Correction

I mispelled "due" in the last post. Sorry!! Oh, and I also apologize for not having the pictures in better order. Just be glad they are on the post! It took over an hour just to post those!! : )

Gustav

I am soooo tired of hearing about Gustav. Ok, I know that some people don't mind seeing the same pictures over and over again, but it makes me question my ability to remember what I have already seen; i.e., didn't they just show that loop??;surely they wouldn't repeat that loop over and over. Oh yes, my friends, they will and do. What I don't get is, don't do an all day live coverage if all you can do is repeat yourself and show the same pictures over and over in between press briefings. Ok, so I know I don't have to keep the t.v. on and I don't, but it still drives me crazy. Maybe my lack of patience has to do with the cabin fever we are experiencing. Have you ever seen Muppet Treasure Island?? You have to watch it just to see the cabin fever part. Back to the subject of the day: Gustav. We weathered the storm well. We are so, so, so blessed with a generator last Friday. God provided just in time and the exact one we were looking at. It is running well, so we are not suffering! We don't have any natural gas do to the gas company not having a generator to run the pumps. Our phone lines are also down, so we are at the spotty mercy of cell phone coverage. Oh, well, at least the satellite internet is good for something!!! I've posted some pictures below. Like I said before, if cabin fever is the worst we suffer, then we are more than blessed. Oh, our neighbor said that our house is the only one on our road with lights!!!
The tree count is as follows: 5 pecan trees in the front yard down with several others leaning; one oak by the house; and at least 3 by the creek that I have seen so far. All of the fruit trees did well and some of our citrus trees didn't even lose the couple of oranges that are on them!



Sean on "Sugar" at Skye and Caden's Birthday Party

Nadya at the Birthday Party

Intersection of Riley and Pride Port Hudson Road


Our creek which is flooded. Look at the grass; it is laying down where the water was.

The barn roof suffered some


Aubrey at the Birthday Party

The oak tree that fell by the house. It didn't hit anything.

More of the oak tree and some Pecan trees in the front yard.

The creek crossing. See all the grass that was under?! (if the grass was cut recently, you wouldn't be able to see that! I knew there was a reason I don't cut the grass every week!)

The other crossing. It has also gone down some.

Isn't this pitiful. I am hoping we will be able to stake the tree back up but I am doubtful. We have a couple others that are leaning this badly as well.