Our weekend plans included driving to Houston to see some of my family. Of course those plans have now changed since Hurricane Ike is just hours away from arrival. My dad said it took him about 4 hours to get home from the airport yesterday…this usually takes an hour! So the chaos has begun…gas stations running out of gas, grocery stores out of water, I-45 becoming a parking lot, etc!
The first hurricane I can remember was Alicia in 1983. It was a cat. 3 that came through Galveston as well. We were living in Kingwood at the time and I just remember staring out the windows and seeing the trees sway and then snap! Landing on cars, houses (splitting our neighbors garage in half!), roads…everywhere. It took days just to move the trees so people could drive again.
Well, I hope this hurricane is not the same, and we’re praying for the safety of all those in its path.
Because every post needs some pics here are some from this summer when we were in Houston!
The duck. Bella's reason for living.
Fetching the duck. Loving life.
Checking out Papa's briefcase
Enjoying the deck
Bubbles!
Splashin'!!
Boat time
Bella lovin life again.
Sound asleep
Nature. We saw an eagle too!
My mom's new puppy. we went and picked it up while we were in town. P loves her.
My mom named her Dottie. (See the dots on tummy?)
Just like his momma...loves the ice!
Afternoon thunderstorm coming in!
Golf cart rides! A must.
Sharing snacks with Bella
Walks in the morning with P and the dogs. Notice 2 strollers but only 1 kid. ;)
Little bit of fun!
6 comments:
love the pics. i have vivid memories of alicia as well. hard to believe we were only 5 years old.
love the pics of p and that BIG box of goldfish and the dog in the stroller!!! TOO FUNNY!!
How did your parents fair with the hurricane?
love the pics.
man, i miss that deck, that boat, and YOU!!
Hope your parents made out okay with the hurricane --- mine did, but are without power and phones for awhile.
Chris' folks are in Pasadena and they have their power back on but his sister also in Pasadena are still without it!!! It is crazy - gas stations that don't have power are with no way of pumping the gas out - so they are really hard to come by where they are... a lot of folks are using generators to keep things going but that requires gas so i hope they can get things up and running soon - enjoyed seeing the pics... Around Chris' family they have Alicia stories too - very scary! So thankful that it wasn't that bad.
these are great pictures! what a fun trip! oh and do NOT tell Jerry this but seeing that picture of Preston, Bella and the goldfish made me want to get a puppy. (If Jerry new i had just typed that i would have a puppy at my feet in .5 seconds... and i am not 100% there!)
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