THE CALM IN THE STORM

Thank goodness Hurricane Ike is overwith, even though it left Galveston flattened. I can say it was definately strange to look at the TV & see the Kemah Boardwalk flattened since we were there last year & rode all of the rides. The new wooden roller coaster that was only open for 2 weeks when we were there is totally gone along with the huge ferris wheel laying on its side. It was very surreal seeing all the pics on the TV of the devestation in Galveston & I can honestly say it was a little sad seeing everything just gone. I can say that I don't feel sorry for any of the people that didn't leave the island when they were clearly warned in plenty of time to get out. Anyways on another note......We found David's Halloween Costume today & he is so darn cute in it. Here is a pic of him saying "ROAR" like a Lion.... He was cracking us up. He is also obsessed with firetrucks after seeing one up close. My wonderful in laws of course finding out about David's new love for firetrucks decided to buy him a Tonka Firetruck that is just his size and makes lots of noise. It even came with a litte action figure that we named Jordan (lol), our cousin that is a fireman in Irving. The girls of course had their usual social life.

Ashleigh spent the night with Shayli on Friday night and then her BFF , Hannah, spent the night Saturday night. Katelyn wanted to spend the weekend with her dad, his girlfriend, Lynda, and her daughter, Lana. Needless to say we are all exhausted and not ready for the work, school week to start, but we will survive as usual.

Labor Day Weekend

Wow this has been a long, but busy weekend. Well, I had surgery on Friday and slept all day and by Saturday morning I was good to go. Brian and I took the girls shopping for school clothes, yeah I know a little late, but they so needed the clothes and then just hung out together the rest of the day. On Sunday we went over to my in-laws house and had lunch with them (Brian's mom is recovering from total hip replacement)and hung out the rest of the afternoon with them. Katelyn also lost another tooth on the bottom today.........

Make Note of the two teeth in the middle and then the two holes beside them, lol, all of her four front top teeth are loose as well.........can we say snaggletooth........she may be wishing for her two front teeth at Christmas. On Monday we had so much fun, we went to the Fort Worth Zoo. This was exciting because it was David's first trip to the zoo. He was so dang cute looking at all the animals and calling them by name. Here are a couple of pics of him seeing live animals for the first time.David Looking at the Gorillas

David saying Elephant

Mr.Cool checking out the Flamingos

and of course he had to be the big helper and help pull the wagon. He is getting so big and that makes me so sad. I don't have any babies anymore! He is so funny! After the zoo we went to The Banks house, hung out with the Carpenters, ate hot dogs, and swam. Whew, we are all so exhausted. Ready for a short week for sure. Here are a few more pics to enjoy from the zoo!

They are so Cute!

This snake could have swallowed him whole & he could care less! Mr. No Fear!
Well of course I took like 60 pics, but I will not bore everyone with them.....I hope you enjoyed the few that I posted. Today was such a special day!