Zip Line

This morning we walked Noah to school with Lizzy. Evan walked to the bus stop from home.

Shortly after getting home, I went to Camp Gladiator.

I needed to be at ATA at 11:30 for day 2 of orientation.

We had a catered lunch from Thundercloud Subs and then went to Cypress Valley for zip lining.   What a nice job so far... catered lunch and zip lines!  I had a nice time. The kids seem really nice so far.

From there, I tutored.

While I was gone Morry picked up Noah from school.  Evan took the bus home.

On my way home I thought I'd get gas.  I hadn't been online today, so I was unaware of the gas crisis going on.  I stopped at H-E-B to get gas and all the pumps said the gas was sold out.  I thought that was weird.  Then, every gas station I passed had a long line stretching down the street.  I ended up going to a gas station near our house and waiting in line about 20 minutes for gas.

For dinner we had ribs.

After dinner, Evan realized he didn't have a composition book that was part of an assignment that had been due today.  Morry had to take Evan out to find one so he could complete the assignment.  First, they went to H-E-B, but they didn't have one.  Then, they went to Target.  From there, they waited in line so that Morry could get gas.  Evan finished his assignment while they were in the car.

They just got home.

Hopefully, Evan can go to bed soon.

Orientation

This morning Morry, Lizzy, and I walked Noah to school.  As we were close to home Evan was walking to the bus.   In the summer, Evan said he wanted to walk with us every morning to drop off Noah.  I was wondering how long that would last.  Not very long.

When we got home, I left for ATA. Today and tomorrow are the orientation for the students.  They have mixers and rotate to have short sessions to meet the teachers.  I met all of my students and it went well.    I did a math scavenger hunt with them and a brain teaser problem.  They seemed to like both.

I got home as Morry was walking to pick up Noah.  I quickly dropped my things off at the house and walked to meet them at school.  I got there as they were just leaving the parking lot, so I was mostly able to walk home with them.

Evan got home around 4:15.

Shortly after Morry took Evan to baseball practice.

They got home around 7:30.  

We had pasta and soup for dinner.

Evan's working on his homework now.

Working

This morning we walked with Lizzy to drop off Noah at school.  Evan stayed at home and walked to his bus stop when it was time.  We saw him waiting for the bus as we got close to home.  He came over to us to tell us goodbye even though we said goodbye at home.

Shortly after we got home I went to ATA (my school) for meetings and planning).  I was there until 11:30.

Morry and I walked to get Noah from school.

A little bit after getting home, I took Noah to Grandma and Papa's and then went to tutor.

Morry took Evan to Applebee's to meet his carpool ride for baseball shortly after he got home from school.

When I got home Morry and I ate dinner.

Then, we walked to pick up Noah.

When we got home from that, Morry left to meet Evan at Applebee's to bring him home.

They should be on their way home now.

Two Hour Delay

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

School was delayed for two hours this morning.  I guess the district wanted to give as much time as possible for and water over low water crossings to recede and any clean up to be completed.

When we got up it was not raining.  We walked Noah to school and then came home.  Evan didn't walk with us.  When we got home, we sent him out to the bus stop.

Rachel had to go to more meetings at the school where she'll be teaching.

Later in the morning, a fence guy came and measured to give us an estimate.

I had several meetings back-to-back before going to pick Noah up from school.  Rachel was home by then.

Rachel left to tutor just before Evan got home from school.

When Rachel got home, we put Lizzy in the car and went to Austin Pets Alive.  There have been abandoned dogs in all the places affected by the hurricane.  They need foster families to hold the dogs until either their families can claim them or they get adopted out.  We thought we have the ability and the resources to foster.  But they suggested bringing Lizzy to meet any potential dogs so we can determine whether it would get along with Lizzy.  Unfortunately, they said we were too late (we got there at 6:30) and said they don't do any "meet-and-greets" after 6:30.  We found a very shy, very scared older dog.  But we're not sure we'll take it without knowing that it will get along with Lizzy.

For dinner, Rachel and I had leftovers and the boys had salmon.

The boys are upstairs playing.

Until next time...

At Home

We spent the day at home today.

It was still rainy and windy outside.

Morry ran out to Home Depot to get some netting to cover the gap in the fence.  Papa came over to help set it up.

For dinner, we had leftover pizza.  Noah had shrimp and Evan had pasta.

The kids are ready for bed, but they are still playing some since we have a 2-hour school delay tomorrow.

Hello Harvey

The storm came through around 5am this morning and we have had rain on and off all day today.

We stayed at home for most of the day.

At 5:45 we picked up Grandma and Papa and went to see Wonder Woman.

After the movie, it was raining harder and very windy outside.

For dinner, we ate at Maudie's.

While we were out our neighbor texted and said our fence fell down.

When we got home, we saw a section of our fence had fallen over.  The post snapped so Morry was not able to just prop it up.  We will have to figure out what to do tomorrow.

Now the boys are getting ready for bed.