Harvey

Talk about an event that will not soon be forgotten.  Hurricane Harvey will forever be etched in the minds of every Houstonian.  When we first heard of the storm heading our way, nobody was really all that concerned.  We were pretty pumped to already have a day off school and a day off work.  Boy, did things change very quickly.  We had a week without TV and internet, which if you ask the girls, it was completely traumatic.  Thankfully we only had about a day and a half without power and only several hours without water.  It was unbelievable how much rain we got but we feel so blessed that we had no water in the house other than a small roof leak over our bathroom.  It was pretty unnerving when we discovered that we were completely trapped in the neighborhood because Siandra Creek and Blue Cedar were completely flooded up to the top of the mailboxes.  We had a brief window to decide if we were staying or going.  Ultimately, we decided to stay as we knew we were not in any danger as far as the amount of water that could end up in the house and we had plenty of food and water.  As the water started getting much closer over night on Sunday and there was no sign of the rain stopping, we started getting a little nervous.  We feel so blessed to have come through safe and sound and will never forget the what the week was like.

I love the fact that at their age, having to hide in the closet under the stairs during a tornado warning is an adventure rather than being scary!

Prior to the TV and internet loss, they enjoyed snuggling up together watching lots of movies!

As long as we knew it was just rain and no serious danger, we had to let them outside to keep them from going completely stir crazy.

Hilarious!

I decided to take the girls on a couple of walks and it was almost like Mary Poppins...the wind was a little much!

SO sweet!

It was pretty awesome how well they got along all week being trapped inside together.

We had to get pretty creative with no TV...they made photo booth props for them and their AG dolls!

Fun with Pie Face!

Woohoo!  The storm is over!

On Friday, we got out to do something good for those that weren't as fortunate as us during the storm.  We wanted the girls to understand that no TV and internet was definitely NOT a big deal.

The girls were so happy to shop for others-they bought school supplies for schools that flooded and food for those who lost everything.  The day made me even more overwhelmed and thankful that our sweet girls were safe.