Enchanted Rock

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Rachel and the boys left the house on the early side.  They went to Grandma and Papa's house and all of them (including Uncle Mike, Aunt Jen, Maya and Artie) drove in two cars to Enchanted Rock.  It's a hiking spot not too far from Fredericksburg, TX.  It took about an hour and a half to get there.  They hiked to the summit and stayed at the summit for a bit and then hiked down.  After that, they drove into Fredericksburg, had lunch and stopped and got dessert on the way home.

I worked from home for a while in the morning and then drove into HomeAway for a meeting.  After the meeting, we went to lunch.

I came home and did some more work before Rachel and the boys got home.

Before dinner, we went to Randall's to get some stuff for Thanksgiving.  We also got some ready-made food for dinner.

We ate dinner while watching Stranger Things.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

Goliad and Popular Chewie

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Noah had a field drip to Goliad, TX to see the mission there and the state park.  He had to be at school at 6:20 and they took charter buses down.  Rachel got up early with Noah and took him to school.

Chewie didn't get to go for a walk this morning since we didn't have to walk Noah to school. 

Rachel left to go teaching a bit later and I went into HomeAway for a meeting.

Noah wasn't supposed to get back until 5pm, so there was no afternoon walk either.

Shortly after Evan got home, I took him to baseball practice. 

Rachel brought Chewie to school to pick Noah up when the buses dropped him off.  Chewie was very popular.  All the kids ran over to pet him.  Rachel said that he was so happy with all the attention, he didn't want to leave.

Evan and I stopped at Pho Thaison on the way home and got dinner.  We ate and watched Stranger Things.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

Hello Friday!

This morning we walked with Chewie.

Then, I was at school from 10-2 and Morry had a meeting at HomeAway.

Shortly after I got home we walked to pick up Noah.

Jude came over after school and he and Noah had a good time.

When Evan got home Morry took him to the CVS Minute Clinic.  Evan is still complaining about this throat hurting and now his ear hurts too.  We tried to make a doctors appointment but they only had after hours times available. 

It turns out Evan has a double ear infection along with a virus and he got some antibiotics.

For dinner, we ordered pizza from Papa John's and watched the last episode of Stranger Things.

We walked with Chewie after dinner.

Now the boys will get ready for bed.

Nothing in the Afternoon

This morning we did our usual walk to school with Chewie.

When we got home I left to teach and Morry went to Camp Gladiator.

Morry and I met for lunch at Wholy Bagel.

We walked to pick up Noah, and like usual, Chewie got a ton of attention. 

We had nothing going on this afternoon.  My tutoring got canceled and changed.  Evan did not have practice.  I was able to relax a little bit.

During dinner, we watched another episode of Stranger Things.

We took Chewie for a walk.

Evan is finishing his homework and then the boys will get ready for bed.

On the News

Last week, an anchor/reporter from the local Fox station interviewed me for a breast cancer story.  The story ran today several times.   It was first on at 6:45am.  I'll add the video to the end of this post, you can also see it here at Breast cancer survivor shares story.  Evan was very excited to his picture twice on the news!

We walked Noah to school with Chewie.

Morry went to Camp Gladiator and then I went to teach.

I got home around 2:30 just in time to pick up Noah from school.

We walked with Chewie to school this afternoon also.

I left for tutoring a little after 4pm.

Noah had football practice tonight.

When he got home we had dinner and watched another episode of Stranger Things.

Soon, the boys will get ready for bed.

Long Week

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This past week, I was in Minnesota.  Rachel and the boys stayed here.  It was a long week for everyone involved.

Chewie has been cute and growing all week but he has regressed some in the house training department.  Rachel had to clean up several messes this week.

I got home Thursday night.  I met Rachel and the boys at Me Con Bistro.

Friday night, Evan had baseball practice.  We picked up a 28" pizza from Jersey Giant Pizza on the way home.

Yesterday, Evan had two baseball games.  There wasn't any football games scheduled for either boy.  Evan went 2-2 with a double, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored.  He played some good defense as well.  Unfortunately, his team lost both games.  Rachel and Noah brought Chewie to the first game.  Chewie got quite a bit of attention.

We had leftover pizza for dinner when we got home.

This morning, Evan had a game in Taylor at 8am.  He and I left the house at 6am.  He didn't do well hitting but Evan caught the whole game.  He threw one kid out trying to steal and should have had another but the tag was not put down properly.  He also tagged two kids out at home.  Again, the team lost but they were in it until the end.

We spent the rest of the day at home until Sunday School.  I watched the Steelers game until we had to go pick the boys up.  We picked up Grandma and Papa on the way to get the boys.  Then we went to a restaurant called the Crawfish Shack for dinner.

We came home and watched Stranger Things with the boys. 

Now the boys are in bed.

Until next time...

Mamma Jamma + Flag Football

This morning Evan and I got up around 6am and left at 6:30 for the Mamma Jamma Bike Ride.  The ride benefits 8 different local breast cancer organizations.

On the way there, we stopped at Donut Taco Palace. Evan got a doughnut and I got a breakfast taco.

We met Papa at the ride.

Evan and I did the 15 mile ride and Papa did the 25 mile one.

At the finish line, Evan and I raced toward the end.  He wanted to race.  The crowd was really cheering and the announcer said that Evan was the first kid to finish.  He was really happy about that.  Then, right after the finish line,  we got a medal.  They placed it around our necks.  Evan was super excited about that.  It was his first medal.  It turned out everyone got a medal, but it was still cool.

While we waited for Papa we walked around and got lots of different swag (food samples, drinks, pens, chip clips, etc.).  Evan saw one of his Camp Kesem counselors there and they hung out together for a while cheering at the finish line.

We really had a nice time this morning.  Evan was loving it.  The event had a good turnout.  But, it wasn't too big.  Everyone was very friendly.

We left around 11:30 so that Evan could get to his flag football practice and then the game.

Earlier in the morning, Morry took Noah to his flag football game.  Even though Noah's team lost, Noah still had a good time.

Morry met us at the Wendy's near our house and then took Evan to his practice/game.

I went home for a little bit to unload the bikes and shower, then Noah and I went to Evan's 2:00 game.

Like Noah's team, they lost, but still had fun.

After the game, both Evan and Noah went with Reid's family to the Pecan Street Festival and then Chick-Fil-A for dinner.

We picked up the kids from Reid's house and then Morry and I picked up dinner at Chipotle.

We ate at home and we all watched Stranger Things.  We had heard good things about that show and watched the first episode.  We all liked it so far.

Now the kids are getting ready for bed.

Here are some pictures from today: