Morning Baseball, Afternoon Party

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan's baseball tournament this weekend was up in Taylor which is about an hour away.  His first game was at 8am and the second game was at 9:45.  We had to be there by 7am.  We left the house around 5:50 so we could stop at Donut Taco Palace on the way.  It was tough getting up.

Evan played the outfield in the first game.  He didn't get any opportunities to field it.  He got one at-bat and struck out.  The team did not play well so all-in-all it was a forgettable game.

In the second game, Evan doubled in the top of the first.  He played first base and catcher for the entire game.  He did well at both positions.  In his second at-bat he hit the ball hard but the right fielder caught it.  He was one of the few bright spots in the game for TRPD.

We stopped at the pizza place up there on the way home.

Noah had a football game at noon this morning.  Rachel had to get him there by 11:30.  Unfortunately, he threw a massive fit.  Rachel had to carry him into the car.  But when she got there, there, parking was difficult and she just couldn't get him to the field.  She ended up finding the coach to tell him that Noah wasn't going to play.

When I got home, Noah and I had a long talk.

Noah had a birthday party to go to in the afternoon at Altitude.  I took him and we picked Jude up on the way.

For dinner we went to Zen.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

Gingerbread House

This morning Morry and I did Camp Gladiator.

I had a short phone meeting this morning.

The boys went with Michael and Jen's family and Papa to the park.  Morry and I met them for lunch at Zen.

In the afternoon, the boys hung out at Grandma and Papa's house.

Michael and Jen went out tonight for a date night.  Grandma and Papa brought Maya and Artie over to our house and we all had dinner together.  We had grilled chicken, asparagus, and rice.  The kids ate very well.  After dinner the kids, with Papa's help, put together the gingerbread house kit we got.  They all seemed to enjoy that.  Even Artie.

They liked eating it even more!

Noah left his iPad at Grandma and Papa's house, so the boys walked back home with them and then Papa walked them back to our house.

Now, Evan and Noah are getting ready for bed.

Here are some pictures from today.

Farmer's Market

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Rachel and Evan met Deborah at a farmer's market at Barton Creek Mall.  They got fresh baked bread and a large red bell pepper.  Apparently they tried lots of samples including some sort of mint lemonade the Evan really liked.  After the walk around the market, they went into the mall.  Evan wanted to go to sports store to look at hats as well as the Lego store.  They also stopped at Brookstones and sat in the massage chairs and put their feet in the foot massagers.

We had leftovers for lunch as well as the bread and pepper that Rachel and Evan got.

Rachel and I cleaned most of the afternoon.  I started cleaning my office this morning.

In the late afternoon, we went to a store that was having a sale on folding chairs that you bring to a picnic or to a baseball game, for example.  It has the UT logo on it.  We bought two.  Then we stopped at Half Price Books and the boys each got two books.  We also got some used DVDs.

For dinner we went to Zen.  It's kids eat free on Saturdays.  Everyone liked it.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

Lisa

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Rachel and Noah went for a run.  They ran most of the way to Starbucks.  Then they got some stuff at Starbucks and sat down.  They walked most of the way home.

Evan saw a kicking tee that he wanted to buy at Academy.  He had a gift card there so he and I went and he bought it.  We then went to Clayton where we threw the baseball and he kicked a football off the tee.

We came home and had lunch.

After lunch, we left to go to Barry and Lisa's.  Lisa was diagnosed with breast cancer and had her first chemotherapy session on Thursday.  We brought a fruit salad up to them.  We stopped by Tiff's Treats first to get some cookies.  Lisa has been using Rachel as a sounding board which I think has been good for both of them.  Lisa's sister, Angie was there helping out.  Barry and I played football against Evan, Noah and Lincoln.  Not surprisingly, there was some questionable calls that went the way of the boys over the fathers.  Evan was behind most of those questionable calls.

On the way home, we stopped at Zen for dinner.  The boys ate really well there.  They said they want to go back.  We didn't realize that on Saturday it was Kid's Eat Free.  It ended up being a very cheap meal.

Rachel is making stuff right now for the get together we're having tomorrow.  Some of the families from the Bucs are coming over for the Super Bowl.

Until next time...