Rita Reunion

When Hurricane Rita hit 5 years ago, Michael and I were still in galaxies far, far away from each other. I had evacuated to northern Arkansas with my family and then made it all the way back down to South Padre Island, Texas for Jenny and Chris's wedding. What a week that was!!!!

Michael and his family had evacuated to Lufkin....cause Lufkin is safe from hurricanes. WRONG! Power was out and trees were down everywhere! After a couple days, it was discovered that Amy and Dennis had power in Mont Belvieu. So a lot of Michael's family headed to the Wagner's where they hung out, ate and enjoyed being cool again.

Amy wanted to get everyone together and have a Rita Reunion! I was not at the first event but I made it to the reunion :) Friday evening was spent at Kemah. It is so nice there! I love it every time I go. Laura, one of Ryan's "big" cousins, had talked all week about how she was gonna ride in the back of the truck with Ryan...in her car seat right beside his.
And that is what she did! She was so funny...and good. We parked in the parking garage and Amy and Dennis had parked on the other side of the parking lot. With out being told, Laura held onto the side of Ryan's stroller all the way across Kemah until we got to the restaurant. It was really cute. Then when we put Ryan in his high chair, Laura wanted to sit in one right beside him.
Her legs are a LITTLE long for it but it still worked. She cracks me up!

We got to take Ryan on his first train ride! He liked it :)
He was looking around the whole time. There is a lot to see there! The 3 of us slept in Amy and Dennis's travel trailer. On Saturday, we all went to their school Fall Festival and then just hung out at their house. It was good to be with family and it not be a holiday or birthday...just time to visit and hang out. Glad Amy had this idea!
Oh, and apparently, Ryan is not as scared of dogs anymore, as this picture shows! He took a little while to warm up to Chelsea but he gradually got ok with her. He would still scream when he saw her or she came near him but he screamed with a smile on his face and he did not want her to get out of his site!