This weekend, Chris and I had plans to go to the demolition derby at the fairgrounds for the fair, but unfortunately, with Hurricane Ike going on in Houston, our plans got changed. We were not directly affected by the storm, but we did get some of the effects. We survived our first tropical storm. We were without power for most of the afternoon/evening on Saturday and then it came back on, but kept going back off on Sunday. It rained all day on Saturday. We got so much rain and some very high winds. We tried to take some pictures while it was happening, but we couldn't really ever get any could picturew where you could see the rain coming down. This morning, when we went out, we did see a little bit of damage. At our apartment, there were shrubs and tree branches all over the road and one tree that is totally leaning that used to stand up straight. Across the street from our apartments, there is a tree that fell over on top of a local business. All around the city, there were fences down and many trees that had limbs that had fallen on the ground and other trees that fell over completely. It is crazy. I can't imagine how it looks in Houston. I did get a little worried last night because they were saying it was possible for Texarkana to get some tornadoes, but it ended up being all clear, luckily!!! I don't particularly want to go through one of those. It is so crazy when it rains here, it really comes down. Below are just a couple of pictures we took this morning. Looking at the blue skies, you would never know we had a huge storm yesterday.
This is a picture of the tree that used to stand perfectly straight.
Some leftover debris on the road even after some clean up had already been done.
Well, I know it is a little early to be thinking about Christmas, but Chris and I booked our flights home for Christmas and we are so excited! For anyone who knows me, I always seem to book flights at the most horrible time...flights always go down right after I book. This time though, we feel like we got an amazing deal. We had been watching flights on and off for a few weeks and they were a 
pretty good price when we first started looking, but then they sky rocketed and stayed steady for the next little bit. Then one night we got on and they were back down again and the flight times were perfect so we decided it was time to book them. The very next day the cost of the flights would have cost us almost $200 more and they have continued to go up. I am so glad we finally seemed to book at the right time. We are so excited to come home and spend time with all of our family and friends. Can't wait to see all of you!
