More Hurricane Ike

Here is a link to another web site that I made to share photos of our home after Hurricane Ike. Again we are so blessed compared to what others went thru but we did get some damage.
http://myhouseafterike.shutterfly.com/

Hurricane Ike

Just wanted to let everyone know that the girls and I are safe and sound in Ft. Worth. I can't seem to take my eyes off the TV but will try for the next few hours knowing that I will probably be up all night watching. It looks like the storm surge will reach our house and we are just hoping for the minimal damage right now but it is in God's hands and he will give us the strength to handle whatever comes in the coming days. I am thankful that while it is going to be devistating, we are well insured and in a good place to deal with it all. Many families can not say the same and they will be in my prayers tonight.

The Lands are off to CHINA!!

I haven't posted in a while due to a hectic summer and some big life changes coming up in the next few months. It is hard to remember who has been told and who hasn't but we will be relocating to Shanghai China with Mark's job. He left on labor day and took the digital camera before I could get the first day of school pictures off of Ava and then didn't have a camera when Ella started pre K. The girls and I are making it fine with out Mark. We are to busy and the days go fast but we look forward to him coming home for a visit in October and back again in November to pack us up and take us with him. I think he is having a harder time without us. But we will look back at this time apart as a bump in the road and have many wonderful memories of Shanghai. We will be there for 3 years and then hopefully back to Baytown. We are keeping our "little house by the sea". It is my third child and I'm not done with it so I couldn't let it go. The good thing is that our housing is taken care of there and what a house it is. I thought Texans did it bigger and better but Shanghai may have us beat. So in the coming months the posts should get livelier. I wont be working when we are there and have no excuse for not keeping up the blog unless the shopping is just so wonderful that I can't stay off the streets.