Vacation is over..

Well it's back to school for AJ tomorrow.
I guess you can say he had a nice vacation thanks to Hurricane IKE. Everything here is back to normal. Thank God...I dunno if I could have gone more then the 6 days we had with no electricity. I have asked AJ if he is ready to go back to school and of course like any kid he says, "NO!" Just as he was getting used to going with no more tears and loving his teacher and friend's IKE has to throw a curve ball in everyone's routine. Damn It!
So round two of having to deal with him in the mornings and not wanting to go to school and him crying. Don't you know it breaks my heart to leave my kids anywhere when they cry. Anyways....Here are some pictures of him just playing on his days off!

Annabel 5 months

So I was going to post this before IKE hit but didn't get a chance to. So now is my chance....
Annabel is now almost 6 months, she is already crawling!! She is 2 months ahead of AJ when he started to get around. I guess when you have older siblings it seams to help with the process??!! I dunno, but then some say girls learn faster. She is getting over a cold she had during the storm. She had no clue what was going on at the time. She is getting so big so fast and I dunno if I can handle that, considering she is our last! They grow to darn fast! Here is a video of her crawling....

Before,During,&After Hurricane IKE

Well we are back online!!!!
Before IKE hit we had a few neighbor's over cause their AC went out. So we all hunkered down here. (I'm so tired of hearing hunker down!! So I thought I would use it) We sat outside to watch IKE make his way towards the Conroe area. Ricky and I and the kids slept in Annabel's room. Her room is the only one that doesn't have a target for trees to fall on!! The kids were down and I stayed up till about 2ish then I was out for the night. Ricky came to bed about 4ish and the power went out about 4:30am. We wake up to 60 mph plus winds still going on and rain. As the rain let up we walked the property and saw a lot of down trees and loads of limbs. IKE spared us greatly. For the grace of God we had nothing hit the house. Trees fell the opposite way of the house!! Lots of trees in neighbor's houses and big Oak trees pulled up by the roots. Amazing sight around here.
We moved all over, between our neighbor's house for a few days cause they had a generator. (Let me just say we WILL be getting a BIG generator in the up coming year!!) Then we went to Hector's house (Ricky's Brother) and stayed there till our power came back on. AJ had a blast over there, playing with his cousin's and meeting new friend's. We are so greatful for having great friend's and family!! Finally our power came on late Wednesday night!!! We are all so happy to be back in our home, I spent all Thursday cleaning!! For the most part things are back to normal around here. We restocked the fridge and freezer, AJ starts school Monday. All in all we made it through IKE alive and well. Let's just hope and pray we don't have another for a long while, I don't think I can take another one any time soon!!

After IKE:




The things you do when you have no electricity:

Remember 9/11

Just wanted to send our love to our troops for fighting for our beautiful country!! Knowing we have family and friend's who are and have gone over seas to fight for our freedom. Thank You and God Bless!!!


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Thinking

Well it's about 9:30 on Wednesday. On Wednesdays I go and see my grandparent's. Well today was the first time I went to my "Grandparent's" house and my grandfather wasn't there. I was sad considering I can't believe he is gone and it has only been 9 days since we barried him. Two of my aunt's and I along with my cousin have said we would make it a habit to go on Wednesdays and just have a girl's day. It hurts cause the last time I was there with the kids (Aug. 13th 2008) grandpa went to the store and he came back with some band aids. Well his band aids are still sitting on the side table next to the lamp where he left them. So I am just sitting here thinking about my grandfather's and my great grandma who I have lost in my 27 yrs of being here. My great grandmother who I was close to passed when I was 16. My great grandfather passed when I was I think 7 yrs old or so. Mind you I have always been close to my grandparent's all my life, I'm so blessed my parent's gave me the chance to get so close to them while they were here. They were like my other parent's in a way. They gave me anything, they were there to talk, came to my sporting events, graduation, wedding, the birth of my children. Now all I have are my grandmother's. We barried my grandpa Veit Nov. 10th 2006. And now my grandpa Hobartsch just over a week ago. It hurts to look at AJ and know how much he loved to go see him, and how he asked about him. Yes he's 2 but just like my parent's I made sure he knew his great grandfather before his time was up. And still to this day he will ask for him if he sees pictures. He has no clue he will never see him again when he goes over there and that hurts me. But thats life I know. It's better to love and lost, then to not have loved at all! It's just so fresh on my mind and it brings back so many memories that I have with them all, and it makes me smile!!

Anthony & Annabel

Well things have calmed down around here. Before AJ started school it was a routine for him to play with Annabel a lot. Well he loved to get into her crib with her and just play, he is so funny!


Annabel is now 5 months and she is doing a lot. She is starting to crawl now. She hates to be on her back and she hates to sit still! She is a little firecracker!



Here are just a few pictures of the kids in the last week. Annabel was crashed out in here ultra saucer and AJ was teaching her how to crawl!