Hurricane Ike

I am happy to report that the Moores, James' and Farris' all fared well in the storm, despite some home damage.

We are the luckiest because we have power (we got it back Monday night) , water and cable while our parents are both still without power. Thankfully, they both have generators to help with some of the creature comforts, but I know that they would prefer to have power up and running! The worst part was in the 2 days after the storm when they did not have running water!

The storm itself was pretty scary as it hit overnight and with the power out you are just stuck in the dark listening to the howling wind and things going bump in the night. We stayed with Doug's parents for the storm because they boarded up their house and they had generators on standby.

Well, it turns out all of those things going "bump in the night" were trees falling on homes and wind tearing off shingles. Both of our parents had trees fall on their homes and we lost a large section of shingles (down to the wood) so we all ended up with some water damage, although I think that ours is the worst (covers the largest area).

We have started the not so fun insurance and contractor process so that we get our home back quickly. I will keep you all posted on the progress.

Houston is still a mess with traffic lights outs, low gas supplies, half of the city without power and schools closed. My office has been open since Tuesday but they have been flexible with me allowing me to work from home since schools are closed and we are dealing with the house damage.

In the mean time, thank you for your thoughts and prayers! It was nice to know so many people were thinking of us as Ike was swirling by.