Boo, Hiss & Spit!

So it has been an exciting couple of days thanks to Ike!  So Boo, Hiss, and Spit Ike!....First we evacuated to Woodville.  We lost power around 6am Saturday when the storm got bad and it lasted all day.  Tim and I drove back down to Port Neches after the storm to assess the damage.  We were very lucky.  We lost our brand new fence that Tim worked so hard to put up by himself, we lost shingles, and have a small leak in the living room. Soo blessed.  My Mom and sister weren't so lucky....their houses were under water.  But feel like everything is going to work out and be okay.  I hope everyone else is safe and doesn't have too much damage to their houses. I miss everyone and will be thinking of y'all! 

So anyways, after we returned to Woodville, the heat wasn't too bad at first, but we finally decided to evacuate to my aunt's in Dallas on Sunday.  When we started our trip, I had 140 miles until empty in my car and thought that would be plenty to get us to a gas station down the road to fill up....well no matter how far I drove, no one had power or gas. There was no power or gas all the way through Huntsville.  When I got to Centerville, still no gas for 30 miles a State Trooper told me.  Unfortunately, there was only 10 miles til empty in my tank.  So I pulled over into an abandoned parking lot to wait for Tim to drive 2 1/2 hrs. to bring us some gas.  But we were sent a tattoo-covered Angel in a big black truck  who gave us 5 gallons of gas to get us to the next Gas Station.  He even followed us to make sure we made it.  I don't know why he chose our car over all the other stranded cars around us, but I'm so grateful.  He wouldn't even let us pay him.  So thank you to whoever you are. We are so blessed.

Having fun in the mess Ike made...

This wasn't a lake a couple days ago...

Maddox loves to ride!

Obviously this was taken the day before the storm..