We survived Ike!

First and foremost - we are all healthy and safe. We do not have power and are staying at my brother's house, along with my parents. We went to our house this morning and everything is ok. The neighborhood is a mess with lots of shrubs and large limbs down, but no damage to the house and no water in the house. We feel truly blessed and consider ourselves very, very lucky. The rest of Houston is in pretty bad shape. After checking on our house, we headed to my parent's house because they were stuck with trees and limbs down. Their neighborhood was hit very hard. But with an axe and chain saw, they cleared a path so they could leave and come to my brother's house. We will be here until we get power again at our house. The electric companies are saying it could be up to 3 weeks before everyone has electricity. Last night was a terrifying night that I never want to go through again. But we made it! And we are all OK, which truly makes me feel blessed. The first picture is of our front yard and the subsequent pictures are from my parent's house.