Hurricane Ike

WE, LIKE MANY OF YOU READING this blog, you are trying to get back to some normalcy after the terrifying hurricane came roaring thru on September 12th-13th. I have to say, that was the most frightening thing that I have gone thru living at this house. The winds were so strong. The sky was bright green. The roof was taken off of a motel right down the street. Thank God the girls slept right thru the whole thing. We had them in portacribs in our bathroom. Still too far for me. Chris was up all night long watching the TV, watching the eye come on shore. The power finally went out at 5:30am. I was happy that it did not go out any earlier than that, the house would have been a scorcher. The girls got up about 7, as usual. We fed them breakfast in our room. Then the winds calmed down enough for us to come out of the room, though they were still pretty strong. We had the battery powered TV. I recommend getting one, it was a life saver. Better than a radio. Chris said he got the TV when he was little, you can imagine what it looks like. Well, it is the perfect little TV for the girls to watch. They loved it. They watched the rain come down as Chris and I decided to get out of town as soon as we can. I called my sister and told her we will be on our way as soon as we can. She lives in San Antonio.






THE HEAT CAME ON PRETTY QUICK, the girls were a lot more comfortable in their diapers.





WE LEFT FOR SA about 12:30-1. It was still windy, but not too dangerous. I was pretty amazing driving thru the neighborhood seeing huge trees down. I am not aware of any going into any one's home, but some people did lose trees. Thankfully, there was no damage to our house. We had about a million pine cones, a few limbs, but nothing too serious. There was a top of a shed in out pool. The other half was in our neighbors yard. I don't know where it came from. The girls had fun in SA. They played with their cousins, Allison and CC. Cousin Jacob took them on a wagon ride.
WE ALSO WENT TO WALMART and got tables for the girls to color and eat and just play. They had fun with them. We took one table home for the girls to have. They love to point to all the princesses on the top and on the chairs.

WE ENDED UP STAYING IN SA FOR 4 DAYS. We got our power back on Wednesday. We were ready to get home and get back to regular life. Things are still not right, stores don't have everything you are used to them having. Something across the street may not have power yet. But, it is slowly getting back. As of today, more than a week after the storm , there are still more than a million people without power. CRAZY!!! Downtown has been closed all week. So crazy in such a big city. I am just glad that I know no one who lost any thing significant in the storm.

AS FOR THE GIRLS, there are getting back to normal. They start back at MDO tomorrow after having all of last week off. So, Flash Caroline and Catiebug will be back with their friends!