We has been living in the sandy kingdom for over a year now. I hated it when I first moved here. I am well adjusted to it now. How funny that I like being a stay home mom. I enjoy the fact of having nanny to do all the housework and me getting to play tennis. The most important fact is I get to see my families more. I went back home three times in year 2010 and again this summer break for 1 1/2 month.
Logan seems to like his school very much. He is participating in ice Hockey, t-ball and soccer. Atticus has met his first best friend Aiden. He will be going to pre-k next year. Paden is such a sweet boy, he loves dancing ang playing outside. He is talking more now, and his favorite words are Ma Ma Ma .
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Hurricane Ike
Dear families and friends,
We are doing fine. I know a lot of you were worried for us. Thanks for the phone calls and emails. Saturday morning was extremely scary and at times seemed life-threaten. It started at around 1am and lasted until 9am. The wind was very strong with sustained gusts of approximately 100miles per hour came between 4-8am. We were terrified. We had our mattress in the downstair bathroom which had no access to any doors and windows. The wind made things come alive with our back yard trees being blown so hard that they appeared to drape and hug our house with their limbs. The dark night lasted forever – with us staying awake most of the night – luckily the boys slept through it. Our porch gas latern gas finally gave up after a couple hours of fighting the strong wind. From the distance, we saw flashes of green/blue/white light as transformers blew throughout the night. The orange almost pink sky and the flashing distance lights looked like the images from exploding bombs in the night of a war zone seen on TV. The kids slept very well and I finally felt asleep near dusk. The first thing we did after the storm passed was going to the windows and seeing the damage to our yard. "Wow, wow, look at that!" were our only words. Our neighbor two doors down had a fallen tree in his front yard – luckily because if the tree fell the other way on his house it would have been a total loss to the house and possibly loss of life. Thank god for keeping eveyone safe. We lost power that morning and are still waiting to have our power back on, along with over 1 million Houston residents. Of course, life is really hard without power, another necessity easily taken for granted. We had to endure the heat in the house and sleep with little clothes on. John took two days to clean up the debris and in our yard. The most challenging things were to find ice to keep food from spoiling and gas. We drove all over town trying to find ice but the lines were too long. We finally gave up and drove to Austin and stayed with friends for three nights. We are backed to our home now and waiting for the precious power to come back on. Here are some photos I took (only on our street).
We are doing fine. I know a lot of you were worried for us. Thanks for the phone calls and emails. Saturday morning was extremely scary and at times seemed life-threaten. It started at around 1am and lasted until 9am. The wind was very strong with sustained gusts of approximately 100miles per hour came between 4-8am. We were terrified. We had our mattress in the downstair bathroom which had no access to any doors and windows. The wind made things come alive with our back yard trees being blown so hard that they appeared to drape and hug our house with their limbs. The dark night lasted forever – with us staying awake most of the night – luckily the boys slept through it. Our porch gas latern gas finally gave up after a couple hours of fighting the strong wind. From the distance, we saw flashes of green/blue/white light as transformers blew throughout the night. The orange almost pink sky and the flashing distance lights looked like the images from exploding bombs in the night of a war zone seen on TV. The kids slept very well and I finally felt asleep near dusk. The first thing we did after the storm passed was going to the windows and seeing the damage to our yard. "Wow, wow, look at that!" were our only words. Our neighbor two doors down had a fallen tree in his front yard – luckily because if the tree fell the other way on his house it would have been a total loss to the house and possibly loss of life. Thank god for keeping eveyone safe. We lost power that morning and are still waiting to have our power back on, along with over 1 million Houston residents. Of course, life is really hard without power, another necessity easily taken for granted. We had to endure the heat in the house and sleep with little clothes on. John took two days to clean up the debris and in our yard. The most challenging things were to find ice to keep food from spoiling and gas. We drove all over town trying to find ice but the lines were too long. We finally gave up and drove to Austin and stayed with friends for three nights. We are backed to our home now and waiting for the precious power to come back on. Here are some photos I took (only on our street).
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