Hurricane Ike

We survived! Since they did not have a mandatory evacuation for our zip code, we decided to stay and stick it out. Welost power yesterday about 5:00 and it came back on this morning about 6:30. Thank goodness the hurricane brought some cool wind with it; we didn't sweat too bad last night. However, at about 3 a.m I heard the shingles ripping off our roof! A little while later, water was driiping from our ceiling...from everywhere... out the vents,the light fixtures, out the ceiling fans. We have buckets and bowls everywhere trying to catch the water. When we finally could go out side to assess the damage we saw that most of our roof was in our front yard! There are shingles everywhere. Lake slept through the whole thing. When he he woke this morning, he kept saying "Uh,Oh!" and then he started dumping out all the bowls and buckets of water on the floor; that little stinker! We had also used his plastic pool as a water catcher and what do you think he did....yep, jumped in and said he was swimming. On a sad note, we were supposed to close on our Lake House on Friday and that was postponed. The Lake Livingston area got hit pretty hard and we are very nervous about our little cabin. We are going to drive up there tonight to see it its still standing. Everyone pray thats its o.k., Jeff and I had big dreams for our little cabin on the lake; it reminds us so much of Tennessee. Anyways, just wanted everyone to know we were O.K. Stay tuned for pictures of the damage.....

Gymnastics

Lake is doing much better at Gymnastics now that Daddy gets to come. He is stating to wait his turn without having to be held down and he can now do forward rolls all by himself! He loves going; as soon as we pull into the parking lot he yells "Yeah, Nastics!"

Canyon Lake

Last weekend, we went to San Antonio to go to a friends wedding. We stayed at a friend of Jeff's mom condo at Canyon Lake. It was a good little mini-vacation before school starts. Check out the Bucks that were on the golf course!

Back to School

We have been so busy lately and I haven't had time to post anything. This week, Lake started back to daycare and I had to go back to work. This week has been a little tough for Lake.Today, Lake's teacher told me they brought him up front during nap time because he wouldn't take a nap and he kept waking all the other kids up. The good thing was he didn't cry when I left him today. He is such a big boy. When I left him today, I took him to the cefeteria for breakfast and I waved good bye to him. He said,"Bye,Bye Mommy, I eat eat." And then he blew me a kiss. I can't believe he is almost 2!

Mr. Independent

We went to eat last last at a Mexican restaurant down the street and this is what Lake wore: his baseball p.j's, which are way too small, his bass pro shop hat, and his camo rain boots! I really felt like white trash but this is what he wanted to wear and he was happy. I met Jeff there after he got off work and he couldn't believe I brought him out in that, I told him to try and stay at home all day and keep a 21 month old happy and he'll see why he looks the way he did!

Tennessee Fun

-fun in the Smokies with Mamaw and Papaw
-fishing with Uncle Wyatt
-yelling because he doesn't want any help!
-feeding the ducks at Roane County Park
-trying to learn how to share with Sailor
-driving the boat on Watts Bar
-Happy 4th of July!
-playing in the creek in the Smokies
-catching crawdads with Daddy
-enjoying the beautiful views of Tennessee

We had a great time in Tennessee. We loved spending the 4th of July on Watts Bar Lake! We kept ourselves busy the whole time. We went fishing with Uncle Wyatt, went to the Smokies and to Cherokee with Mamaw and Papaw, and had a cookout at Uncle David's and just hanging out with friends. I got to spend time with some of my friends that I haven't visited with in a while. Lake also got to visit with some of his Rockwood playmates; Sailor, Blake, Addison, Grant, Bella and Eli. It still feels like home every time I go back!

Rocky Top here we come!

We are heading to Tennessee in the morning. Lake is so excited to be on Watts Bar for the 4th of July! We'll be in town untill the 15th, so if anyone is around, we would love to visit with our friends.