Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast on Friday (Sept 12) and we got a horrible wind storm from Ike on Sunday afternoon. We had sustained winds of 55mph and gust of up to 70mph for over 3 hours. The kids and I were at Meijers doing our weekly grocery shopping when the storm hit. Meijers power went out with only a few registers working and emergency lighting on. Upon leaving Meijers, traffic was at a stand still due to all the traffic signals being down. It took us almost 30 minutes to get home and it was a scary drive. Debris from trees was blowing all around us. We saw numerous trees down in the short distance that we drove. I was thankful to get home without incident. We lost power for 36 hours total! We felt very fortunate because as of today, 110,000 people around Cincy are still without power and some without water too. We ended up renting a generator which kept our garage fridge and freezer going. We cooked our meals on the grill and were thankful for a gas water heater! Thankfully we didn't have rain or hot weather while being powerless. It's actually been an absolutely gorgeous week...mid 70's, no humidity and blue skies! The kids missed a couple days of school early in the week and were ready to get back into our routine.

Luke went for his 2 year check up this week. He continues to grow and thrive. He weighed 32 lbs and was 37.25 inches tall. At the age of 2 (for boys), they double their height to estimate what their adult height will be. So with that said...it is estimated that Luke will be almost 6' 3"....OSU here he comes!!

Grace likes to inquire about getting bangs cut in her hair. Her daddy has repeatedly told her (jokingly) that she can't do it till she is 18. She also tells us that she isn't going to college or getting married. Jason was telling her this week that we both played flagged football in college. She quickly told him that she is NOT going to college...she was going to stay home and grow bangs!