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We are home - we are safe - we have power  - and we have internet : )  What an experience we had with IKE - and here's the kicker - we were prepared.  We've had a evac box filled with food for months - really months.  So we just added a few extra things, a bag of toys for the kids, 1 suitcase full of clothes for us all and we were ready to go.  We gassed up when we were told to gas up, we got out of dodge when they told us to get out of dodge - only the fence is worse the wear since IKE.  I took pics of the events as they unfolded and will add them in once I have a chance to upload them all.  My many thanks to: Stephanie and Mike for everything they did for us as we evacuated and returned and to Mom and Dad Wright for taking care of us until the City of LaPorte returned my husband : ) That's right... they did finally return Shane to us safe and sound for 48 hours - wow!!!! Life is getting back to "usual" - Grace will start school again on Monday.  Shane will go back to his "normal" work schedule as of Friday.  We found some milk, eggs and butter today and some frozen item yesterday on a trip out to Friendswood.  We saw so many people who have lost so much - my heart hurts for them all.  I just hope that the total lose were objects and not human life.  I do not understand the mindset of all those who thought the house was more vaulable than life.  Hope you are all safe and that power is restored very very soon to you all still without!!!  

This is the welcome we got when we entered the Shearton in the Galleria - nice right!! Not candy on the pillow but I cant complain. We were on the 12th floor and yes we felt the building move when the winds were going!!! Yikes IKE!



Alex exploring - loved the slippers and robe!! He was such a big boy - even though this silly storm made him miss his 1st birthday party : (



Grace and PK enjoying the power and cartoon network! They played so well together!!! Considering they are 4 years old stuck in a room for 3 days - they were wonderful!!!!



Calm before the storm! Isnt that a beautiful sunset? It was weird, we kept waiting for the storm to hit - it finally did around 1 am. We kept power the whole time - water came off and on but power stayed!



Our evacuee bling bling! We had to wear these so the hotel would know who belonged there and who was there for trouble.



Can you say stir crazy???? The kids were attacking Mike. After 2 full days of being stuck in the room, we thought - hey the Galleria is open - let's go get out and ease some of this stress - yea not so much. All the crazy folk had the same idea. WOW - let's just say the stores were not opened to shop minus a few like the candy store which of course we had to go into cause the ice cream line was way too long, the food shops - yummy mexican food for lunch and oh yeah this REALLY expensive chrystal store with tons of breakable items everywhere - Steph thought it'd be funny to take the kids in just to see the reaction we'd get from the shop owners - wrong I know but so tempted -we got a good laugh at least : ) hehehehe



Okay so this is the really cool radio that Shane got from work this Christmas. It's a light/radio/phone charger. It get's FM/Am and some tv stations. So I had a great idea the day we were home with no lights - ie no TV for updates - I tried to find a tv station to listen to. I could only get one station - wanta guess which one???? HSN - that's right the home shopping network. What are the odds. Even IF I wanted to buy those beautiful ruby encrusted gold butterfly earrings fate was laughing at me with no power and no phone!!!!



All in all this is all that matters - we are safe, we are together and we are smiling!!! Love to all!