Four Years

Today is our 4th anniversary. Four years ago it was about 50 degrees colder than it is today (in Houston.)

In four years we have experienced....

* Living in a 400 sq/ft apartment (and survived to laugh about it)
* One Christmas Tree that puts Charley Browns to shame (Imported from a field)
* Toured Central America (and a parasite to make it memorable)
* Two degrees (and the student loans to prove it)
* Moved 1200 miles aways from home (understood that being farm kids is a good asset)
* Learned the art of city driving
* Stared blankly at over $400,000 in medical bills (and realized the blessing of good insurance)
* Had two kids (put one through heart surgery and almost had one in the parking lot)
* Participated in the nations largest mass evacuation (Caught in grid lock running from a CAT 5 mega storm
* Took on a strapping mortgage (and its worth every penny)

And who said married life is boring?

Its been four great years, who new life could be this good?

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Camera is Back

Finally got my camera back again..... Eliza has changed a lot in a few weeks. She is watching football with dad today.

2007 Heart Association Walk

This year we are putting together a team to walk for Erin. Hard to believe its been three years.....hard to believe this was Erin.

Help us raise money for R&D and education.

If you want to support the cause you can donate online or send a check to us by Oct 10th.

LINK TO RENSHAW'S Donation Page

THANKS!

Missed by Hurricane Humberto

Humbert shifted northeast last night and is moving up the Texas coast. The shift put us on the "dry side" of the storm. We did get some rain and wind out of it. It was pretty cool to see the outer bands of the storm come in - the sky looked like some sci-fi movie.

Humberto was classified as a CAT1 hurricane early this morning, with winds up to 85mph

Ahoy Mate ~ Tropical Storm Humbert Hits Tonight

This will be the first tropical storm we weather since our move to Houston three years ago. We participated in the mass evacuation for Rita two years ago, but Rita turned north at the last minute, sparring us and devastating Beaumont. Rita was huge, it would have been the hurricane of the decade if it wasn't in the shadow of Katrina.

Tropical storms don't carry the wind sheer or storm surge of a hurricane, but flooding is a major concern. In 2001 a tropical storm dumped 18 inches on Houston in 48 hours causing massive flooding and damage costing in the billions.

Humberto is showing a similar pattern, large and slow moving - only six mph. Total rainfall is expected to be anywhere from 6"-16" in the next 48-hours on top of an already rain saturated area. Storm is expected to hit the Houston mainland at 10p.m. tonight. We are already seeing the outer rain bands.

So......here is my rain song for the night.....

row row row your boat gently up the street,
hope my flood policy is in effect
when Humberto comes ashore......

Its Sunny Out!

Wow, we might have a morning without rain. I should go tame my lawn before the Grass Gestapo sends me another nasty letter.

Just posting a few last photos for a while, my camera is back in the shop....again.

My Chunky Monkey

Eliza had her two week today and is 75% for height and weight. She weight 11 lbs 10 oz and is healthy. It so funny how your kids vary in size. Erin didn't even register on the charts until almost 12 months. Eliza is starting to wear clothes that Erin was walking in, thus she is my chunky money - she got the Fenton German Iowa Woman build.

Its raining again, story of the month here. Yesterday we took the girls to the zoo only to walk in the front gates and watch it open up and pour. At least it was a free day. So we hung out with Britt all afternoon.

Is everyone that works is Customer Service an idiot? I spent half my day attempting to cancel a pathology bill for a test that did not happen on a date that Eliza did not even step foot into a hospital or clinic.....grrr.....