First Snow!!

It snowed in Houston!!! This is the first time that Andrew has seen snow.

Andrew is 2!!

Removing the bushes...

We finally decided to remove the bushes in front of the town house so that we could sit out with the kids..

before..

This is the stump that took like 3 hours to get out..

After.. we started at 8 am and finished at almost 9 pm.. so these were taken last night.

We still have more to do, but you get the idea..

we now have a useable sitting area..

(Andrew climbing up the burglar bars in the background)

Hurricane Ike pictures

We got back to Houston today.. here are some pics of our street..

This is the business across the street. The tree was literally cut in half.


These are the downed power lines on our street.


People didn't seem to care that their was a downed power line and power poles in the street.. they drove right over the lines and then realized that there was a tree in the street too..

The side of our house before the hurricane..

After..

before..

After..


We were very lucky to only have minimal damage.. we still have friends and family without power.. our thoughts and prayers for everyone that was affected by Hurriance Ike..

More Fair Pictures...

We went back to the Fair today since we had tickets left from Friday..

Christine riding a ride.. (on left)

Andrew, Chris and Christine on the merry-go-round..

It's impossible to get everyone to look at the camera at the same time..

Oklahoma State Fair

Since we evacuated Houston due to Hurricane Ike we decide to check out the Oklahoma State Fair. I haven't been back to the fair since I was about 11 yrs old or so..

Andrew wasn't sure about feeding the animals.. (Christine was off with Courtney feeding the animals)

Ok I will give it a try..

He thought the horses were pretty cool..



gotta love the pig races..

Checking out the longhorn.. As Chris would say "Hook'em Horns"

Chris going off road...

While we are at the Oklahoma State Fair, you could test drive the Toyota FJ's on an off road course.. Chris has always wanted to do this!!

Chris, Courtney and Christine before the ride

Chris in the drivers seat

On the course..








Had too much fun and wanted to go again!!