Okay, our last post from this Hurricane Ike weekend!

It is Sunday now, church has been cancelled. There are still people in our ward who don't have electricity. So I am feeling just little guilty that I am on the computer, in my clean and air conditioned home. But we did call around to see where we could help. Our ward really didn't have many needs that weren't already being taken care of. I drove to a friends house to pick up her kids so they could have a break and enjoy some A/C for awhile. We will wait to see what we can do as the week goes on.

Then, to take advantage of not having 2:00pm church, we invited some families over for dinner. We had the Joneses and the Brunsons over for a BBQ. We actually thought we might have to have a big feast with all our meat in the freezer with no electricity, but it was all fine. The kids had a great time playing and getting out lots of energy playing football as you can see by this picture. But then we all started to get eaten alive by mosquitoes. This just might be an everyday occurrence for awhile around here with all this moisture. Here are some pictures. I couldn't pick my favorite.



School has been cancelled and Steve's Offices are closed for tomorrow. Things will be different around here for a while. But I just want to say thank you again to everyone for your phone calls, emails and prayers. We truly feel so blessed to have been able to weather this hurricane so well and to be able to enjoy all the comforts of life that we have and to be able to enjoy the peace that the gospel brings into our life. We asked the kids tonight what they were thankful for and electricity, lights, home, family and that Dad's accident wasn't worse were all on their lists. We hope that this hasn't been too traumatic for our children but that it was just enough for them to appreciate a little more all that they have. And our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who are without because of Hurricane Ike.