M took off Wednesday afternoon after scrambling for plywood, hunting down the elusive Plylox clips and headed for the coast to board up our house that is on the market. 3 and 4 of 8 tagged along to be helpers, and as they were leaving the house, I charged 3 of 8, as oldest son, to keep his father awake on the drive, to be a good helper , and to take my little Sony and to take lots of pictures. I didn't know what kind of pictures we would end up with, but I thought it might be worth a shot (hee hee...get it?...I'm cracking myself up...okay, look, we've had a couple of stressful days here, people...)
The Hurricane Preparedness team came straggling in Thursday afternoon, hot, sweaty, tired, sore, hungry....with pictures. And so, with great pride, I debut 3 of 8's premiere exhibit of photojournalistically capturing the plywood storm before the storm.....
Love this shot. M is beginning the unloading o' the plywood from my 15 passenger van...which we quickly shoveled out from our previous beach trip just 3 days before....
Please admire this pile of plywood. It is like spun gold down on the coast, elusive and precious....and expensive.....
M being chipper....and let me tell you, the smile is fake. Fake, fake, fake. He is not happy. He is totally Dale Carnegie-ing this experience....
The installment begins...
Ominous skies...
Cutting and measuring, cutting and measuring...
Installing the Plylox clips...
The interior view....
All boarded up...(thought this was a great shot on 3 of 8's part...)
Ready for the storm...
...and the obligatory self-portrait....
Our thoughts and prayers are with those along the coast. We are praying for successful evacuations, protected property and most importantly, for safety for coastal residents. And we sure wish we were the ones who came up with those dang expensive Plylox clips....
Wow! What an enormous undertaking! No wonder he wasn't happy. So sorry that you guys had to go through all of that this week. Still praying!
ReplyDeleteAll good thoughts your all's way!
ReplyDeleteYuck, doesn't look like fun at all. Hope all is well for you guys as you wait it out. Oh and I love the green bands on 3 of 8s braces, my daughter chose black, her teeth look rotted out, haha!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love your new fall look!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots by 3 of 8. These days kids are so good with technical gear.
Praying for you guys and all those along the coast!
DEFINITELY LOVE the new background!!!
ReplyDeletethose pics are awesome, and very well documented. the first is my fave.
best wishes through the storm.
Yes - love the background. Good pics. Hope you do not get any damage to the house!!
ReplyDeleteWell, at least you were able to get that van cleaned out in time to fill it back up so the priceless plywood could ride in style. How did M, 3 & 4 of 8 fit in the van after that?
ReplyDeleteI love it that your husband still has a smile on his face.... that looks like a lot of very hard work!! But it looks like the place is prepared and I pray the storm passes quickly and without incident! I have no idea where you are- but I have friends down in Housten. I haven't heard from them in a few days, so I wonder if they took off??
ReplyDeleteLove the festive fall look.
ReplyDeletePraying for everyone in Ike's path.
Boarding up all those windows looks like a job and a half.
praying for your family in this stressful time.
ReplyDeleteI wrote this whole long cool comment...then lost it. Crap.
ReplyDeleteIt went something like:
God bless from the hurricane, you're hubby is a trooper, your kid is a great photog, and where the heck do you live, cuz your house looks exactly liky my BILs house and he lives in Spring? Whew!
oh my goodness - all that work!!! terribel - hope all is well! Love the green braces!
ReplyDeleteawesome pictures. love the shot in the back of the van.
ReplyDeletethose clips are amazing. i have no call for them here. but those are awesome. and glad everything was taken care of. i hope all goes well for everyone this Hurricane season.
Very nice job. Talent is running rampid in the family, Octamom!
ReplyDeleteHappily, your house is protected from the storm. With all the hard work, I'm sure your kids can appreciate the job they did. They must be proud to have helped Dad. :)
BTW, I love your Fall Theme. :)
LOL My kids have to do the self-portraits, too. Such hams!
ReplyDeleteOh my heart aches for you guys....but glad you were able to get it boarded. Keep us updated.
ReplyDelete1 and 3 are sure taking after momma on the photographic front! Glad M could smile, though I'm sure he wasn't happy. Glad all is boarded up, will be praying for you and all those potentially affected by Ike.
ReplyDeleteTake care!
Steph
ps-love the background!
pps-caught Sweetpea balanced on the crib rail today {{faints}}
The pictures are mighty fine!!! So glad they arrived back home safely. Tell 3 of 8 I love his work!
ReplyDeleteWho can write about an approaching storm as eloquently as Octamom, I know not.
ReplyDeleteWho can document the process of 'battering down the hatches' as remarkably as 3 of 8, I know not.
And who can photograph oneself with such an awesomely goofy expression on one's face --- why, that glory alone can stand only with 3 of 8, apparently.
Love the fall blog look! I hope your house was okay! What a big job, with plywood!
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My sweetie would not have a smile on his face either. What a trooper. Sounds like 3 and 4 of 8 were big helpers. I love 3 of 8's self portrait as well. jason and I have a bunch of those from various trips where we have no one to take our photo. I hope that your house weathered the storm ok, and I'm sending prayers to the coast.
ReplyDeleteWay to go 3. You have some very talented kids!
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