Achin' IKE

We are so thankful that our lives are back to normal. Or at least our version of normal. Ike blew through The Woodlands like a terrible hurricane....wait...nevermind. It knocked out our power and left us in the dark for a week. I can't complain too much since we got it back long before many of my friends. Sorry girls! It's truly amazing the luxuries we take for granted until they're taken away from us. Like light and air!! Duh... Oh, and who would have thought that ice would become the most sought after commodity on the planet after the storm! Not to be upstaged by gasoline of course.

The kids did great under the circumstances. The weather was actually really cool during those powerless days and so playing outside for long periods of time became a necessity and a joy. The down side was that we lost virtually everything in our freezer that we didn't get to eat in time. The good news is that I've cleaned and now I can see the bottom of my fridge and freezer! I had forgotten that it was white on the inside!

Here are a couple of pictures of our neighborhood. Luckily we didn't have any damage to our house other than a very messy pool.