Remembering Ike...

So, I realize that this post is long overdue, but today I saw that my neighbor finally was able to get their roof replaced just a short TWO MONTHS after Hurricane Ike came rolling through and I was remembering what a crazy time that was. I know I will never forget going through that. It was exciting, terrifying, and extremely humbling to experience a natural disaster of that magnitude. I am still so grateful that we were safe and didn't have any damage done to our house. The last of the debris was just cleared from our streets last week and the city is still spotted with blue tarps on roofs. It's amazing to me though how fast a city can bounce back after a hurricane. But, like I said I don't think we will forget it anytime soon. The other day the wind was blowing and Allison said to me, "It's windy. Remember the hurricane, Mom? Remember that?"
PS. We just updated our operating systems last week, and I realized after I uploaded pics that it loads them opposite of the old one, thus explaining why the pics are not in the order I intended :)
Allison, our future gymnast, keeping cool w/out AC. I especially like the diaper poking out the sides!
Allison w/ friends & neighbors watching a movie. We were lucky to have a generator so we could charge our DVD player to provide some entertainment for the kiddos.
A car in our neighborhood that did not survive Ike.
A tree in front of our friends house. It was so amazing how often trees fell AWAY from a house, or JUST missed it. Amazing!
Preparing for Ike's wrath!