Spoke too soon

I spoke too soon about no damage from the storm. About 1130 last night that thing hit us hard. Heard freight train sounds all night with other strange noises. Looked out to find this.. Needless to say I slept none. Everytime I tried to close my eyes I'd hear big wind gush and more banging noise. I was so scared that trampoline was going to either go thru our window or the neighbors.
It teetered and spun around on the corner of that fence all night long. Our new trees are now bent at the knees..
Still today gusty and rain. Peter is at work. I will take more detailed pictures of the trampolectomy when he gets here.

A+ Husband in training

Update

I was watching the weather channel and looked next to me on the window sill and this is what I see. If you know me this is a big deal. Winds are picking up considerabally. Poo wittle froggie... I guess the creatures are getting desperate..

Hurricane

Well we're in the middle of the storm and it wasn't bad at all. We did get a lot of much needed rain. Peter got some ammonia nitrate out just before the rain and now we've got really really green grass! YEAH! We've had steady rainfall for the majority of the day that's pretty much it. The small trees we've planted do tend to bend over a good bit every so often but other than that no big deal. The only one that is pissed is Daisy..ha
Her neck has nearly healed and she's feeling much better. I guess it wasn't the "tumor" after all.
Picture to the right is the front door. The water near the door isn't flooding just the drainspout comes down and runs off there to the other side of the flowerbed.. I dont know if you can tell or not from that picture but you may notice that our old "Stapor" door knocker is back on the door. We left it on the door at our old house and I got a package the other day and that was in it! I thought it was very nice of them..
Nathan is still liking school. This week is letter "S". He told me today he's got ten friends but can only tell me the names of three. One being his "girlfriend" Jazlyn........ hum... interesting....
Ok thats all for today.

Weekend

Well thank god it's the weekend. Finally got some much needed rain last night. Hasn't rained a drop here since August 6th..(Allison's birthday) I'm still fighing this cold and hoped to get some rest last night so went to bed pretty early. Well the storm came in about 4:30 so I am up with the biggest baby in the house (Daisy) get her settled and the here comes allison at 6 am ready for her day.. Good lord. How did this happen to me. I never thought I'd have kids that are up at the crack of dawn every day rearing to go. I would give my left arm to sleep in once in a while. Any suggestions? I've tried to keep them up late. I've put them to bed early. Doesn't matter. Nathan sleeps a little longer than Allison but that girl is an early bird. And it's not like she can get up and just sit quietly and watch cartoons. NOOOO. WE've got to get chocolate milk. Watch the toons... Go to the potty...GEEZ@!
Anyway. Going to some Fellowship dinner tonite at church. Dont know how much fun that'll be but you never know.........
That's it. Boring I know, but that' s it.
Later

Nathan's First day at school

THese are a couple of pics that've been hiding away in my camera. Sorry for the LOOONG periods of nothingness inbetween updates.....(Brian) I've just been overwhelmed with Nathan starting school and I've been feeling bad and too hot to move here. This is the picture of Nathan's first day of school . He is in the red shirt looking at the toys. Notice the little girl crying and holding her mommie for dear life. We got there and he turns around and says... "BYE MOM!" Like go away your'e bugging me..
Anyways.. till Next time.. bye for now.

Allison and Laycee

Here's what happens when you let two little girls play unsupervised with some makeup.. Yeah that's makeup ALL OVER THEIR FACES!

Nathan after school

Hey Just a quick note so everyone still knows we're alive. Nathan's doing great in school so far except for an incident of spitting! Yipes! Anyway just some pics for you to see..

Birthday Party Update

Well another successful Birthday Party down. Allison's third, we had a great time. I was determined to make her cake myself. SOmething I just had to do . Well it took a collaborative effort of about 5 people but we did it and the "Barbie" cake was great. I hope Allison remembers how pretty it was and how much love went into it. All in all it was fun to do and I learned alot.
We had a pool party and all the kids had a pretty good time. It did rain but we really needed it and didn't seem to bother the kids either. Allison loved all her gifts. Brian yours came Friday evening. Thanks.. she loved it.!
Enjoyed the company we had. Bill, (Tracy's husband) was in rare form and had us all in stitches.
Drew, our neighbor, was there(18months old) this was his first party. I hope he had a good time too.

Nathan starts school tomorrow. I am sure I'll have some interesing pics to send of that!

Yeah I LoVE CAKE! 

LeAnn Helps with the cake decorating... 

Hurry up already with the cake.. geez!  

Cake 

Allison 3rd Birthday 

more party 

Allison Birthday party