Finally!

I have sat down to blog at least 9 times over the past two days, and something always pulls me away from my computer. Could it be the fact that school is closed all this week because of Ike?? Yup, pretty sure that has something to do with it. When C starts back to school next Monday, he will have attended 12 days of kindergarten and missed 12 days of kindergarten. Crazy!

After 9 days and about 1100 miles of driving, we made it back home on Saturday night! I can’t even remember where I left off the last time I blogged. I had to go back and look. On Wednesday, I packed up the kids and the party van and made the trip to El Reno, OK. They did great in the car…I love the dvd player on long trips! We got to see my sister’s volleyball team play and stay at her cute little house. On Thursday, after a crazy, cranky morning, we headed to Edmond to visit Suzanne. Suz, Jaxon, my kids, my sis, and I went to Incredible Pizza on Thursday night, which was pretty crazy…pretty fun, except for the part when Connor could not for the life of him stop wind-milling his arms and whacked Logan upside the head with a plate, and I proceeded to yell at him in public, which is totally one of those things I swore I would never do, but I was at the end of my very short rope at that point. Whew, that was a long sentence. (for the record, after going off on him in front of a bunch of people, he did manage to get his body under control…)

Anyway. Thursday night, we spent the night with Suz. It was good to catch up. I am so thankful for girlfriends! There is just nothing like them.

Friday morning, I took Camryn to meet her great-grandparents. We had a nice visit with Derek’s grandparents and aunt. Shannon works in the kids club at a country club, and we met there, which was perfect. We got to visit, and the kids got to play.

On my way back to Arlington, I stopped in at Shauna’s and we took her crazy kids (plus an extra) and my crazy kids to chick-fil-a. Again, it was good to catch up. I love my friends!

Saturday, Derek and I drove home. We stopped in the Woodlands and had dinner with some of our good friends (I see a theme to this post…I love catching up with friends!)

We finally got home about 8:30 Saturday night. It is so good to be home, even though I felt a little overwhelmed about life on Sunday. We got the yard cleaned up (it wasn’t too bad because some of our amazing friends had come over earlier in the week and cut up the tree for us!) I got the fridge cleaned out and restocked with food. Life is almost back to normal, except when you look around outside. There are trees and fences down every where. Most of the stoplights are not working. And it stinks outside. No one told me that after a hurricane it smells like rotten vegetation with a hint of sewage. The mosquitoes are completely out of control and the size small birds. They are seriously insane! Despite all the annoyances, I am so incredibly thankful that we made out okay after the storm. There are so many that lost everything.

Pictures….of course there are pictures of Le Trip de Evacuation.

We went to the park with Staci one day. Logan was holding Brody’s hand to show him something. Too cute!

The three big ones, Logan, Connor, and Brody

The two little ones, Barrett and Camryn.

The two Janes, Betty Jane and Camryn Jane.

The kids with Derek’s grandparents.  It’s not a mug shot, Connor.  It’s the best I could do.  It’s a victory in my book that all three kids are even in the picture and looking the same general direction!

The kids with Mamaw and Pawpaw. It had been awhile since I took a picture of all of them together.  Love Logan’s face.  It’s so Logan!

If I had them, I would insert pictures of my sis and I, Suzanne and I, and Jaxon, Connor, and Logan dressed up as batman. They are on other cameras, so you’ll have to take my work about them being cute. I’ll end with this one:

Connor got to have a special sleepover with Aunty Kristin, and she sent me this picture of their time together. Cracks me up!

Are you bored of this post? Yup, me too! Good night!

4 Replies to “Finally!”

  1. I am so glad you are home!!! I know that you are excited too. Things around here are so crazy!! But we are finally getting back to normal. I am having my plate party on Wed. I hope you can come. Let me know.

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