Brycer

Here is a great picture of Bryce - Kathy took it when she was helping out with the boys while I was on a business trip. He's growing up WAY too fast! I can't believe he'll be one in October! My how time flies...

WOW!

Is this crazy or what?! This is the front of our old Friendswood house with the debris from Ike. It's hard to believe that after that much damage that there are any trees still standing...but there are and you can hardly tell that they lost anything.

Thanks for all your prayers for the fam. Emily and Thomas are still evacuees and it doesn't look like they'll be home any time soon. The Seabrook/Kemah area where they live was hit pretty hard and they are still without power and sewer service. At least they are being smart about it and not even thinking of returning home until the services are back up and running. Pray that they are able to get home soon...and for Em to get back to her office. Her salary is paid through grants for the non-profit she works for...and they have to turn in paperwork for one of the major grants by 10/1. Not a great scenario when she can't even get on to her server, much less into the school building she works in.

IKE

I am SO glad my parents don't live in Friendswood any more...not because I don't love the town I grew up in, but because they had to deal with hurricanes! They still keep in touch with the friends that bought their house. Here are some crazy pictures from the storm. Fortunately the house wasn't damaged...but they did lose 7-8 trees.

The first picture is from the front yard and the second from the back. You can't even see the grass in the second picture for all the tree limbs that are down.

Emily and Thomas, who live in Seabrook, dodged a bullet for sure! While most of the town was under water, they somehow avoided getting flooded. They just had a window or two that broke during the storm, but didn't allow much, if any, water in the house. Let's hope Thomas' folks were as lucky...they also live in Seabrook but their house is only 7 ft above sea level. For those of you who don't know where Seabrook is, it is a neighboring community to Kima...they showed lots of pictures of Kima on the news and most of that area was completely flooded.

Pink Slips

Yesterday our company (GMAC Rescap) announced that it is laying off 5000 associates - 60% of our work force. It was a sad day for many, but for now my job has been spared. I guess being in the legal department isn't all bad :) Unfortunately...or fortunately, there's MORE than enough work to go around. For now, I've dodge the bullet.

Landon's spending the week with my Mom and Dad this week. I forget how easy it is with only one child! I feel like I'm on vacation! Landon is having a blast...and apparently his new favorite thing to play is camping and hiking. Mom and Dad just got back from a 2 week trip to the Colorado Rockies and all of their hiking gear was still out when they got Landon on Monday. He's thoroughly enjoyed hiking up and down the stairs with back pack, canteen and hiking stick in tow.

Oh, to be a child again!

Sorry to be the WORST blogger ever...but this Mom, Wife and gal with two jobs is having trouble getting it all done these days. If you have room for an extra prayer...send one up for my sanity!