Safe and Sound!!!

Hurricane Ike has passed and we are safe! We just had minor damage to our house, but nothing that Nate has not been able to fix himself. We are very lucky! Hudson and I evacuated with my mom on Thursday to my aunts house in Crockett(which is 3 hours northeast of us). Nate joined us early Friday. Hurricane Ike made landfall early Saturday and actually did some damage in Crockett where we were staying. We lost power in Crockett and at our house in League City. Nate went back home on Sunday and he got power back on in our house on Sunday night! We are the lucky ones, most people are still waiting for power. Hurricane Ike did leave its mark though, we have friends that have had extensive damage to their home and the city of Galveston is completely devastated. I know that the national media has not had a lot of coverage on it, so if you would like to see pictures and know more you can go to http://www.abc13.com/ this is our local T.V. station. Thanks to all that called and thought of us! We will try to post pictures of our fun weekend in Crockett soon!

Working Hard

I was working on somethings for my kindergarten class today and Hudson decided to crawl up in the chair next to me and color just like I was. He sat and colored for a good five minutes. After that he was ready to play with his mommy!

Hudson coloring his page.

Now he wants to play!

I love this kid!!!

Summer's Over--School's In!

Well, summer is officially over for Nate and I. We went back to school with students on the 25th of August. We have been busy and have been trying to get back into some kind of routine. This school year is a little different for Nate and I. We are actually working at the same school. Nate got a new job as a P.E. teacher. He loves it and the kids love him(especially the boys)! Needless to say it has been a little weird to see him in the hallways at school. The other day I had to ask him a question in front of students so I had to address him as Mr. Holtvluwer--that was kind of strange. We have had a good summer and it was hard to start school again. We have both enjoyed being home and getting to spend time with Hudson. He is getting so big so fast. He has started to talk more and now has a big vocabulary. He can say Daddy, kitty, puppy, pappy(what he calls my dad), pawpaw, bird, shoe, juice, sit, ouch, T.J.(our sitters son), book, please(sometimes), hippo, baby, bird, goldfish, bee, stop, out(for outside) and his all time favorite...ball. Anything that is round is a ball. The moon...ball, the sun...ball, ritz crackers...ball. It is so much fun to hear him talk. We are still working on mommy--right now he points to me and says "daddy"! I will have a special post for the first time he says mommy! Well, here are some pictures from the end of summer--sorry it has been so long!

Enjoy!

My boy loves his yogurt!

Hudson loves to have his daddy read to him.

Loves his mommy!

Enjoying a sucker before bed!

Is he cute or what!?!