We Survived Ike!

Ike was QUITE a hurricane!!! But we survived, and our homes are all in one piece. We spent Thursday and Friday night at Jordan's parents' house. (Work for all of us was cancelled on Friday). The winds began on Friday night, and the power went off in the middle of the night. We woke up HOT because of that, and we heard the wind blowing and blowing!! It was definitely intense! Saturday we listened to the wind some more, and we watched the rain fall. There were some tree branches down in the yard, but the fence was still up, the trees were still standing, and the roof was still on the house. As we drove through the neighborhood, we realized that not everyone was that fortunate. The most we had to deal with was no A/C for most of last night and all of today. It was hot, but I can handle that.

Then we found out that some people near our house had electricity, so we decided to come home and see if we really did have power. We did! We do! Right now we are sitting in our air conditioned apartment counting our blessings! We know that we are so, so blessed. Jordan's parents are here with us. We're glad they get to enjoy our A/C, too!

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. We are grateful to be in such a good condition right now. We know that not everyone who survived Ike has such a simple story to tell. It was quite a storm!