howdy!!

Well as is going well in Houston...just about everyone in our family has power as of yesterday!!! Only one family member had real damage and her garage had a tree fall on it (she also does not have power), but other then that, all the other damage wasn't too bad. thanks so much for thinking of our family.

we have taken tons of photos this week, but I have to say we have been so busy I just haven't gotten around to uploading them. But Dave surprised with me with a new devise yesterday that automatically uploads pics from my camera to my computer wirelessly!!!! so here are a couple pics from today!

Sweet Lauren...she isn't a baby anymore is she??? :(

My puppies...Houston and Katy!
Jackson and his best friend, Isaiah. Who is spending the night tonight and they are still up as I am writing this. Jackson has been waiting for Isaiah to come over and spend the night for ages(which is only a couple months), he asks almost everyday if he can spend the night :)
That is one happy little boy I have! He is so wonderful!

Ike Update

well all is not 100% in Houston, but all of our family is ok. My brother found out an hour ago that he has electricity at his apt, while no other family members have it. Hopefully power will be restored for everyone soon. no one had any major damage, which is also a praise! my brother told me today that Houston looks so weird and different now. He also said that the pizza place across from him is open, which he now considers a luxury seeing that nothing is open, and he doesn't really cook! :) thanks for thinking of our family and praying for us.

prayers during hurricane Ike!

please keep our family in your prayers...they have all decided to stay in Houston. We came back on Wednesday night right before the mandatory evacuation of Galveston. there should be high winds and lots of rain. my brother even told me this morning he is excited (as storms can be) but actually wishing he was here...it's going to be a little scary. thanks for the prayers, we will keep you updated.

also you might want to fill your cars up with gas...it has already gone up a lot and it will go up more!

ps-Those of you looking for extra reading I have added a link to Dave's site to the top of the page. He has recently added a post about Sarah Palin...more polital and other posts to come.

Heading to TEXAS!

Well we have had a change in plans...we were supposed to leave for TX next Tuesday, but now we are leaving tomorrow! We decided a few hours ago....yikes! we have a lot to do and not much time to get it done in. I hate that we are going to miss Jackson's first day of school, but we have to beat the storm down to TX...it's doesn't look like it will make landfall anywhere near Houston, but the outer rings of rain will get in our way on Tues/Wed and there could be some stong winds. So we are heading out at lunch time tomorrow...we will see what time we actually leave. :) Hope everyone has a great week...talk to you soon!

she is getting so big!!!

here are some words that our sweet little girl is saying...i really need to put them in the calendar, blogspot will have to do for now! She isn't a big talker like jackson was, but she is blabbing all the time, so I am sure the words she is trying to say will be out soon!

Bye
shoe - she already has a weird fetish with shoes
hellooo
cow! (her new favorite)
uice (juice)

NO

dada
more (her first real word!)
momma (sort of)
ball
doggie

she can also point to her hair, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hands, feet and belly button.

she is really into cows right now and has been carring a little cow all over the place. jackson was really into farm animals at this age and it's super cute! Lauren is also loving to cook and play with cups and silverware (plastic of course). i don't know where the time goes, before we know it she will be a big talker like her brother and be TWO this January!!!

lauren and her little COW!

nose

hands

hair and mouth at the same time! 

update

We have had a lot going on here in Arkansas and back in TX. A week ago my mom broke her wrist in 2 places and had surgery. She now has 4 pins in her arm with a big bar. Unfortunately it is on her right arm which makes eating really hard. Dave's Granny has had some health issues and my brother, Justin, is having a lot of personal issues (very serious with very close people in his life) that he is dealing with. We are going to Houston next week, but I wish we could be there now...there is so much going on. 

We had a family RMP company party this weekend. It was great to meet all the guys, spouses and kids!! here are the guys that keep this company going.

RMP had a bouncy house for the party...a few kids came and tested it before the party! 

Rosanna and her brother Fernando came by too!

here are some older summer pics...

Allison's b-day!!!!

my very cool kids! Jackson did this all on his own and Lauren had to wear it the same way.

playing in the rain...this is the jungle in the yard. the conquered the mountain. 

(with blake and emily )

silly rainy day faces...Lilly is here too!

Ice cream!!! lauren's first own cone...the following picture is her reaction!

Lauren being silly!

haircut!
they really are best friends :)