Winter Break + Grandma's Birthday Party

Winter break is just about over for all of us.  I went back to school last Wednesday, and the boys go back tomorrow.

We had a nice, long break.

For Mom/Grandma's 70th birthday, we had a party at our house.  As a surprise, Michael's family came in town, and we were able to spend a few days together.

For New Year's Eve Morry and I went out with Susie and Chad and the boys each had a friend over to the house.  We ordered pizza for them, and they made cupcakes.

Over break, Emory also went to his new home.

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Winter Break 2021

 Our winter break is almost over.  The boys and I go back to school on Wednesday.

During the break we drove to San Diego for an anniversary party/ family reunion for one of Papa/Dad's cousins.   We stopped in Phoenix for 2 nights on the way there.  On the way home, we drove straight to Austin with a few stops for food, gas, and restroom breaks.   We had a nice time.

Fran and Scott came to visit for a few days.   We enjoyed hanging out with them and celebrating New Year's together.  For New Year's Eve, we set up the projector in the backyard and watched Back to the Future.

Here are a few pictures from our trip and New Years.

Last Week Before Winter Break

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Today is the start of the last week before winter break.  The boys have off Friday so they just need to make it through Thursday.

I left earlier than normal today for HomeAway after dropping Noah off.  I had some things I wanted to do to get done before taking all next week off.

Rachel went with someone to do some charity work for Charles Maund Toyota today.  Then she went into school to teach.

Rachel picked Noah up because every other Monday is my late day at HomeAway.  Then Rachel went to tutor.

I got home around 5:15 after both boys were home.  Evan left to go to Grandma's.

For dinner, we had hamburgers on the grills, couscous, and Rachel and Noah made Brussels sprouts. Noah came up with the recipe. 

Rachel, Chewie and I walked to get Evan.

The boys are upstairs playing video games.

Until next time...

One more week

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Today marks a week until school is out for winter break.  It also marks one week until we see Star Wars.

Rachel walked with Lorena after dropping the boys off at school.  That meant that Lizzy and I did not wait for Rachel to come up from school.  We just walked home.  This bothers Lizzy tremendously.  She does not like to leave anyone behind.  It's really hard to get her to move.

We went to Wholy Bagel for lunch.  We got there just after 11 but they were out of quite a few bagels.

In the afternoon, I had to go to a meeting with the investor in Your Trainer.  The investors wanted a presentation of what was going on.  I did not personally present, but I was required to be there.

For dinner, we ordered Papa John's.

We went to Target to get some things including gifts for birthday parties that the boys are attending.

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

Night at the Museum

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

There was no blog last night due to the unfortunate ending to the Steelers game.

I promised the boys that we could see Night at the Museum.  We had tried to go see it a couple times but because at least one of us was sick for just about every day since our ski trip, we were never in a position to see the movie.

We saw it at the AMC at the mall.  The theater hadn't even opened when we got there (though it should have).  The boys did very well before, during and after the movie.  The movie was very good.  The boys and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

We came home and the boys had lunch.  Then I took Evan to flag football practice.  He had his second practice (his first was yesterday) for a new team that he's playing with.  He had a very good practice and they were using Evan at running back quite a bit.  He seemed to be getting a lot of touches.

When we got home, Noah was over at Christian and Connor's house.  The twins and Noah came back a little while later and then they all went outside together.

The boys cleaned up before dinner, then we had dinner, and they are back to cleaning.

As soon as they are done they'll have showers and get to bed for their first day back to school following winter break.

Until next time...

First Night of Hanukkah

Today was Evan's last day of school before "Winter Break". We said something about Christmas Break and he corrected us.

Evan got to wear his pajamas to school today. Evan was hyper this morning. Morry said Even ran along the path to school.

I was still recovering from my stomach bug so Noah and I stayed at home. I gave Noah a haircut and gave Lizzy a bath.

We picked up Evan from school and came back home. We just took it easy this afternoon.

Tonight the boys were very excited about Hanukkah.

For dinner we had pasta. After dinner we went to HEB.

Morry is reading to the boys now.