The Hays' Family Nacogdoches: September 2008

Hurricane IKE!

OMG! Boy did we have a crazy few days this past weekend...Hurricane Ike came pushing through around 7 a.m. Sat morning and didn't pass til about 5 that afternoon....it was tense! We had wind gusts up to 80 mph, and sustained winds at 50...it did a lot of damage to Nacogdoches and the surrounding areas...we were out of power for 3 days, and we were roughing it to say the least! We were on the worst side of the storm - the right side quadrant, and it was the worst weather I have ever seen in Nacogdoches....even worse than Rita in '05...we had lots of debris in our yard, but praise the Lord, no major damage...we were lucky because it "tore up the turf" everywhere else. We have been out of school all week and possibly the rest of the week. Can't say that I'm not enjoying the extra va-cay!

By the way...

Em was a trooper...you can tell by the pics huh! She had to take a luke-warm bath a couple of days, but it was okay!

OHHH - and she learned how to walk during that old storm!! She is walking everywhere now and we are so excited about it! She is very wobbly, but she still thinks she's something! She is growing so fast!

This is what we do on the weekends...

Well, I would love to say that we are partying and blowing and going every weekend, but sometimes we just hang out at home with our little kid...and we don't know how we lived before her!! She is so much fun! I just threw in a pic of me and Danny for fun! Love to all!

Girls night out!

Me and Em had a fun girl's night out last weekend! We met Jessica and Leslie for dinner to eat, drink and be merry! Doesn't she look cute?!

Pa's Birthday! Lots of B-days this time of year!

Pa's birthday was in concurence with the Dallas Cowboys football game! Yahoo! We were excited about football season to get started again AND we loved celebrating Pa's 55th bday!

Em turns the BIG 1 !!!!

We had such a wonderful time with everyone at Em's birthday party! We had a houseful...the weather didn't quite work with us - it rained and we were going to party outside - but it worked out and we had a ball! Em had an awesome time with oue friends and family and boy did she make out like a banchee!! She wasn't too interested in the gifts - I had to do the opening, but she was definitely into the cake! She had cupcake inside her ear, eyes and hair...oh yes, and it was packed up her nose as well! It was gross, but so cute! How many times in your life do you get to do that?! Well for my sake, maybe just once a year! Haha...BTW - those pics are on my mom's camera, so I will download cake pics later...I promise I'll get them up soon!

We got such an awesome surprise when Mama Kaye and G-Pa got here...they had a little hitchhiker named AVA that hitched from Lubbock! Em was so excited to see her! We were so happy she got to come along and see Em - they played and had a good time together. Ava is such a mess! She is so adorable and it was great to spend some time with her since we don't get to see her as much as we would like...maybe next year Uncle Kevin and Aunt Al can come down too! Thanks to everyone who came - we love you!