unexpected

Looks like we will be having an unexpected vacation in Arlington this week.  We haven’t heard anything about our house specifically, but it looks like our neighborhood did not have major flooding, just wind damage.  I’m sure that we will have some water damage near our backdoor-it leaks during a regular storm!  But I am very thankful that most likely our house does not have standing water in it. We don’t have any power, along with most of Galveston and Houston.  We will be staying at my parent’s house until we have power.  Who knows how long that will be!

On Friday night, I got all inspired to make an entire Pioneer Woman meal.  I made homemade ranch dressing, salad, cheese muffins, penne a la Betsy (it’s a shrimp dish and so yummy!), and chocolate cake for dessert.  It was really good, and really fun to cook a big meal like that.  There’s just something about being in someone else’s kitchen that made me want to cook.  Plus the kids were so good on Friday-Mamaw and Pawpaw’s toys are super fun that first day.

Yesterday, we had a really lazy morning and then spent the afternoon with Nonny and Pops (Derek’s parents).  The boys had a great time building “bat caves” in every room of the house.

I’m not sure what we will do this week.  I’ve decided to just make the best of this little unexpected vacation, so I’m going to think of fun things to do with the kids.  Some of our friends from home also evacuated to this area, and we’ve already talked about getting together and doing fun stuff.  The good thing is that everyone is in school now, so all those places like the zoo, etc. won’t be packed.

Yesterday was Camryn’s 2 month birthday, and unfortuately, I did not pack the bow.  This was the only picture I took of her yesterday.

We borrowed the jumper from Cindi, and the boys really wanted Camryn to try it out.  She’s too small for it, but she actualy really liked it.  She was seeing the world from a different perspective!  I thought she was so cute with her little eyes peeking over the side.

Here’s two more pictures of the princess that I took right before we left Houston.

When I saw that last picture, it really reminded me of Logan.  People tell me all the time how much she looks like Logan.  I really think that all 3 of the kiddos looks similar.  It makes sense…Derek and I don’t look alike, but people have asked us in the past if we were brother and sister.  Um, big fat no on that one!  I think it’s because we have big noses and big mouths.  Those have passed on to the kids.  Anyway, I found this picture of Logan from about 2 months old, and had to do a side by side comparison.

Camryn’s lips aren’t quite as voluptuous, but they sure do look a like!  I wish I had a picture of Connor at 2 months old handy so I could compare all three of them.  Oh, wait.  My pictures are out in the car, but I’ve spent enough time blogging today, so that will have to wait for another day.