Update on Ike

My parents are back home. They lost some shingles on the roof, but other than that the house is fine. I did talk to my best friend from Bridge City and she said that her parents had 1-3 feet of water in their house. Her aunt had 5 feet. Please remember them in your prayers as they try to recover from the devastation of Ike. Thanks.

Hurricane Ike

Hey y'all-I don't have any pics of my family's houses, but we have had word that they are ok. We also have had word that there has been no water damage to our homes, just maybe some cosmetic stuff to fix. My family is still out of town and don't know when the power will be back on or when they will be let in. Some other places in Orange are really bad. Bridge City is pretty bad too. I am putting in some links to KOGT.com and the Orange Police Dept.. They have pics of some of the damage. This is a tv station that has been streaming online. KFDM Check them out if you want to see. Thank you to all that have said prayers and have been thinking of my family. I will post more later when we have more to update.

Rock Star Milaya

Milaya wanted me to post this video of her singing to Taylor Swift. My aspiring little rock star!

First Grade

This is Milaya's first day of FIRST GRADE!! No more kindergarten!! My baby is growing up!

I keep telling her if she keeps growing the way she is she will be taller than me by the time she is 9!

She had to have her hair straight for the first day of school, so being the awsome mom that I am, I did it for her. (the night before of course!) Look how long it is getting. I am so proud of you Milaya. Good luck in school. I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Zoo, Zoo, at the Zoo

We took the kids to the Virginia Zoological Park in Norfolk the last weekend before school started. Hali was a little scared of the bears getting her. She thought that they would just be wondering around I guess. There were no bears. It is a pretty small zoo.


Hali feeding the goats. Milaya didn't want to be part of it. Brock did help too I just didn't get a picture of him.

Emerald Tree Boa. Sorry Mom, but I do like snakes.



Poisonous blue frogs

Monkey that would come up to the window, I wasn't ready for him, but you have to be quick!



Lions that you can't really see unless you zoom in.

I love the way giraffe's eat from the ground.



Eating at the not so cheap cafe.







Kids playing in the fountains in the front courtyard of the zoo. In their clothes.













This is one of our favorite shows. It is a zoo song. We tried to sign all of the animals that we saw.

Update

My parents/family are all ok. They lucked out and didn't have any damage to property or self. Thank you to all who had them in your prayers and thoughts.

Froggie

I found some frogs outside our apartment and thought that I would show one to Brock. He had fun with it.





I went to put the baby one back outside and found this one nearby.