Sorry it took me so long to update. We got thru hurricane Rita without any problems. Unless you would call leaving home at 2 am on Thursday morning, driving for 18 hours headed north and only going about 25 miles from the home before we had to give up due to exhaustion, heavy traffic, heat, and there not being any gas for sale between Houston and Huntsville.

By late that night we went and stayed with a friend of Michael's father in a city on the northside of Houston and then early the next morning (we still thought it was coming for us at that point) we headed west to a city halfway between Houston and San Antonio and stayed with Michael's Aunt and Uncle. It was really nice staying there, they made us feel so welcome and at home.

When we got home we discovered absolutely no damage, even the satelite dish perched on the corner of the roof was fine. Well, I guess there was damage inside, it looked like we had been robbed, but that was just the mess we made packing up that night.

I'll update again as soon as I can, theres lots of stuff going on around here right now.

Thanks for the sweet notes. It really means a lot to me.