Woof woof news.

It's been nearly 2 weeks since I've posted any news, just been quiet I guess. We did hear from the insurance company today. They sent an adjuster by to inspect the roof. Looks like we'll be getting a new one, we got hail damage on this one from the storm 2 weeks ago.. We won't know until Wednesday or so just how much they will cover. Timing was pretty good as this will really top off all the exterior work we did this spring. We weren't planning on a new roof for about 5 more years. It seems though that very few roofs survive their life span in this part of Texas before getting hail damage.
Everyone here is doing fine. Andre is still in Europe, should be back in Prague now after a week in Paris - which she just loved. I'm kind of afraid she may decide to stay there. Carrie and Caleb are doing well. Caleb had a nasty rash on his face but after a trip to the Dr. on Tuesday it is starting to clear up. Speaking of rashes Bonnie has had one for several weeks now and it just won't clear up. Darby's hearing has been bad. Have to tap him to get his attention. And well Schindler is well - Schindler, what more can I say. I've been trying to get some good pictures of the 3 of them lately but they haven't been very cooperative. Hope my luck will change soon.

Alan's first hail storm.

Fun night last night as an unexpected storm blew in around 9pm. Lightening, high winds and heavy rain are normal for this time of year, but we didn't have a chance of storms last night. The tv news kept coming on tracking this storm as it moved up from Lampasas County but the direction it was moving put it going south of town. Well the lightening was putting on quite the show so I sat out on the porch watching it (by this time our tv's satelite signal was knocked out). Next thing I know I hear the ping-ping of little hail stones on the neighbors metal roof. In seconds the wind lets loose and hail stones are crashing down and into the house at a angle. Luckily they never got any larger then nickle to quarter size so no damage to the cars or the house. The noise was something else and it woke Alan. He didn't know what was going on. If it's something you've never experienced just think of the sound of someone throwing a rock against your car or house and multiply by 100's of them being thrown at once. Could'nt get the full extent of any damage til this morning, my trees, flowers and tomatos took quite the beating snapping many stems and in a few cases the whole plant off. Tree limbs are down and leaves cover everything. Damage was really bad in town with whole trees coming down and apparently quite a bit of damage around the courthouse. Power was out off and on through the night as crews worked to repair the lines knocked down. I tried taking a few pictures of what it looks like around here this morning, but they really don't show it well. We've got a mess to clean up today.

Must have pictures of Caleb (aka Buggy)

These photos were taken in March.