A nice surprise!

Yesterday when we came back to our house after taking care of our sweet friends who just had another baby on Thursday. We found the power on. What a nice surprise to have AC, a refrigerator. We celebrated last night by going to the store to get a gallon of milk and some frozen pizza to cook. It is weird to look in the refrigerator and see it so empty. I feel blessed to have survived with so little damage to our lives. We had to work hard to clean up our yard and make due without power for 7.5 days. It is just still weird to have been through a hurricane. Everywhere we drive we see the effects of the storm. We have learned a few things from surviving our first hurricane, things that we will do differently to prepare. We have written them down and will be better prepared for the next storm.

Safe and Sound

We have survived IKE. We can now say that we have been through a Hurricane. We did not have any damage to our home, we lost a fence in the backyard and some large limbs in our big trees. We have cleaned up most of the damage already and the fence will have to wait until we hear from the landlord. We didn't sleep well on Friday night and lost power at about 3:00 AM. Saturday morning when the boys woke up (they did sleep all night) the wind was still howling and that was a little bit hard for them. They were scared, especially Jongr who understands what a hurricane was. Thankfully the Lord watched over us and answered all of our prayers. We are safe.
We still do not have power at our house, so we are spending the day with our friends using their power and enjoying a hot meal and some electronics. Thanks for all of the love and prayers.

Our first Hurricane

Well...after a few close calls that ended up not hitting us, we are awaiting the arrival of Hurricane IKE. We have water and food and the windows in the back have an extra layer of protection. We are planning to have a Star Wars marathon tomorrow while we wait and make Jedi food for lunch (aka as pizza). It is everyones favorite and we are even going to have a few Jedi guests tomorrow. We will post updates here as we are able to. We expect the power to go out here for an unknown amount of time. I guess that is normal when you have a hurricane come into town. We plan to make the best of the situation. We also have faith that Heavenly Father will help to keep us safe.

Too Many Jones'

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 7,521 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Just a fun little thing that we found, thanks Reynolds family! Let's just say that Jones is much more popular than Reynolds. The little Jedi's have much less popular first names than Jonpa and I, so hopefully they won't have to answer as many questions as we do at the airport, library, and every other public place where you have to give your name.

A new Jedi transport

Well...after almost 9 years of marriage and never having bought a car together, Jonpa and I decided that it was finally time to replace one of our transports.  Here are pictures of the new transport.  

Jongr and Jontu pretending to be clones. 

Jongr starts school

Jongr had his first day of kindergarten last Monday 8/25.  It marks a new era for Jonpa and I.  We are no longer free to plan vacations or family outings at our own will, but will have to adhere to the school schedule.  It is an exciting time for us.  Pictures will be coming soon (the battery needs to be charged on the camera so that we can upload the photo).  Jontu, Jonev and I have been trying to adapt to this new way of life.  It sure is a little quieter around the house between 8AM and 3 PM.  

Jedi Summer Camp

Congratulations to Brian and Kelli!

Brian and Kelli cutting the cake at the wedding reception.  It was worth the trip, just to be there with them to celebrate their special day and to see most of the Jones and Butler families. Jongr, Jontu, and Jonev all enjoyed being with their aunts, uncles. and cousins, they keep talking about everyone that we saw and the next time that we will see them.  It is so cute!

Jontu and Jedi Master Jonpa. 

Saying goodbye to some of the other padawans that met us at the Jedi training this year. Thanks so much for making the trip to see us.   

Practicing light saber form with Aunt Jenn.  

There were many other things that we truly enjoyed at the Summer camp this year, to see more pictures of all of the fun check out our family website. If you don't see the summer camp pictures check back at a later date, they will be available soon.