hurricane ike

things are finally starting to get back to normal now that we have our electricity back. i restocked the fridge and freezer and did some cleaning around the house. now i finally have a few minutes to blog about ike. what a storm! dan and i stayed up all night on the night that it made landfall. we watched our poor little pine trees being whipped around by the tremendous wind. and we could hear shingles from our roof and our neighbors roofs being torn off and thrown against the house. then in the early morning hours we could hear drip, drip, drip coming from our ceiling in the master bedroom. luckily it was just a small leak in the roof and we didn't have the ceiling collapse on us!
the next day my dad came over to put a "louisiana blue patch" on our roof. we are so grateful for the help, with dan not being able to do much with his broken foot.

most of our fence was either leaning at an angle or completely knocked over.

after about the second day with no power, we headed over to my parents home. they bought a generator before the hurricane. so that meant they had refrigeration and cold water and ice!!! what a huge difference that made. they were even able to plug in a good number of fans and the tv with the generator. we are so thankful for my family! the girls had a blast and spent most of the week hanging out with aunt jessica. she did fun little crafts with them everyday and painted their fingernails and toe nails. here's one of their cute little crafts they made.

i really wish i got a picture of mom (grammy) reading Little House on the Prarie to the girls each night by lantern. it was so cute. i have to admit i kind of miss the meals by lantern, the hum of all the generators and the cool breeze that blew through the windows each night. but boy am i grateful to have electricity back!