma drove in from Denver one day to visit with us.

After one working day at home, I flew to Richmond, VA for work.  I hadn't been in a while and it was important that I get in the office for a week.  It was a good set of days where I think we accomplished quite a lot.

I flew home yesterday.  I took Evan to TRPD for a meeting about his team's trip to Omaha in June for a tournament.  Then Evan had a coach's meeting.  He'll be coaching the younger teams again this season.

Today, Evan went over to Reid's to draw up plays for his flag football team.  He got a ride with Reid and his family.

Rachel and I went out and watched Evan's game.  Evan is quarterback half the time.  He led the team on one touchdown drive.  The defense was good and before Evan could really get back out to quarterback, the mercy rule had come into effect and the other team played on offense the rest of the game since Evan's team was winning by more than 30.  Evan seemed to have fun despite the game not being competitive.

For dinner, we went with Grandma and Papa to Maudie's.  We had tried to go to Via 313 but it was really crowded.

Rachel is now making lunches for the week, Evan is doing homework and Noah is on the Playstation.

Until next time...

Baseball Weekend

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan had two baseball games yesterday morning. Evan played well in them.  He went 1-2 with a sacrifice bunt and a key hit.  He played an excellent catcher and made some nice plays at third base.  Evan's team got the #1 seed for today.

When we got home, Reid invited him to go to the park where Reid's brother was having a birthday party.

Rachel went to get her hair cut in the afternoon.

For dinner, we went to a place called Epic Fun.  They have food, laser tag, mini-bowling, arcade games and other stuff.  Rachel got 4 free unlimited passes and dinner as well, so it was all free to us.  We had a nice time.

Evan's first baseball game was at 12:50 today.  Unfortunately, in the second inning, Evan took a ball off his knee that he was trying to block at catcher and was removed from the game.  He missed that game as well as the championship game.  His team made it to the championship where they lost.

For dinner, we went with Grandma and Papa to Hunan Lion.  The boys at well.

Noah is showering now and both boys will go to dinner soon.

Until next time...

Two Hour Delay...for Noah

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

When Evan got home from school yesterday, he didn't feel well.  Later in the night, Rachel took his temperature and it was 101.7.  So we kept him home from school today.  He had a low grade fever most of the day - around a 99.  His teammate and friend also came home sick from school yesterday.  So we did not send Evan to school today.

Noah did have school but it was delayed two hour because or road conditions.  It was 28 degrees over night with rain and freezing rain.  It was sunny this morning and delaying school was probably a good thing.  It was fine by the time everyone needed to go to school.

I had a haircut appointment at 10 after I had a meeting this morning.

I had two meetings in the afternoon.

I signed up for Disney+ today since it was the first day and I put it on Evan's phone so he could watch what he wanted.

Noah went to Grandma and Papa's for dinner this evening.  He was home for a little bit before he went over there.

Rachel picked up Yaghi's Pizza for us for dinner.  Evan requested it.

Rachel, Chewie and I went and picked Noah up.  Chewie enjoyed going to Grandma and Papa's.

Evan just worked on his Bar Mitzvah speech some.  He's now laying on the floor in my office.

Until next time...

Bike Riding and Baseball

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

On Saturday morning, Rachel, Papa, and Evan did the Mamma Jamma Bike Ride.  It's a charity bike ride for cancer.  They got up early and it was raining some on the way to Martindale, TX but it was not raining for the ride itself.  They rode 26 miles.  Apparently, Evan had to slow down and wait for Papa and Rachel, especially on the uphill.

After the ride, I met them and I picked up Evan to take him to two baseball games.  Evan played great in the games.  He especially played well given that he had ridden 26 miles on a bike earlier that morning.  He went 0-1 with an RBI and two walks at the plate.  He played a great third base and he even caught for two innings.  In the second game, he made a great play to end the game. His team went 2-0 and earned the second seed in the tournament.

Rachel went to Grandma and Papa's for lunch.  Noah just stayed at home.

For dinner, we went to Rudy's.  We went there for Reid's mom's 40th birthday.

This morning, we all slept in some.  Rachel and Noah went to Grandma and Papa's for brunch this morning.  Evan and I left a short while later to go to his baseball game.  Rachel and Noah came up to watch the game.  Noah got to play with Angelo's brother, Tony.

Evan's team won their first game against a team they had never beat.  It was a close game 1-1 for much of the game.  The other team took the lead 3-1 going into the bottom of the last inning.  Evan lead off the inning with a base hit that started a rally.  The team put together 4 runs to win 5-3.

The second game was not as successful, though Evan still played well.  He caught in this game and did a good job.  He also walked once and grounded out once.

For dinner, we went with Grandma and Papa to a new place called Aviator Pizza.  It was pretty good.

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

Labor Day Weekend

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This was our last weekend before baseball tournaments start.  We didn't have any scheduled baseball activity.  So we decided to really take it easy all weekend.  We know we'll be constantly moving and doing stuff starting next weekend, so we decided to stay near the house and just relax.

On Saturday, Rachel and I took Chewie for a walk so all three of us could get some exercise. Then we came home and had some lunch. After that we ran some errands including going to Walgreens and HEB. 

In the afternoon, we relax and in the late afternoon I started making dinner.  I took a whole chicken and butterflied it.  I put it on the grill with charcoal and a little bit of wood to give it some smoky flavor.  And put two bricks on it.  The recipe didn't have me cooking as long as I should have.  I think I know how long to cook it now.  The boys really loved it.

Yesterday, Rachel and Papa went for a bike ride.  In the afternoon, the boys and I watched Zombieland.

For dinner, we went with Grandma and Papa to a restaurant called MezzeMe.  It was pretty good.  The boys ate well there.  Evan said he'd go back.

This morning the boys and I went to the Ramati's for our fantasy draft.  I think we did ok drafting.

Following the draft, we met Rachel at a bagel shop called Nervous Charlie's.  It was our first time there.

For dinner tonight, we had the leftover chicken.  Then Rachel and I took Chewie for a walk.

Rachel and Evan are working on Hebrew right now.

Until next time...

Wet Noah

Hello everyone this is Morry.

This morning was Rachel's first day of school.  They had several welcome activities so Rachel needed to be at the school earlier than normal.  She left shortly before the boys went to the bus stop and I took Chewie for a walk.

Rachel ran a few errands on her way home and got home after lunch.

When the boys left school, it started raining.  Evan has been making Noah sit with him on the bus to and from school each day.  Evan took it a step further today, and made Noah sit by the window and Noah was not allowed to close the window while they were driving.  It's not clear how the window came to be open.  I don't know if Evan also opened the window.  In any event, Noah came home somewhat wet.

Rachel tutored in the late afternoon.  Evan went over to Grandma and Papa's for dinner not too long after Rachel left.

For dinner, I grilled hamburgers for Rachel, Noah and me.  Then we walked to Grandma and Papa's to get Evan.

The boys are upstairs playing now.

Until next time...

Good Weekend

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

I think it's been a good weekend.  Yesterday, Rachel started her morning going for a bike ride.  She had a nice 15 mile bike ride before it got too hot.

I decided to smoke my first brisket.  We bought a 12 pound brisket but I decided to cut it in half to try with a smaller size first.  Really, after trimming the fat, it probably was closer to a 9 or 10 pound brisket.  So the brisket I cooked was between a 4 and 5 pounder.  I put the meat on the smoker around 11am and got it off around 7pm.  It was a lot of work but it seemed to work.  Evan said the brisket was better than Rudy's.

Rachel went to a baby shower for Laurent in the afternoon.  Noah and I watched the Dark Knight.

Evan actually didn't eat the brisket with us last night.  He went to Reid's house and stayed over night.  When I picked him up to take him to baseball this morning, I brought some brisket so he'd have protein for baseball.

Evan had a 3 hour scrimmage in very humid and hot temperatures.  He pitched and inning and caught two innings.  He did well in both positions.  He struck out and walked in his two at-bats.

We got home in the late afternoon.  Evan was home just a little while before Reid and his dad picked him up and they went to play tennis together.

For dinner, we picked up Grandma and Papa, then picked up Evan from tennis, and went to Chen Z for dinner.  The service was just ok, but the food was good.

The boys are upstairs playing right now.

Until next time...

Baseball Already?

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

It was a pretty easy morning this morning.  The boys got up earlier than they had been getting up.

Rachel went to a Pink Ribbon Cowgirls lunch up north.  I made lunch for the boys.

Just after lunch, I had a meeting.  It went well.

Evan had some hitting instruction at the facility in the afternoon followed by a throwing course.  It felt weird to already be taking him out to TRPD.  His buddy, Angelo, also did the throwing course.  Evan went home with Angelo afterward and is staying the night.

Noah went to Grandma and Papa's for dinner.  They had fried rice.  I think Noah helped make it.  It was still light when they were done, so he walked home.

Rachel and I had dinner at the house.

Noah is now upstairs playing video games.

Until next time...

Long Time No Post

Hell everyone, this is Morry.

It's been a long time since last posted.  It looks like it has been 12 days.  In that time, the family took a trip to Tucson, and the boys also went to Fredericksburg with Grandma and Papa.

We spent 5 days in Tucson seeing Aunt Fran and Uncle Scott, Uncle Ron and Aunt Kelly, as well as Aunt Rachel, Uncle Dax, Quin and Lennon.  But the real reason we were in town was to celebrate Zayde's 85th birthday.  We had a nice dinner on Saturday night.  On Sunday night, our host family cooked paella for everyone and we ate out in the backyard.  The boys enjoyed seeing everyone.

On Friday, Grandma and Papa took the boys to Fredericksburg, TX.  It's a small town about an hour west of us.  They have a Pacific World War II museum there that the boys wanted to see.  They really enjoyed it.  Apparently, they spent about 3 hours there and could have spent more.  Some of the museum was being remodeled.

This morning, Rachel and I took Chewie to Emma Long Park which has a 3-mile leashless trail.  Chewie had a great time.  He was really good about staying with us and any time he got hot, he'd run into the creek that the trail followed.  The hike was nice as it's in the woods and fully shaded, so the temperature was not uncomfortable.

Evan was home shortly before going to Reid's house where he'll stay the night.  Rachel, Noah and I had dinner at Chuy's. 

We're home now and Noah is upstairs.

Until next time...

Final Two Weeks

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Over the weekend, there was no baseball.  It rained enough last week that the tournament was cancelled.  Noah had a football game. He played quite well.  He played defense the whole time.  He pulled several flags.  He jumped in front of one pass and knocked it down. (though it was caught by someone else despite his best efforts)  His coach was highly pleased.

After Noah's game, we went to Toyota of Cedar Park.  We were able to get a good deal on a Highlander.  Rachel had to turn back the car she's been driving to Charles Maund.  But we were able to get a good deal at the other dealership. We hated to turn the car back in, but if we had to, I think we got a good deal on a good car.

Yesterday, we went to Snooze for Mother's Day with Grandma and Papa.  We came home, got Chewie and went for a walk around Lady Bird Lake.  For dinner, we picked up food from Pinthouse Pizza and then got frozen yogurt at TCBY.

Today marked the start of the second-to-last week of school. It was a nice morning so we did our normal walk to school with Chewie.

As always I was home.  I had several phone meetings.

Rachel went into school to teach around lunch.  After that, she had to run up to the dealership that we bought the car at and drop off a check.  Then she had to give the keys to the dealership where we were returning the car.  She and Evan got home at the same time.

For dinner, I made ribs on the grill.

After dinner, we had to go to HEB to get a few things.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

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...