Mother's Day, Driving, Cooking

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Since we last wrote, several things have happened.  On Thursday, Noah went over to Grandma and Papa's and cooked dinner.  They made artichokes, teriyaki chicken, cauliflower, salad, and a baguette with roasted garlic.  Everyone enjoyed it.  Papa walked Noah home with some leftovers.

On Saturday, Rachel, Evan and I went to Lady Bird Lake and kayaked.  Rachel and I were in the inflatable kayak with two seats.  Evan had the single person, hard kayak.  Evan did really well, kayaking with no problems.  The inflatable kayak seemed to struggle with the 15mph winds.  I had to really work to row for the two of us.  At one point, the headwind was so strong that no matter how hard I rowed, we moved backwards.

From there, we went to Black Rock and got some drinks.  For dinner, Grandma and Papa came over and we picked up Hula Hut for dinner.

On Sunday morning, Grandmom came over. She joined us along with Grandma and Papa at Snooze for brunch. We checked in online and got to the restaurant when it told us to get there.  We still waited nearly an hour and a half before we could be seated.  Once we sat down, things were nice.  We were able to eat a good brunch.

On the way home, we stopped at Tiff's Treats to get Grandmom her present.

In the afternoon, we took Chewie for a walk.  Then we went to a large parking lot and let Evan drive around.  He did much better driving this time and really enjoyed it.

Today, after school and work, I took the boys to get their hair cut.  Then we stopped at Academy to get some stuff to wear for this weekend for the boys.

Until next time...

UT Baseball and Pup Cup

Today Evan and Noah went to the UT baseball games.  There was a partial game first (a make up from yesterday's rain).  We dropped them off and then took Chewie to Hamilton Greenbelt.

We walked around for about an hour and then stopped at Black Rock on the way home.  The barista offered Chewie a pup cup (whipped cream) and he loved it.

We went home for a little bit and then went back out to pick up the boys.

They had a good time at the game.

From there we went to H-E-B and then picked up Torchy's for dinner.

Here are pictures from today.

Successful Boys

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

So Saturday was a successful one for the boys. It was the last day of the high school baseball season for Evan. His team set up an event.  Two coaches had a draft of both Varsity and JV players and they played two games against each other.  After the games, there was a potluck for everyone to celebrate.

Evan had a good day playing.  Batting against mostly Varsity pitchers, he went 2-4 with two walks, a single and a double.  He was not intimated by the older kids pitching.

After the games, we ate, and then the coach talked to everyone.  He announced that some kids from the Varsity and JV were named to the "All-Tournament team" from the weekend before as voted by all the coaches of the teams in the tournament.  Evan was named to the team.  It was basically saying he was one of the best players out there.  It was a nice way to end the season with that recognition.

When we got home, Noah showed us an email.  He had officially been accepted to the National Junior Honor Society. It seemed like he should have been admitted since he does so well in school, but you never know.  It was nice to see that Noah got recognition for how good at school he was.

As a reward, we took the boys to Bahama Bucks.  Chewie came along and enjoyed it.

Yesterday, Rachel and I took Chewie for a walk around Lady Bird Lake.  We stopped at Black Rock Coffee on the way home.

In the afternoon, a kid in the neighborhood came by and detailed my car. For dinner, Grandma and Papa picked up food from Saps and came over and we ate on the porch.

Today, Rachel had a dentist appointment.  I took Noah to Gorzycki to swap out his Chromebook.

There was no baseball today, so I smoked chicken quarters for dinner.  It worked out well.

Until next time...

Passports

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan went into school with Rachel like he always does on Tuesdays and Thursday.  He goes in to work with Dio.  

Noah and I stayed home while he was in class and I was working.

Rachel had set up an appointment for the boys to renew their passports for today.  She made the appointment several weeks ago.  Noah and I met Rachel and Evan at the post office.  We had gotten everything we needed together ahead of time - old passports, paperwork filled out, passport photos, birth certificates (and photocopies).  The guy at the post office was very nice.  He joked with the boys.  It turns out he was a baseball fan and was from Puerto Rico.  So Evan was talking to him.  Evan showed him the Roberto Clemente shoes that he was wearing.  The whole thing took less than 15 minutes which was nice.

Noah and I got home just in time for him to get on to Zoom for his next class. 

After work/school, the boys and I watched The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.  We hadn't seen last week's episode and the new one comes out tomorrow.

For dinner, I made carne asada.  I had marinated it last week and then vacuum sealed it.  It was very good.  The flavor was all throughout the meat.

After dinner, Rachel and I took Chewie for a walk.

We'll be sitting down shortly to watch a bit of TV.

Until next time...

Passport Photos

 This morning I got my hair done professionally for the first time in over a year.

Then, I went to Aaron's Rentals to take some photos for a sponsored campaign.

I tutored this afternoon.

Evan had baseball practice.

While Evan was at practice, Morry, Noah, and I ate dinner (hamburgers) at home.

Morry went to pick up Evan and they got back around 9pm.

After Evan changed we went to CVS to get passport photos for the boys.   Their passports expire soon and we have appointments Thursday to get them new passports.

Now the boys are having some dessert (candy that they got at CVS).

Tomorrow Evan is taking a standardized test at his school and he convinced us he needed some candy to snack on during the test.

San Antonio + The Weekend

 Friday and Saturday Evan had baseball games in San Antonio.

On Friday, just Morry and Evan went to San Antonio.

On Saturday, I went too and we met Grandma, Papa, Aunt Diane, and Uncle Jay for lunch in San Antonio.  

After lunch, Morry and Evan went to the field for Evan's practice.  

Grandma and Papa and I walked around a park for a little bit and then went to the game.

Evan's team played a second game, but Grandma, Papa, and I left to go back home.  

On the way home we picked up dinner from Galaxy, then got Noah, and we all ate at G&P's house.

After Morry and Evan got home, Evan went to spend the night at Reid's house.

Today, Morry played golf and Evan went to the UT baseball game with Reid's family.

For lunch, I picked up Wholy Bagel for Noah and me.

When Morry got home around 6pm, we ate pasta for dinner and then went to HEB.

Here are some pictures from the weekend.