Pictures from Hurricane Ike

Here are some pics from when Hurricane Ike hit The Woodlands! We got really strong winds and rain and a lot of our tree branches were knocked down. We were really lucky though that nothing bad happened to our house. Some of our neighbors had trees fall on top of their houses! Yikes! No one we know of was hurt, thank God!

Ellie slept through the whole ordeal. So funny! And, after Ike passed, there was a really cool breeze for about 2 or 3 days. It made the weather so nice! So, we took walks every day. (There was not much else to do with no electricity! We were without electricity for 4 days, but some people we know didn't have it for almost 2 weeks!)

One great thing we noticed...after the Hurricane hit, the following days were filled with people out and about in our neighborhood. All of the kids were outside playing, biking, skating etc. All of the adults were doing their lawns, out chatting with each other, sitting in their front yards, enjoying the weather. It was so neat to see everyone outside and enjoying each other and the outdoors! I wish that happened more often!