Rainy Day

It was raining this morning so we drove Noah to school.

I did not go to Camp Gladiator today.

I was at my school from 10 - 2 today.

Then, I came home in time to pick up Noah from school.

Morry and I drove to pick him up since it was still slightly raining.

A few weeks ago, right after Hurricane Harvey, we wanted to help so we signed up with Gold Ribbon Rescue to either be fosters or adopters of Golden Retrievers.   We finally had our in-house interview last Sunday.  During the interview, they told us it could take a few months to match us with a dog.  Well, Wednesday, they called us about a puppy that needed to be adopted.  How can you turn down a Golden Retriever puppy?

Tonight we drove to Georgetown to meet the puppy.  He's adorable and of course, we loved him.

The plan is to bring him home after our fence is fixed next week.  It could be as early as Wednesday.

After that, we got dinner at Pho Phi, a Vietnamese restaurant we found on the way home.

Now the boys are in bed.

Here's a picture of the puppy.

Friday with Wade

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

It seemed especially bright this morning on our walk to school.  Both boys were in good moods.

Rachel did work for Kick Pleat in the morning and I worked on some stuff for HomeAway.

We went to Wholy Bagel for lunch.  Even though we went at the same time as we normally do, they were pretty cleaned out of bagels.

After lunch I went into Aaron's.  I had to show him what I had done on HomeAway since I won't be able to work on it next week.

Rachel went to pick up Noah.  Evan went over Wade's after school.  It's become a Friday tradition.

We picked up Evan and went to a new Asian restaurant that serves both Chinese and Vietnamese.  It was pretty good.  The boys seemed to like it.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

After School Activities

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We had a typical morning this morning.  Lizzy enjoyed her daily walk.

We stayed home this morning.  I was very busy this before lunch so we were not able to go to Wholy Bagel.  Rachel went out and picked up food there and we ate it at home once I finished up what I was working on.

Evan went home with Wade and some other boys after school.  We walked home with Noah.

Noah seemed to enjoy having the house to himself after school.

When I went to pick up Evan at Wade's, there were four boys.  They were playing football.  Wade's mom said that they had been playing for the 2.5 hours since they had gotten home.  Evan's face was all red but he was very happy.

After coming home, Noah and I went to Noah's baseball practice.  He missed all baseball activities last week so it was good to get him back out there.

On the way home from baseball, we picked up Vietnamese food from Pho Thai Son.

The boys just showered and are now in bed.

Until next time...

Mike Lupica

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We found out last night that Evan's football game today was cancelled.  We knew we'd get to sleep in.  This was the first weekend day in three weeks that we could sleep in some.  It was very nice.

We relaxed at home all morning.  In the early afternoon, we went to Max's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese.  The boy stuck together mostly while they played video games.  Max seemed to have a good time.

From there, we went to Half Price Books.  Evan's teacher had emailed us and said she knew Evan was into sports and sports books and that Mike Lupica was going to be there signing his books that he writes for young adults.  Mike Lupica is a famous sports columnist.  He's also got a radio show I believe.  Rachel's cousin Leah had given the boys two of Mike Lupica's books over the summer.  So we went and he spoke for about 20-30 minutes.  He was very funny and charming.  The boys really seemed to be enjoying the stories he was telling.  Then he started signing books.  Noah went first and Mike Lupica was amazed.  Normally his readers are older (technically Noah hasn't read the books).  He talked to Noah for awhile and told him that he was happy that Noah came to see him.  Then he looked at Rachel and commented on Noah's eyes.  He talked to Evan a bit but Evan was pretty shy.  It was a really good experience for the boys though.  I think they enjoyed it.  We stayed a bit longer and bought some other books for the boys.

We grabbed dinner at a Vietnamese place called PhoNatic.  The boys each had charcoal beef.  Noah ate his with rice and Evan had his with vermicelli.  It was good that they ate Vietnamese food.

From there we went to Rachel's friend Melissa's house.  She was having a little house party.  We stayed there for a bit.

Now the boys are in their rooms and getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

Halloween Parties

We got a cold front and it was pretty chilly this morning. I went for a 3 mile run and then Morry, Jack, and I took Noah to school.

For lunch we got Which Wich.

We picked up Noah a little early from school and went to Evan's class party. There were lots of parents and a few other siblings there. They had different stations where the kids had various activities. There was BINGO, bracelet making, puppet making, and more. The party was over at 2pm, but school doesn't let out until 2:40. Morry needed to get home to work, so I dropped Morry and Jack off at home and Noah and I went back to school to get Evan.

After school Evan's friend Patrick came over for a little while. Last week, we asked Evan if he wanted to invited someone over. He chose Patrick. They had a good time together here.

At 6pm there was a party at the Little Gym. They had small games the kids could play and win little prizes. Evan and Noah really enjoyed that. They got lots of those little junky toys.

We left the party a little after 7pm and picked up some Vietnamese food from T&N. While we were waiting for our food we watched some of the World Series. Evan was very interested in it. We watched some more while we ate our dinner at home.

We are about to put the boys to bed. We have to get up early tomorrow. There's a pancake fundraiser at Applebee's tomorrow for Evan's school and Evan insisted that we go. Many of the teachers are going to be there in costumes serving the families.

Noah's hair was sprayed green at school today