Another visit to Zilker

My friend, Janessa, and I took 5 kids to Zilker park today (Aaron, her two and two children she is watching for a neighbor). It has cooked down quite a bit here (for a while anyway). Today is in the upper 70s and it was a perfect day to enjoy the park, walk along the creek watching all the dogs who jump in and swim, and have a picnic. Aaron is sleeping away right now as I steal a few minutes for a quick update. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, so no cute pics of this one.

It's been interesting to see and hear about all the evacuees from Ike that are making their temporary home in Austin. Most of the power is out in Houston and Galveston sounds like it may never be the same again. We read about 5,000 people are staying in Austin until power is restored in the area. So, at the parks we see lots of families hanging out with their dogs and know they are evacuees. As far as Austin and the hurricane, it passed right by us, we didn't even get a drop of rain! It sounds like that happens quite a bit as hurricanes come by, but it was an exciting couple of days wondering what it might be like to be in a hurricane. But, hopefully we won't ever have to find out!

In house news...the building has officially (finally) started! We are the proud almost owners of some plumbing and foundation form boards. We will be going down for a pre-construction orientation next week. We are excited to see some progress and look forward to moving in soon!