IKE Aftermath

The last few days have definitely been different here. School, work, church, have all been cancelled and so we have all had lots of time at home. School is suppose to start back tomorrow here and we will find out later today if Darin gets to go back to work yet. (Update: School cancelled the remainder of this week and Darin will be home all week as well. UGH!!!!!)

Darin and I went to the grocery store yesterday to get milk and luckily they had just received a shipment of it. The HEB by our house in the largest one in the Houston area so they are working hard to get it stocked. It was strange going through there and seeing so many shelves empty. No lunch meats, cheese, yogurts, juices, no bananas but they were stocking lots of the produce. People were leaving the store with baskets full of ice and water. Oh how thankful I am that we have power and water!! There are still so many people without power in our area and I am so thankful!

We have been greatly blessed with the cooler weather. We worked outside in the yard yesterday a long time and it was nice to have a cool breeze. We have definitely been blessed! We also drove around yesterday and viewed some of the destruction. Our neighbors parents will be staying with them for a while due to all the damage at their home.

With church being cancelled this last Sunday we were asked to hold our own devotionals in our homes. For part of ours we divided into two groups (Elizabeth, Eyn, and Trent and Mom, Dad and Amberly) and had to choose scripture stories and act them out without speaking. The other group had to guess which story it was. Monday night for family home evening we expounded on this had we had to pick Scripture stories and apply them to our time. I was really impressed with how great they did!! Everyone seemed to have lots of fun doing it and I loved how well E, E and Trent worked together. It was fun both days!

Darin went out today and did some power washing to our house and sidewalks. There was leaves and dirt splattered all over our house. It looks so much better now! Here is what our garbage pile looks like thus far. All of our backyard hasn't been picked up yet. Garbage was scheduled to be picked up yesterday, but there is no telling how long we will have to wait for it.