SNOW!!!!!!

I know I put these posts in out of order, but I had to step back and talk about the snow we had.

Travis had a chance to see his first snow fall,

and unlike most snow in Houston it actually stuck enough for us to have a snow ball fight.

Happy New Year!

I can't believe that it is 2009 already, and Travis is turning 3 this month. Time just flies so fast these days.

We had a great holiday season, seeing both my family and Allen's family on or before both Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Santa Clause also must have thought that Travis had been a very good boy this year since he got everything he asked for:

Big Boy Bike

Cho Cho Train

Video game

And thanks to Santa accidentally dropping some gifts off at Nana's house he got much, much more!

I plan to try to keep up with my blog a little better over the next few months, it has just been crazy with the holidays, but I guess only time will tell:)

Back to School

I know this is a late update, Travis has been back to school (well Mother's Day out program) for almost 6 weeks now, but I wanted to include it some pics and info on the blog. Travis only attends school on Tuesday and Thursdays, but it really helps out with me working from home, and my mom watching him during the day for a few hours Monday, Wed, and Friday.

He is doing much better this year, I don't have to drop him off screaming, he actually wants to go and walks in by himself. He finally is starting to use his teachers name, and coming home and telling me about his new friends. Well new friend Joshua, other than that he just talks about cousin Taylor:)

Here is his first day back to school.

Travis has also really started using his imagination.

He loves to pretend to cook me dinner

Play with his army men

And build train tracks for his trains.

House update

Well the good news is that we were able to get the roof fixed before the rain we got last week. The bad news is that we still haven't been able to get the work done to fix Travis' room. The good news is that Travis has taken to sleeping in the guest room that I redecorated with alot of his stuff.

We hope to get something started on his room this week. I just hope we don't have any problems moving him back in there when the time comes.

IKE Damage Photos

picture of the damage to Travis' room, we already cut out the wet drywall, and removed all of the carpet and pad.

picture of the tree to the left, and the tarp and wood over the whole

HURRICANE IKE

I will start off by saying everyone is fine!!!!

I was on a cruise with my sister, mom and Aunt during the actual hurricane and Allen took Travis to Brad's families ranch house west of Austin for a long weekend.

The bad news is that we had a tree hit the front left corner of the house, right over Travis' room. There is a big whole in the roof and alot of water damage to the room. I will post pictures soon.

Allen and Travis returned to Houston on Sunday and I returned on Monday. Thank you to our neighbor who weathered the storm to try to cover the whole in the roof, and Bill who went back after the storm was over and put some wood and tarp over it the cover it even better, and cut the tree off of the house.

After Allen got home Bill went with him to the house and shot video of the damage, then cut out the damaged drywall, and removed the damaged carpet and pad so we could reduce our chances of mildew and further damage. This was a huge help, so thank you again Bill.

We were without power until Saturday afternoon, and just got cable back today, I feel like I am part of civilization again:)

The insurance adjuster came by yesterday and it looks like we should be able to get the work started to fix the room and Travis' room sometime next week. (Travis is currently sleeping in the guest room, and will keep the full size bed even after we move him back into his old room, he is soooooo excited!)

Anyway to end this long explaniation I am back to work, and although Allen's dealership is still power less they told him to come back tomorrow.

I hope everyone is well, I know it is been a rough week or so for everyone, hang in there:)

JULY- What a busy month!

This summer has been so busy, between making fun trips to the lake, going to the circus for the first time, fun birthday parties, and going to Splashtown atleast once a week. I am going to need a vacation from this summer:)

Here are a few pics from this month.

Trip to the Circus

Trip to the lake for 4th of July

Laura's last practice at the WAC