Braces!

 This morning I went to my school's orientation for a little bit and then I had a gynecologist appointment.

I picked up Noah from school at 1:45 for his 2:00 orthodontist appointment.

Today, he got braces.  Putting on the braces didn't take very long, but they spent a lot of time with us before and after explaining everything and showing Noah how to care for his braces.

He would not let me take a picture of him with his braces on today, but I did get a few before pictures.  

The braces didn't seem to be bothering him too much today.

Shortly after getting home, he left to go to Grandma and Papa's house to cook dinner and Hebrew.

Morry, Evan, and I ate dinner around 6pm and then they left for baseball.

I tutored from 7-7:30 and then picked up Noah.

Later this evening I made Noah some shaved ice for dessert.

So far, he seems alright and has not asked to take any pain medication.

Round Rock Express Games + Orthodontist

 Here's what's been going on over the last few days.

On Saturday and Tuesday, Evan went with his friend to the Round Rock Express baseball games.  On Saturday he caught a foul ball in the air. 

Morry hasn't been feeling well for the last week and was able to get a telehealth appointment the other day.  The doctor prescribed him some antibiotics.

This week I've had a few doctor's appointments for checkups that I've been way overdue.  I had an appointment with the dermatologist on Monday and today I saw the eye doctor. 

Evan has started baseball practices again.  He had a scrimmage on Sunday and will have another one this Sunday.

Today, I took Noah to his orthodontist appointment.   He has one more tooth to lose, but the orthodontist says he's ready for braces now.  He'll get those next week on Wednesday.

Morry and Evan just got home from baseball practice. 

First Week Back

 The boys made it through their first week back at school.

Noah hasn't told us much about his days, but Evan has talked a lot and seems to be happy with his classes and teachers.

On the second day, Noah's bus did not stop at his bus stop even though there were 10+ kids waiting there, so we had to drive him to school.

Other than that, the busses seem to be working out well.

For dinner tonight, we picked up from Dominos and ate it outside on the little tables at the shopping center.

Then, Morry and Evan went to Evan's baseball practice.

They just got home.

Noah and Evan are playing video games now.

Back to School

 Today both boys went back to school.  Evan started 10th grade and Noah started 8th grade.

They both took the bus to school.

After the boys left Morry and I took the dogs for a short walk.  As we were leaving the house, a few of our neighbors were outside after sending their kids on the bus and we talked to them for a while.

I had a staff meeting/lunch at my school today.

I tutored this afternoon.

It seemed like the boys had good days.

Noah didn't want to talk much, but Evan talked a lot about his day.   He's happy that he has some friends in his classes and has friends with the same lunch.  He likes his teachers so far too.

Both boys went to Reid's house this evening to Wiffle ball.

Here are pictures from today.

End of Summer 2021

Today was the last day of summer vacation.

Tomorrow the kids start school and are back in person.

We had a busy summer.  Evan played a lot of baseball and had something baseball-related - whether a game, practice, or lesson just about every day this summer. 

At the end of summer, we took a 2 week-long road trip with stops in Tucson, Las Vegas, Moab, Glenwood Springs, Denver, and Colorado Springs.   We had a great time.

We are also fostering a dog through Gold Ribbon Rescue.  Beau is a 10-month-old Golden / Black Lab mix.

Hopefully, we will try to update the blog more this school year.

I'm hoping the boys have a great 2021-2022 school year.

What's Been Going On

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

These last few weeks have been busy.  The boys finished school on June 3. The following day summer baseball kicked off for Evan with two games on Friday, June 4 and a game Sunday, June 6.

On Monday and Thursday of this week, Evan was a counselor at the TRPD camp. He also had practice, etc...

Meanwhile, we have been trying to find someone to fix up our yard.  We have some drainage issues.  That, along with lots of trees in the yard, has caused the grass to die.  Many of the plants did not survive the freeze over the winter.  The backyard is lots of dirt which turns into mud when it rains and that becomes a mess when Chewie goes out.

This week we hired someone to redo the whole yard.  We're adding lots of plants and trees and they are going to bring in dirt and regrade the whole yard along with rocks to help with drainage before putting new sod in completely around the front and back of the house. They started yesterday in trimming quite a few trees to let more light onto the property and they sprayed some herbicide to kill what grass we have left. So now we're taking Chewie on lots of walks because we don't want him out in the backyard with the herbicide down.

Evan played baseball on Friday, Saturday and Sunday this week.  He has continued to excel at catcher.  He had a good weekend behind the plate.  The pitching was bad on Friday but he managed to block a ton of pitches in the dirt.  He gave the team a chance.  On Saturday, he caught again but the pitching was much better.  He didn't have to work as hard.  They brought him into pitch in the final inning with a lead.  He was able to shut down the other team and wound up with his second save of the season.  The coach was so happy with his pitching, he started him today.  Apparently, yesterday was just an appetizer.  Because he was lights out pitching today.  He pitched a 6-inning complete game. He struck out 5 and while allowing just 5 hits and only giving up one run. On the season he has now pitched 9 2/3 innings while only giving up the one run. Evan's best friend, Reid, was in the stands watching the game.  His coach from the spring baseball season came, as well, to watch him play.  It was nice that he had so much support.

Evan and Reid went back to Reid's house.  We picked up Simply Pho for dinner and brought it to Reid and Evan while, Rachel, Noah and I ate here.

Rachel is making cookies now.

Until next time...