Frogs, snails, and puppy dog tails!

Here are a few baby bump pictures! I think I get bigger everyday!!! I am 14 weeks in this picture. We have found out that one of the 2 is a boy- we have to wait until November 12 to see what the other one is! We are so excited and feel very blessed having these babies. Hopefully they will soon have a place to call home again. :)

This is the view from our hotel room right now. Isn't too bad- until I go back to my house!

"When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you". Isaiah 43:2

This is the floor that buckled in our house. NO GOOD!

Here is a side view (sorry I couldn't rotate it on here) of the water line in our garage. All our DVD's were in the drawers.

Here is a little hope for the future! This is the corner of our street.

Here is how you can see from room to room in our house now! :(

Our garage- yes that is all my stuff crammed in there! Who knows what I have anymore!!!!

A street ciew with all of the neighbors stuff in the streets!

a favorite store that is now gone for good- Hooters was right beside it, but is COMPLETELY gone.

"Every good and perfect gift is from above!" James 1:17

Baby A and Baby B- may now be fraternal twins instead of identical! Watch them having fun!

Double Trouble!!

Like I said earlier, 

Ken and I are expecting TWINS in April!  Here are some pictures of our families celebrating with us from a distance!!

"HUNKER DOWN!"

Well...

A lot has changed since the last time I blogged on here!   Ken was loving his experience at UTMB and the people he was working with there, school had started for me and Oppe Elementary was really starting to feel like a "home away from home",  we found out we are expecting TWINS in April, we have been blessed with amazing friends that live near us- it all was going so well!  THEN...

September 10, we heard that Ike was headed OUR way!  As a Tennessee girl, I really had no clue what to do to prepare for a HURRICANE!  My vocabulary has expanded tremendously!  If I had a nickel for every time I heard "hunker down", "surge", and "the cone of uncertainty" I could replace all the stuff that we had to leave!!!  But like so many who have been through this before, I packed up what I could- and couldn't live without.  Tried to move what I couldn't take to "higher ground", boarded up the windows and doors with plywood and headed out of town on a bright sunny day- leaving Ken behind.  :(  He had to stay for a little while to discharge his patients at the hospital and finish up at the house.  He soon headed to Houston (regularly a one hour drive that ended up being about 3 for both of us)  and met up with me to head to Memphis!  It has been great seeing everyone back here, but a tough waiting game to see what has happened at our house.  Ken is in Galveston right now going through our house trying to save what he can, but really trying to get most of the "moldy" stuff out of there.  Our builder said the house needs to be gutted from the water that did come in- about a foot.  He is coming back with pictures and I will post those when we get them!  Hope all is well with you guys!  Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!   We have a very busy, rough rode ahead, but God is so good and sovereign!  The perfect plan is laid out before us!!!  

Summer Lovin'

Oh the summer of weddings and traveling! Here are a few pictures of our trips back to Memphis. It has been a true world wind- both of us trying to get moved, Ken start on OMFSurgery, unpacking a classroom and a home, 2 weddings that we were both in, and making friends here! WHEW! When did summer begin? I need a vacation! SSeriously, Ken and I have been very blessed that everything worked out for us and that we have been able to go home so often. Unfortunately, I don't think we will be home until December from now though! Oh well. Time to get setteled in with the "laid back beach life!" I think I can handle that! Love to all- come visit us!!

"Who Let The Dogs Out!"

I can't believe I haven't posted these two sooner! Ken and I have 2 puppies inside! Agh! The oldest one is our Yorkie (or what is supposed to be a Yorkie) named Snickers. He is precious and can definitely hold his own with the "big dog". Our other puppy is Memphis Belle! She is a 6 month old German Shephard. She loves to play and chew on things. We are amazed at how fast she has grown! It is kind of like a circus ALL the time here!

My favorite day so far has been the day that the FedEx man rang the doorbell and in some amazing way I let both the puppies out running free in Fish Village! That FedEx man got a show as I was chasing , yelling, running, catching, and throwing puppies in the house! Always exciting at my house!

San Antonio!!

My parents came down in the middle of July to visit and they took us for the weekend to San Antonio! We LOVED it! We stayed on the Riverwalk, ate at Boureax's, and went to the Alamo! We were definitely doing the "touristy thing". We had an amazing time and enjoyed the visit with the family!! Thanks mom and dad!

Dr. Kenneth Haynes

Here are a few pictures from "Dr." Ken's hooding ceremony and graduation! I am so proud of you! Don't forget to brush and floss daily!

There's no place like home...

Well it has been a long, windy road, but it is offical- Ken and I are home in Galveston, Texas!! It has sure been a busy summer with the new puppy, Ken's graduation, moving to Texas, Rachel's (Ken's sister) wedding, and unpacking... LOTS of UNPACKING!!! We are finally set up and it is about time for me to go back to school- and UNPACK some more! I am really excited though. I have had a chance this summer to meet alot of the teachers that I will work with and they all seem GREAT! Ken has been SUPER busy on his OMFS (Oral Maxillofacial Surgery) rotation-which ends Friday. It has been pretty intense and we have come to truly appreciate our time together since his pager could go off at anytime. He is gearing up to go to medicine next month which should keep him on his toes as well! I will be back at school, so it will be a CRAZY time for us! Here are a few pictures of our "new to us" house! You just might have to come to visit to see the rest! :)