No....
not for Christmas lights decorating our windows....
but for plywood panels!!!!
Chris helped us put these up Saturday morning before we
left because of the mandatory evacuation of
hurricane Gustav.
Even though we have experienced a hurricane before,
it is still very stressful. We appreciated Chris' help so we could be ready
for another adventure!!!
not for Christmas lights decorating our windows....
but for plywood panels!!!!
Chris helped us put these up Saturday morning before we
left because of the mandatory evacuation of
hurricane Gustav.
Even though we have experienced a hurricane before,
it is still very stressful. We appreciated Chris' help so we could be ready
for another adventure!!!
We were lucky enough to have fun cousins in Houston to invite us to
stay with them for a few days. Herb and Mary Hyatt and
the youngest 3 of their
8 children welcomed us into their home even though
we didn't arrive until
1:30 am on Sunday morning.
(It took us 7 hours to get to Houston)
After spending a couple of restful days with them we continued on to
Austin. But who knew that the evacuation would be lifted so soon
and Wayne would be
required to return to work the next morning.
So on the way home on Tuesday we decided to stop
at one of our favorite places!!!
It was well worth the drive!!!
(I should own stock!!!)
We took a tour and saw first hand how they make
the worlds best ice cream!!!
After the tour they gave us dishes of ice cream!!
Wayne and I both tried two of their newest flavors.
I had "Cantaloupe and Cream" which is now my new favorite flavor,
and Wayne had "Snickerdoodle". Which was interesting but I
am not a huge fan of cinnamon in my ice cream.
But it did have pieces of snickerdoodle cookies inside!!
We are glad that we returned home safely and to electricity
and trees still standing tall and straight!!!
We hope all of our friends and family were also safe and out of danger.
We thought of leaving our plywood panels up until the next three
hurricanes pass by. But we are pretty good at getting
them up and down quickly so we have taken them down.
(leaving Christmas lights up all year round is
also one of my pet peeves!!!)
8 comments:
mmm. Blue bell my favorite. I miss it. Why don't they have it here?
glad y'all had fun on your evacuation, we did too. chris said he liked hanging up the window boards.
I am glad you liked it Chris, I just hope you don't have to do it again!!
Glad you had fun with Gustav. We went to Dallas but we're planning to go to the Fullers in Austin if Ike gets ugly. Maybe we can have a hurricane party there if you're there too! :-) But hopefully Ike will just dwindle down to nothing,,,
Wow, is that scary anymore or just run-of-the-mill when you have to evacuate?
By the way, I've never seen your house before--I totally love it!
Aunt Raeann, this is Eileen. After marrying a Texan, I now have the knowledge of Blue Bell ice-cream. My husband makes sure to buy and eat several gallons whenever we visit his family.
Hey I am so glad you had a great Christmas, and safe travels.
Your family is so loving and happy and close, I love you guys! I so want to be adopted as a Sorenson!!
Miss ya lots! P.S. I am jealous of Matthew's Red Sports Car!!ha ha
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