Since February 7

I see the last time I wrote a blog post was February 7.

I'll try to remember everything that has happened since then.

Both boys had birthdays.  Evan is now 17, and Noah is 15!

Noah had a great track season.  He learned how to pole vault and made it to the district meet.

Evan is doing very well in baseball. He's had some great hits including a home run and a left-handed hit.

Evan has been playing ultimate frisbee and was voted player of the week.  Noah joined the team at one game when they didn't have enough players, and he played well.

Noah ran the Cap10K.

We've had two Golden Retriever stashes - Teddy and Echo. Both were very cute.

Rachel, Quin, and Lennon came to visit.

We had a Passover seder at Grandma and Papa's house and celebrated Easter with the Mantis.

I gave a presentation on search engine optimization for our neighborhood networking group.

Morry and I went out to dinner at Aba.  He made the reservations months ago - probably around the time of the last blog post.

Here are some videos and pictures from the last few months. 

Passover 2021

 Last night was the first night of Passover.

Morry and Evan were on a fishing trip.  Since Grandma, Papa, Aunt Diane, Uncle Jay, and I are all vaccinated, we decided to have a small in-person seder + Zoom with other family members. 

Yesterday, I made matzoh balls and meringue cookies and Noah made the Passover coffee cake.

Then, around 5:30 Noah and I walked over to Grandma and Papa's house.  It was the first time in over a year that we had been in their house.  

Noah is now almost as tall as Grandma.

We had a nice time over there last night.  Noah helped during the plagues part of the seder.  He enjoyed that. 

Then, we walked back home.

Today, I did some cleaning in and outside of the house.   

I took Chewie for a walk around the lake.

When I got back I made shaved ice for Noah and me.

Shortly after that Morry and Evan came back from their fishing trip with lots of redfish.

Morry and I went to H-E-B and then we made dinner.

Morry grilled steak for him and some of the redfish for the rest of us.  We ate dinner outside.

Here are some pictures from the last two days.

Back to Another Monday

This morning we walked Noah to school.

I taught later in the day.

Morry and I walked to get Noah from school and shortly after I left for tutoring.

I got home earlier than normal since I just had one student today.

When I got home, Evan was getting ready to go to Grandma and Papa's house for dinner.

Noah, Morry, and I had matzoh ball soup for dinner.

Then, we walked to Grandma and Papa's house with Chewie to get Evan.

Here are some pictures and videos from Passover Seder on Saturday.

Passover and the Next Day

Yesterday we were busy getting the house ready for visitors and getting stuff ready for Passover.

We walked the kids to school and then walked again to pick them up.

Right after getting home Morry and Evan went to baseball.  I left to tutor.

I got home around 5:30 and then Noah and I went to Grandma and Papa's house for Passover.

Everyone starting arriving around 6pm.

The Gordon's came in from Pittsburgh and came straight to Grandma and Papa's house.

We had a nice seder with family and friends.

Today, we walked the kids to school.

I went to Camp Gladiator and then tutoring.

The Gordon's spent the day exploring Austin.

Morry and I drove to pick up the kids since it was threatening to rain.

For dinner, we met the Gordon's at Hula Hut.  Then, we walked around a little bit and hung out at the Mozarts deck.

Now, the kids are playing with Nerf guns.

Passover 2016

This morning Evan had a baseball game out in Taylor (1 hour+ away).  Morry and Evan left the house around 6:30am.  Evan's team won the first game and lost the second game.

While they were gone, I dropped Noah off at Grandma and Papa's house and went for a run.  After the run I helped them get some things ready for the Passover seder.

Noah and I came back to the house in the afternoon for a little bit.

Around 5pm we all (about 50 people) came to Grandma and Papa's house for the seder.  We had a really nice time.  Morry played the part of "God" during the seder.  He spoke from the upstairs playroom and threw props down for the plagues.  The kids really enjoyed that.  I think Morry enjoyed that part too.

We got home around 10pm.

Here are some pictures from the seder.

Noah Back to School

This morning Noah was feeling better and was able to go to school. We all walked there.

I went for a run this morning and then made a ton of matzo balls for the Passover seder tomorrow.

Morry and I went to Wholy Bagel for lunch and stopped at HEB on the way home.

We walked to pick up the kids from school and Wade came home with us.

Evan, Wade, and Nathan played in the cul-de-sac for most of the afternoon.

Wade was picked up around 5:30.

We ate dinner at Cypress Grill.  Evan ate very well.  Noah didn't eat very much.

In a little bit the boys will get ready for bed.

Early Passover

We had a long day today. 

We decided to do a Passover seder a day early.  Since everyone was here in town and we has people coming from San Antonio, we figured the weekend was better for everyone.

We spent most of the day getting ready for tonight.

Noah went to a birthday party, but besides that we were at home.

We had a nice time tonight with all of the family here.

Here are some pictures.