Full Weekend

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This weekend, we were in Houston for a baseball tournament.  Evan and I went down on Friday night.  Rachel and Noah joined us on Friday afternoon.

Evan had two baseball games on Saturday.  He ended the day 0-1 with an RBI (on a sacrifice fly), two runs scored, a walk, and a hit-by-pitch.  He played catcher for most of the day and did very well.  He also played some first base.  His team won both games and got the #2 seed in the tournament.

All the families went out to lunch for wings and watched college football.  Then we went back to the hotel and the boys all went swimming.

Noah had two flag football games.  Well he had one game and if they won, they would play later in the day in the "Super Bowl".  Noah's team won both games and Noah was instrumental in both wins.  He pulled a bunch of flags, pressured the quarterback into throwing an interception and had several big runs.  On one, he told me, he thought he was going to score but his flag got pulled at the last minute.

When Noah and Rachel got down, Noah immediately started hanging out with Evan and his team.

We all went out for dinner at a Mexican restaurant.

Yesterday, Evan's first game was not until 2pm.  For brunch, we went to Katz's Deli.

Evan's team won a very tight game.  Games are timed.  They are one hour and 40 minutes.  Once time has expired, you finish the inning.  Evan's team was the home team.  With time expired, the other team was batting.  They ended up tying the game after a very long inning.  That meant Evan's team got a chance to bat before going into extra innings.  With two outs, a boy walked.  Took second on a passed ball, stole third, and then scored on a wild pitch.  The game went 2 hours and 10 minutes long.  Evan played third base in the game even though he hasn't played it much.  He did very well.  I wonder if he'll end up playing there more often.

The second game didn't go so well.  The boys on the other team all looked much older.  It's hard for me to believe they were the right age.  We probably should have asked for birth certificates.  All-in-all though, the team played very well this weekend and they should be proud.  Evan walked 4 times this weekend and has walked 8 times in the last two weekends.  I don't know what his on base percentage is but it has to be high.

Until next time...

Super Bowl Party

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Today we had a Super Bowl party.  In the morning, we ran out to HEB to pick up some last minute things.  HEB was very crowded.  From there, we drove to Wholy Bagels and picked up some bagels for brunch with Zayde.

We got Zayde and brought him to our house and had brunch.

Then the preparations began.  I made a chocolate creme pie and popcorn.  I also grilled corn ahead of time.  Rachel and Zayde picked up wings.

A bit after 5, everyone, started to come to the house.  We had about 4 other families.  Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

The boys are now sleeping.

Walk, HEB, Doctor

This morning Noah didn’t want to get out of bed. Each time I tried to get him dressed he got upset. So, I left him in his crib for a while and he was happy. Finally, I decided it was time to fight him and get him dressed. I wanted to go for a walk. I had everything packed in the stroller. As soon as Evan, Noah, Lizzy, and I stepped out of the garage it started raining. It wasn’t raining hard so I went ahead and walked around the block. Evan walked some of the way and sat In the stroller the rest of the way.

After the walk, I let Lizzy inside the house and then we went to HEB. Evan and Noah were very good at HEB. I had a lot of shopping to do. I saved $38 in coupons, though I did spend a lot too.

When we got home the boys at a little and then went down for naps.

Blanca came at 3:00 so that I could go to the gastroenterologist. I wanted to get checked out since I have been nauseas for a few weeks now. She wants to do a scan to check out my gall bladder. I’m not sure when that will be. I have to make the appointment. She said it could just be stress or a virus causing the discomfort, but wants to check it out anyway.

After the doctor I tutored 2 students.

When I got home Morry was getting dinner ready. We had chicken wings, veggies, and soup (for me).

We just gave Evan and Noah baths and now they are in bed.