Here comes Gustav....

Have you ever seen Bourbon Street so calm?! I sure haven't! Poor, Poor, New Orleans...

As most of you know, I have lots of family that live down on the Gulf Coast of Texas & Louisiana...so you are not surprised by this post. Hurricane Gustav is headed to shore and sadly, he is headed directly inbetween the 2 towns where my family lives. I have grandparents in Houma, Louisiana (outside New Orleans) and Beaumont, Texas. I am dreading the morning when I have to turn on my TV to see what the devastation is. It seems like yesterday when I did the same thing with Katrina. Luckily, I know everyone is safe. My grandparents have made it to Memphis, Tenn to a hotel and will stay there til things calm down. Even though I know everyone will be safe, I am still scared to know that the houses I grew up visiting so often could be destroyed. I have so many memories of these 2 places, that I would be heartbroken if any of these homes are damaged beyond repair. Please pray for my sweet family members! May Heavenly Father protect them all.

Baby Maddox!

I can't believe I haven't posted any pictures of Baby Maddox, my newest little nephew! Kevin's little brother Brett & Jenna had him in July. He is the sweetest little guy & I hate having to "share" him at family events. So I was thrilled when they came over for a visit Wednesday night and I had him all to myself! (They only live 10 minutes away but that doesn't mean anything!)We had a fun night of playing Rock Band and I got to hold him the whole time! These pictures don't even do him justice, he is much sweeter in real life! Doesn't help that my camera looks is taking crappy pictures lately, hint hint b-day present Kevy ;)

Arggg! Happy Birthday, Troy!

We had a pirate party to celebrate Troy's 4th birthday! Troy has LOTS of friends, I only invited his "best" friends and we invited 24 kids! Luckily, only 20 came :) It was so fun though. There is a family in our neighborhood who has a pirate ship as their playhouse in their backyard. Their kids have grown up so now it's the perfect spot for parties! I got horrible pictures for some reason so sorry! I forgot the candles for the cake so Troy had "magic, invisible, pirate candles." I don't know if he bought it! Happy birthday, Troy-Boy!

Small Town Fun!

So this is what we do for fun! It looks kinda silly if you are from the "city" I am sure! Our friend, Jared Anderson, partisipated in the crash car derby this year so I took the boys to cheer him on! (Kev was out of town with his bros and dad to see the Braves play in Pheonix.) Jared pained his car to look like Lightening McQueen and he did such a good job! He won best paint job-the boys loved it too! Colt was up way past his bedtime so he got kinda cranky by the end. The only thing that saved me that night was Colt's "leash"! All of the kids wanted to walk him! Jared got 5th out of 40 cars so we are proud of him! We'll see you there next year!

Update

Thank you to everyone who has expressed love and concern for our friends, and especially Brock. I just wanted to give you an update, now that it has been over 2 weeks, things are starting to calm down a little bit for everyone. Lindsey's family recognized Brock at the funeral and said that they loved him and that it wasn't his fault and that he was a good friend. I think that really helped Brock with his guilt, even though it's still there. We are now just waiting to see if there are any charges pressed against Brock's dad, since it was legally his responsibility. We are all just praying that doesn't happen so everyone can start to heal and move on.