Happy Birthday, Hurricanes & Hurling

We had Rhett's ALL STAR SPORTS party Friday, just a week after his real birthday! I let Rhett pick what we would do for this party. After we eliminated all the $10 per person options, he just wanted to play with his friends in a gym. Gotta love 7 year old boys! It was a bit more complicated than it sounds though.

Just hanging out.

Score!

Pinata baseball!

Last Wednesday (about 48 hours before the party was to start) I learned that our church gym/community center (the place where 40 invitations had said we were having the party!) was being used as a Hurricane Ike evacuation center!
(Yes Rhett. That was exactly my reaction!)

After an hour of stressing and wondering what to do, I called around and found the gym at the Baptist church downtown was open. I booked it. We have actually had several birthday parties there before and Rhett was thrilled, but scared no one would be able to find his party. I'm still not sure everyone got word we had moved, but we did our best. The kids who showed up seemed to have a good time. Here is an attempt at a group picture. Of course we missed 5 or 6 kids but still.... Aren't they fun? These were some really sweet, energetic little kids!


It was really fun night except that we (or at least I) really missed Rob who was knocked out by a nasty stomach virus. Rob never gets sick. It's still hard to believe he missed the party! Thank goodness for Mama KK, Sari, Jim, Robby, Maria and several other parents who stayed and helped. Yes, it takes a village to feed and supervise that many kiddos! The kids were having so much fun that Rhett didn't want to stop playing to open presents. We got to have even more fun when we got home. It was like Christmas in September for him! We all went to bed worn out but happy.


Saturday morning was wonderful! It rained outside and we all slept in. All the soccer games were canceled and we had no where to be all day. We. Did. Nothing!!!

IKE passed by us to the east and we only had a few gust of wind and some rain. It was a great rainy, lazy day! I absolutely live for Saturdays like that! Rob was felt much better. After a terribly busy week, it was good to do nothing UNTIL... I came down with Rob's stomach virus! It was not fun but, 24 hours later I am much better.


About Hurricane IKE...
We are praying for all those near the coast hit so badly. It looks like downtown Houston came out better than expected, but those communities directly on the coast and those that saw the East side of the storm were hit VERY hard! Watching KHOU.com's live feed makes me so sad. We have several friends who hunkered down during the storm but who are now leaving because they have no electricity. Those who refused to evacuate Galveston island before the storm are now being forced to leave because the area is just not fit to live in. Galveston is facing a long recovery I fear!

Praying, praying, praying for those people who lost their homes and places of work!

On a personal note...
This week doesn't look nearly as busy as last week, but that's not saying much! Hoping for calmer days and more restful nights! Is it me or has everyone had a crazy busy start to school this year?

More later.
Maybe.
Have a blessed week bloggies!