we're home

We got back from Daytona Beach yesterday. We had the best vacation and no worries of hurricanes. Now it's so devastating watching what Ike has done in TX. Amazing.

So, we made it safely home and are resting up today. Shayne still has some homework to finish but accomplished a lot on our trip. I will post pictures later this week. Time for unpacking,laundry and grocery shopping now.

Hurricanes

Ok, so we're leaving early Saturday morning for Florida. Sometimes I wonder what we were thinking planning a trip in September. Of course, I never considered hurricane season, just like that fact that the cost was lower. So no we anxiously watch Hurricane Ike and it's path. We're still going and hoping and praying that he goes a different route. We're excited to get out of town. We're headed to Daytona Beach and will be visiting Disney World and Sea World while we're there. Shayne is very excited and happy to be out of school for a week. Steve and Marsha are going with us so we'll all weather the storms together.

Gustav

My nephew,Sean, goes to school in Mobile, AL at Spring Hill College. Since Gustav is moving in they are closing school until Wednesday. Sean is going with one of his friend to Huntsville, AL to wait out the storm. They are in pretty heavy traffic driving there now. Let's remember to keep all of the storm victims in our prayers.

I LOVE SCHOOL

While Shayne was getting ready for school this morning he surprised us by saying "I LOVE SCHOOL". I was so excited to hear those words!!! Never in Shayne whole school "career" has he muttered those words. Woo Hoo!!

Aquaport

Took Shayne and his buddy Tyler to Aquaport today. It was a perfect day. Not too hot, actually perfect for swimming. I got to relax and read. I also fell asleep for awhile. And even spent time in the lazy river and went down one slide with Shayne in a double raft. It was a lot of fun. Nice way to end the summer. We're hoping to squeeze in one more day there before it closes for the season.

Shayne seems to be doing ok in school. Not much homework yet. He's been very responsible with turning in ALL the papers I had to sign. Seems like at least one every day. He really is enjoying Middle School so far.

Noah

Little Noah passed away on Saturday. A day shy of his 1st birthday. Please pray for his parents, Deb and Josh. I can't imagine what they are going through. Even though I don't know them personally I just hurt so much for them. Their faith is incredible to me.

Last weekend.

We squeezed in lots of things last weekend and really enjoyed spending time with my niece Kelly and her family. We don't get to see them as often as I would like. We also had a baby shower for Andrea since Kelly and my sister Vicki were in town. We ended our week with a trip to the Botanical Gardens. It was my 1st time there and I loved it. It's a very beautiful place. It was a nice weekend before getting back into the swing of school again. I may post more pictures later. I only took at least 100.