Preach it sister!

Here is post my sister did today. I totally agree with this truth it is just really hard to swallow.

Hurricane Ike

My sister evacuated for the last hurricane and got nothing! No rain wind or anything because they were on the "good" side of the storm. This time they are not so lucky. They live in Port Arthur, Texas which is in Jefferson county. If you are watching the weather channel they are mentioning them very often. Not really a good thing if you are in the path of a hurricane. My sister and her family got here yesterday evening and are completely exhausted mentally and physically. They were just hit a few years ago by Rita pretty hard with a tree landing on their house and since then have had to evacuate numerous times. If you are keeping up with the hurricane you will hear that Port Arthur's seawall is built to withstand a 16 foot surge. It has not been tested for that so they don't know if it would hold up. Well with this storm they are predicting a 20 foot surge. You do the math. To top it off. Some genius in Bridge City thought they didn't need a seawall so they don't have one! They are also in the 20 foot surge zone. So Bridge City is really not going to fair well. Here is a link from the weather channel.

My husband has been put on standby to respond after the storm moves through. He didn't go with Katrina so he wants to go this time. We hope it is not that bad and he doesn't have to go for the people's sake down there. With the last hurricane he was on standby but didn't have to go so we hope for them it will be like that again.

Awana

Awana started last week. Brenden was a busy little boy starting his Preschool 2 half days a week and Awana on Wed. night. He has yet to participate in game time but the rest he loves. He is so timid and does not like to do a lot of things with a crowd watching him. Hopefully all of this socialization will help him with that before tball season starts this spring. We are so proud of his hard work playing catch up since we had to miss the first night of getting books but he was so excited he memorized 4 verses to catch up and get his book, vest, and bag this week with the others. When he got home he was singing the scriptures he had learned to his own little tune! I cannot believe my sweet little boy is getting to do all of this. I waited so long to be a mom and be involved in all the activities. I think I am just as excited as he is. I have been so blessed to have the choice to stay home with both of my boys. I want them to socialize with other kids and that is why we are involved in all of these activities so he can be around other kids his age. It is the only chance he really has. I know he is only 3 but other kids that are in daycare or have older siblings have already started this. I just don't want him to have missed out on anything. I want both of my kids to have every opportunity and every experience they can, and I want to start this whole process of memorizing scripture now because I never did and now it is extremely hard for me to. Way too long of a post just to share our proud moment!

Surprise!

My mom comes over for her lunch break everyday, today she got a surprise when she went to leave. This little turtle was sitting on my front porch looking at us. Do you think this would happen in a big city? I may live in the city but it is still country around here.

Sale

Garage Sale!!!!

In Western Pines

Saturday Sept. 6

There will be lots of baby stuff, furniture, clothes, tvs, ect...

I won't bother to put a time to start because it usually doesn't matter. We will just be ready for you!!!

I am officially...

a mom of a child in school. Brenden started Preschool this morning! He starts Awana Wednesday so we will have a busy week. Even though he knows his numbers and a lot of his letters we thought it would be good for him to get out of the house and play with other kids and have a teacher besides good ole mom. We are homeschooling on top of his already busy schedule but it only takes about 30 minutes and he loves it. I think he likes the one on one time with mom that has become a rare thing since baby brother was born.

Welcome the newest member of our family.

Meet Sooie. Barry thought of the name Razorback but we then decided Sooie would be cute and easy to say. So here she is a sweet little cocker spaniel. She is so laid back and gentle. We gave her a bath and she just stood there and then I used the blow dryer and she laid down while she was brushed and dried. The boys are so excited! Brenden sang all the way home I have got a new puppy. Sweet thing. I look forward to her growing up with the boys.