We survived Hurricane IKE! I just wanted to let you all know that we are safe and sound after a very scary and rough Friday night. We are so blessed to have a safe family and home. Thank you to all our family and friends who have called, text messaged, and prayed for us. We are safe! God is SOOO GOOD!
We chose not to evacuate, but that decision might be different if we ever have to experience another visitor like IKE. I had the camera all ready to document Hurricane Central at the Bozeman house, but of course I was a little busy keeping 2 little boys entertained so I took NO pictures. We were definitely Hurricane Central. Our dinning room looked like a Red Cross station-- equipped with flashlights, water, batteries, can foods, box foods, ice, etc.... Our suitcases were packed at the front door. I even have a new use for our master closet....a fourth bedroom! Yeap! It was quite the adventure....we had our futon mattress set up with pillows and blankets not to mention the food, flashlights, weather radio, laundry basket full of toys, DVD player, IPOD, water, medicine, bottles, and sippy cups. So for the entire Friday night and early Saturday morning David, Ethan, Will, Kirby, and I "camped out" in our closet! It was an interesting night. The boys did not sleep at the same time! Ethan asked many times for his bed and coughed all night long. (Probably from the dust in the closet--who cleans their closet?) If Will could talk, he would have asked for his bed too. Instead he just gave me this look--like PLEASE put me in my BED!
The wind was horrible, and the house made some very strange noises! Our neighbors and us text messaged each other the whole night. We did lose our fence...like everyone else in Houston. In the middle of the night David and our neighbor were outside trying to take most of it down so it would not hit the house. I told him just go around and kicked the rest down (I really want a new fence)! He didn't, but no worries IKE took care of that for us! In the morning we were relieved to see not much other damage. Just a lot of debris everywhere. David and I were pooped. The boys on the other hand were sound asleep-- of course!!!!
We have had electricity since about 6:00 am on Sat. We are very fortunate. Our sweet friends Courtney and James have been staying with us with their 3 month old baby girl since Sat around 10:00 am. They still have no power! I know you have probably seen the news and what is left of Galveston. It is really sad. Houston and the surrounding areas look like little tornadoes just landed everywhere. People are hot and hungry. We delivered our extra ice to a few strangers yesterday on the side of the road. They had walked to the gas station and were putting gas in their car. They were so grateful! They looked so hot and tired. Ethan wanted to know who they were. We tried our best to explain it to him. After our explanation, he wanted to go give Popsicles to the people. So we went back to HEB to the line of people we saw waiting for ice to hand out our Popsicles. When we went back the line was gone. HEB had ran out of ice and everyone was gone. I was so glad we were able to create a teaching moment for Ethan during a not so wonderful time.
All in all we are so blessed to be safe, cool, tummies full, and with our family. We have no school until Monday. David is working off and on. Mainly taking care of business from his phone. Please continue to pray for our friends in the Houston area who are dealing with challenges. Please pray that trucks can arrive soon with food for grocery stores and power is restored to stores and homes. The Bozeman pantry is starting to look a little bare. Our friends that are staying with us have "moved" in their food. So we are OK for a few more days, but after that we need to go shopping!
Thanks again for your prayers and concern for us! We are so blessed to have such caring people in our lives! Have a great day! GOD is so GOOD!
We chose not to evacuate, but that decision might be different if we ever have to experience another visitor like IKE. I had the camera all ready to document Hurricane Central at the Bozeman house, but of course I was a little busy keeping 2 little boys entertained so I took NO pictures. We were definitely Hurricane Central. Our dinning room looked like a Red Cross station-- equipped with flashlights, water, batteries, can foods, box foods, ice, etc.... Our suitcases were packed at the front door. I even have a new use for our master closet....a fourth bedroom! Yeap! It was quite the adventure....we had our futon mattress set up with pillows and blankets not to mention the food, flashlights, weather radio, laundry basket full of toys, DVD player, IPOD, water, medicine, bottles, and sippy cups. So for the entire Friday night and early Saturday morning David, Ethan, Will, Kirby, and I "camped out" in our closet! It was an interesting night. The boys did not sleep at the same time! Ethan asked many times for his bed and coughed all night long. (Probably from the dust in the closet--who cleans their closet?) If Will could talk, he would have asked for his bed too. Instead he just gave me this look--like PLEASE put me in my BED!
The wind was horrible, and the house made some very strange noises! Our neighbors and us text messaged each other the whole night. We did lose our fence...like everyone else in Houston. In the middle of the night David and our neighbor were outside trying to take most of it down so it would not hit the house. I told him just go around and kicked the rest down (I really want a new fence)! He didn't, but no worries IKE took care of that for us! In the morning we were relieved to see not much other damage. Just a lot of debris everywhere. David and I were pooped. The boys on the other hand were sound asleep-- of course!!!!
We have had electricity since about 6:00 am on Sat. We are very fortunate. Our sweet friends Courtney and James have been staying with us with their 3 month old baby girl since Sat around 10:00 am. They still have no power! I know you have probably seen the news and what is left of Galveston. It is really sad. Houston and the surrounding areas look like little tornadoes just landed everywhere. People are hot and hungry. We delivered our extra ice to a few strangers yesterday on the side of the road. They had walked to the gas station and were putting gas in their car. They were so grateful! They looked so hot and tired. Ethan wanted to know who they were. We tried our best to explain it to him. After our explanation, he wanted to go give Popsicles to the people. So we went back to HEB to the line of people we saw waiting for ice to hand out our Popsicles. When we went back the line was gone. HEB had ran out of ice and everyone was gone. I was so glad we were able to create a teaching moment for Ethan during a not so wonderful time.
All in all we are so blessed to be safe, cool, tummies full, and with our family. We have no school until Monday. David is working off and on. Mainly taking care of business from his phone. Please continue to pray for our friends in the Houston area who are dealing with challenges. Please pray that trucks can arrive soon with food for grocery stores and power is restored to stores and homes. The Bozeman pantry is starting to look a little bare. Our friends that are staying with us have "moved" in their food. So we are OK for a few more days, but after that we need to go shopping!
Thanks again for your prayers and concern for us! We are so blessed to have such caring people in our lives! Have a great day! GOD is so GOOD!
2 comments:
Hey guys! Glad to see you're OK. Ben and I still don't have power, so we're staying at my in-laws (where there is power). Ike also demolished our fence, but like you, I wanted a new fence so I'm not so sad. It is a bit hard with dogs, though (again, why we're staying at my in-laws).
We also had 1 window get shattered--we think from a flying acorn or something. It scared the mess out of me when it happened--I was sitting underneath the window sill (obviously a stupid move). Me and the dogs moved across the room after that happened! ;)
I definitely respect you for going through all of that with 2 little ones and a dog. It was hard enough for me to keep 2 dogs calm during the storm. Weren't those the scariest sounds you've ever heard?? Ick--I didn't like Ike!
OK, well that's enough for now. Take care and we'll see you soon!
-Lauren
wow! That sounds wild. My family had a similar situation. Their yard looks like a tornado hit them. I am so glad you guys are safe! Please call me soon so I can get your number in my new phone! I have wanted to call you twice this week and realized I don't have your number anymore. I hope you are having a good year! I miss teaching soooo much! Talk to ya soon! :)
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