I don't like IKE

Passing time with the neighbors yesterday evening. We all wanted the kids to get out and play so they wouldn't be so stir crazy once the storm hit.

Scary Sky last night at about 6pm.

"The Hurricane Orb" This is one of those 'lovely' Christmas light balls made out of plastic cups. We had to pull it out of our garage to make room for the trampoline. Brandon hung it up in the family room to entertain the kids and reassure Bailey that we still had power and were okay.

We give up.

This was at about 4 am (when the hurricane, still a 2, was right over us), and there was no power (the light is from the flash). The winds and the rain were so loud and scary. Both of the kids were in our bed (just a queen, next time there's a hurricane coming, forget water, I'm buying a king size bed). Benson was nervous because he couldn't see, and was feeling around the bed and realized it wasn't just me and him there. He popped up and said "Bubba?" and when Bailey told him she was there and patted him, he was so happy. I told him "Mamma, and Daddy and Bubba are all here." He said, "Guggie?" (wondering if grandma was there too) Then any time there was noise, he'd pop straight up and say, "Uh-Oh!" I realized that we weren't going to get any sleep, so we gave up and went into the family room and lit some candles, got some chocolate milk, and tried to get a radio to work. It was scary how dark it was outside. You couldn't see anything. The noise was even scarier. I was so impressed how brave Bailey was. I was trying hard to hide the fact that I was scared spit less.

It was about this time that we also realized that we had puddles forming in our bathroom, which meant puddles in the attic, getting in thru the roof.

This is what it looks like now (the view from our front door). Our power just came back on, we are SO lucky. We are right next to a power sub-station and a fire department, so they got us power right away. The power is flickering right now, hopefully we don't loose it again. It's so hot and dark. Its still REALLY rainy and windy. I'm just so glad we have power again. We do have a 'boil order' for our tap water, though. Thank you to everyone who has worried about us!