Remnants of hurricane ike

So Hurricane Ike decided to come this way and rip through our back yard. The winds were up to 60 Mph around here and a bunch of large trees and branches are now all over our backyard. I am happy that none of us got hurt and that all our windows are still intact. Our neighbor had a tree go through their window. We are lucky that we still have power, because apparently most people in our town are without and the School District is closed tomorrow. These trees are so big that we are going to have to use a chain saw to help clean up the mess!


Abe just planted this Crimson Red Maple Tree yesterday (bad timing), but he survived the strong winds! Good thing...he cost a pretty penny.

On Friday I drove down to Cincinnati and met Jackie ( a High School friend) and her baby Tillie at the Children's Museum. It was fun seeing Jackie and catching up on life. I loved meeting her little girl Tillie as well. She is such a doll. Her and Adeline act so much alike, and I think they kind of look alike too! Here is a picture of the two girls. Of course they both wouldn't look at the camera!

So tonight Adeline was playing so well by herself. I love that she will do that now. At one point, she was very quiet, so I looked over at her and she was just sitting in her little chair holding a wrapper. Immediately I knew what the wrapper was from. At church earlier, Abe ate a chocolate chip granola bar that had melted quite a bit. Well, he threw the wrapper in Adeline's little bag and she found it tonight. When she saw me looking at her, she stood up and ran away from me so I couldn't take it from her. She was loving it. She would smash the wrapper on her face and lick as much chocolate off as she could. She had chocolate all over her hands and face. What a cute little girl.