Take your Pic

We headed to the local Sears today to get the kids pics taken on Day 1 of our Hurrication. They did so good way better than we expected. The lady taking them said they did great even Buggers who was alittle apprehensive at first. It has been a while since we have had it done just because of issues we have had in the past with getting their pics taken. Similar situation as to when we get haircuts.

Anyway here are our beautiful children.
Bubby at 3 years old (almost 4 in one month) and Buggers at 2 years old (almost 2 1/2 next month).

Ike can't believe the damage

We did not suffer the amount of damage that some areas did. We are just blown away by the devastation at Crystal Beach. We were just there in July at a beach cabin that is probably not there anymore. We truly feel lucky to have our house and belongings intact. These storms can definitely make someone have to start over.
Hurricane Hunters...





As the storm rolls in we all settled in for the ride.


Our neighhborhood





Our yard



Here is our main concern. Our neighbors tree uprooted and is leaning on one of our trees. Our tree is bending to support the fallen tree. We are hoping to get it taken care of quickly before they both come crashing through our house.






Our electricity went our on Saturday at 6:15 am as IKE rolled in. We are not expected to get power back for 2-3 more weeks according to Entergy. So for now here is our light amongst the dark.

Ike it or not...we are fine

We made it through the biggest baddest storm. We came out of it pretty unscathed. We have lots of limbs and leaves down. We also have a tree from our neighbors who is making friends with one of our trees. You will see it from the pics that they may soon depart. Then the trees will make friends with our house. Our neighborhood was hit pretty hard. About every 4th house have either a tree uprooted or a tree on their house. We lost power at 6am on Saturday. So far we are hearing that it will be 3 weeks before it comes back on. We decided to head to my parents for a few days until the cool front comes in. We feel very fortunate and blessed that we did not have much damage.

I will post pics next...........

We are ready!!!

Hit us with your "not so best" shot IKE...just a few unwanted trees down please.

Ike-carumba

"Guess what's coming Bubby?" says mom while swinging him outside.

"I dunno know Mom." replies Bubby.

"A hurricane is coming...a hurricane is coming!" sings mommy in a joyful tune.

"Ahhh man, I wanted Batman." Bubby says disappointedly.


We are riding it out here at the house. We are expected to get 100 mph winds up here. We are going to put the kids in the laundry room tonight to sleep. We have boarded up that window. We have cleared our yard of anything that might go sailing in the wind. We have plenty of food and water to last us. We figure the power will go out and if it is out for long we will head to my parents.

I'll post pics tomorrow if we have anything of worth to photo and if we have power. Just pray that our trees stay standing and we don't get much damage.

Toddler Time

Watching Diego one night...

Posing while doing something he shouldn't be doing...standing on the arm of the couch

No need for a blanket for your baby while wearing a dress

(yes those are panties...it only lasted for that day)

Gustavin' a good time

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Things have been pretty busy around here the past 2 weeks. We had alot of people over a few weekends ago when the Beaumont area evacuated for Gustav. We turned into a birthday party for my FIL who turned 60!!! We had a good time. Buggers and Bubby enjoyed playing with Kirk's girlfriends boys. We played dominoes, ate, and visited.

Shoot...Fire

Bubs got ahold of my camera tonight and decided to have his first photo shoot of Buggers. I must say he did a fine job on getting some action shots and some great still ones. I promise you he took all of these himself. He loves taking pictures. Maybe I have an award winning photographer in the making!!!