Noah's Half Marathon, Parker, West Palm Beach

 On January 22, Noah ran his first half marathon.  We are so proud of him. He got a great time too - under 2 hours! His official chip time was 01:56:53 .  He met his school group at the start and ran with his friend, Jackson the whole time.

We have a new foster dog, Parker.  He's sweet and cuddly.  He's black, but looks just like a golden retriever.  He will hopefully be getting adopted in a few days.

Also, we all went to the RBI fundraiser event.  Morry and I were invited by the Mantis and the boys volunteered. 

Over the weekend Grandma/Mom and I went to West Palm Beach to visit Maureen and Doug.  We had a very nice time.

Yesterday, Austin started getting a cold, winter storm.  We are lucky we were able to get home.   Today and tomorrow schools are canceled.  

I taught my classes over Zoom.

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

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.

Bucky, Thanksgiving Week, Emory

 Here's everything that's been going on the last few weeks.

We had a very sweet foster dog named Bucky.  He had some complications after a nutering and had a rough recovery.  We felt so bad for him.

Luckily, a very nice family adopted him and we've been getting updates about how well he doing.

Here are a few pictures of Bucky.

We had a nice Thanksgiving week.  Michael's family came in town and we had Thankgiving at Uncle Marvin's and Aunt Sandy's house.  Noah did the neighborhood Turkey Trot with his friend Jackson on Thanksgiving.

Here are some pictures from ice skating and Thanksgiving.

On Friday, we got a new foster dog, Emory.  He's a 6-month old happy puppy.  He's been great so far.  We took him on a 3 mile walk around the lake today.  Here's a picture of Emory.

Tomorrow, it's back to work and school for everyone. 

Pittsburgh & Halloween

Morry and Evan were in Pittsburgh from Thursday to Monday visiting schools. They had a great time.

I picked them up at the airport yesterday.

Last night, Noah went trick-or-treating with friends.  Evan helped us pass out candy for a little bit and then went trick-or-treating with one of his friends.

We all had a nice night.

Here are a few pictures.

1st Place

This morning Noah, Grandma, Papa, and I did the More than Pink Walk for Susan G. Komen.  We started out walking together and Noah decided he was going to run it.  So, we said we'd meet up at the end. 

We had a nice 3 mile walk.

At the end when we found Noah he told us he was the first one across the finish line and they gave him a hat!

After the walk, Papa made omelets for us.

In the afternoon, I met with a woman about tutoring her kids.  While I was there her neighbors hit my car with a pickleball and it left a dent, so now I have to deal with that and hope they take responsibility for it.

Noah and I went to HEB.

Then, I met the bike group for an outdoor movie (The Goonies) at a bike shop in East Austin.

Here are some pictures from today.

Running and Partying

 On Thursday, Noah had a cross-country meet at Del Valle High School.  Grandma and Papa came with me to watch him.  He did well despite it being very hot and sunny outside.

Last night was the high school homecoming dance.  Evan and his date, Marley, went to dinner first at Satellite and then to the homecoming dance.   Noah went with friends to Whataburger for dinner and then the dance.

Evan and Marley didn't stay long at the dance.  The line to get in was very long.  They got there early and barely had to stand in line.  Noah and his friends had to stand in line for a while.

Noah said he had a good time.

Here are some pictures from the last few days.