Hanna and Ike and Josephine...

Oh my.

We're back home now, safe and sound. Thank you so much for your prayers and well wishes. We came home on Tuesday. We found out that we had gotten power back on in the morning, so we loaded up and came home. We had no damage at all. The worst thing to happen was that a board fell off of one of the windows and kind of smushed a few plants. Nothing major at all. The storm was expected to hit as a Cat. 4, but came in at a 2. Gotta love that.

While Louisiana was getting battered, we enjoyed sunny weather and the kids got to swim and we shopped at a really big outlet mall. We're glad to be back home. It's been raining since we got home. School is cancelled until Monday. Eric hasn't had to work, because where the store is, the town is almost completely out of power. So it's a mini vacay of sorts.

Gustav's got a few friends coming behind him. Hopefully they go somewhere and fizzle out. Happy Wednesday.

High and Dry...

For now anyway. We decided to take our Labor Day trip to Plano, Texas anyway. Our plan was to cut it short one day and get home to prepare the house for Gustav. Well our plans changed slightly. Right now Gustav is about to enter the Gulf at a Cat. 4 hurricane with winds up to 150 miles an hour (and gettting stronger). And the track is showing it hitting right at our city. So here we are in Plano. As I type this, Eric and Ali have gone home to finish boarding up the house and grab a few important things. Please, please keep us in your prayers. My stomach is in a constant knot. The thought of going home to devastation is stressing me out. But God is in control. And He has been known to calm a storm or two...

Stay Away Gustav...

Not looking good for Louisiana. Labor day plans may be ixnayed. All we can do is wait and see.



In other brighter and happier news,this little one started preschool today. She was so excited, she had her outfit picked out for the last 2 weeks. She absolutely loved every minute of it. I did shed a few tears after dropping her off, but mostly I'm excited for her. It finally sunk in today how big she really is. She loves her teacher and made a new friend named Alex. ;) "Her name's Alex, Mommy, but she's a girl." LoL.

One Bad Bug...

No, not this kinda bug. The kind where Mommy wakes up at about 4:30 Friday morning hugging the toilet, sweating buckets. Then feels bad all day Friday and in the afternoon, Payton starts throwing up. (I must say that it's never fun to feel terrible and have to take care of a throwing up child). Then on Saturday, Eric woke up with it and suffered all day. No signs of Cameron getting sick. He did kind of complain of a stomach ache during the week last week, so maybe that was his turn. Back to Monday now and all is well. All are healthy and back to business.

*We go to meet Payton's teacher in just a bit and she's beyond excited. She starts on Wednesday.

*We go to visit Jenny and Ali soon, which we're looking forward to.

*Is fall coming soon? It's hot!

*Tropical Depression Fay provided some lovely (rainy) sleep weather last night.

*I'm guessing Mario Sluggers will be the new and impossible to find Wii game.

*In the process of trying to book a cruise for E and I's 10th anniversary next year. I wanted it to be a surprise. But well, with him having to pay for some of it, I'm thinking that that wouldn't have worked out too well. LoL.

*Happy Monday, folks!

Just the Girls...

Hanging out again. Life feels back to normal. Sort of. Eric and I are struggling to wake up every morning and have like 15 minutes to get Cam up dressed, fed and out to the school bus. Speaking of which, I think his bus driver is either working out the kinks in her route. Or is part of a plot to drive me insane. Seriously. Different times and different stopping area every day thus far.
So anyhoo, this little chickadee starts school next week. Which makes me happy and sad. Happy because she's sooo excited and going to love it. Sad because I'm going to miss my little shopping partner. She literally walks around talking all day. Either on her play phone, to her babies, to me, or Tuno (her imaginary friend). It's gonna be so quiet around here.

Unbelievable Video...

Ali sent me this video a few months ago and I just came upon it again today. Unbelievable. I cry everytime. Everytime. Happy Wednesday to you!


Oh yeah, don't forget to pause the player so you can hear the video. ;)

It's That Time of Year Again...

1st day of school. No pics, because well, getting back to normal this morning was a bit of a challenge. And a little rushed. I'll try to snap a few when he comes in today.

P's prayer last night..."Father God, just thank you for this house, Lord. So that we don't have to live on the road. And get squished." LoL.

Happy Weekending!! :)

Wanna Play?

So I saw this game on D's blog, who got it from Heidi, who got it from her cousin's in laws, hair dresser's aunt (no link provided). So anyhoo, here goes. Leave a comment and I will...

1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you which song or movie you remind me of.
3. I'll pick a kind of beverage or goodie to share with you.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what famous person you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wondered about you.
8. If you play, you MUST post this on your blog.

Yet Another Post That Mentions This Game...

Because last night Eric and the kids are playing and Payton passes Eric up (which never happens) and she says "phew, that's the most exciting thing that's ever happend to me. Thank you, Jesus!". Lol. Exciting lives we live, huh? ;)

On a side note, school shopping for Cameron is completely finished:

uniforms-check

school supplies-check

socks and shoes-check

booksack-check

Now I just have to wait to get Payton's list in the mail so we can start all over! AHH!

So The Blog...

Was in need of a desperate update. So...voila! Hope you enjoy the new and improved blogaroo. Will update soon.

xo
Amber

Insert Clever Title Here

So another week is upon us in this fly-by month of July. Seriously, it's like almost the end of July. Unbelievable.

*Payton was reading to us from her Bible the other night and I quote "I pwedge of an awegiance to the fwag that we may do hip hop."

*Cameron finally got a much needed haircut. Although I must say, I was kinda liking his mop top. He looked like a little surfer dude on the beach, but with school only a few weeks away, he was in need of a cut. I don't have an after shot yet, but here's the before. He wanted to see if we could get it into a ponytail, um yeah. It was long. Now it's really short and undoutebly cooler for him on these scorching summer days. (Yes this is Cam and not Payton, LoL.)

*The weekend was really nice. E's birthday was fabulous. We went to our fave restaurant and ate a relaxing meal. On Saturday, we woke up and went have brunch, then did a little shopping before picking up the kid's at mom's. Our church has a service on Saturday evening, so we went to that and relaxed all day Sunday. Eric cooked a crab stew which was so good. And we swam for hours. Oh and of course played Mario Kart. As I said a few posts back, we're hooked. ;)

*I'm thinking that I need to start school supply shopping asap. I ran into the store yesterday for something and the school supply section was like a toy store on the day after Thanksgiving. Scary. And on a Monday morning no less. And Cam's list is so specific (certain colored folders, etc.), that I'm worried they'll run out before I get there.

*I've been reading a lot. Which I love. I just finished 3 books in this series.

I'm working on this one now. It's good so far. Read a lot of it last night.
And my mom gave me this book to read next. I'm enjoying the summer reading. Reminds me of when I was younger.

Happy hot July summer day to you! :)