Hurrican Ike blows in some company...

Usually hurricanes aren't known for the good things they produce. Houston, just having experienced Hurricane Ike, can attest to this. And while my heart broke for my neighbors to the east, Ike did bring a little fun my way.

Due to the sheer force that Ike seemed to be using to head towards the Texas coast, more Houstonians ended up evacuating than were originally predicted. Three of the thousands of evacuees came to my house! Sarah, Terry, and the little busy-body Micah rode out Ike at the Qualley apartment. Where I thought it would be a slightly boring weekend, came a couple of days spent with some best friends and one funny little boy. :)

The funniest part of the time spent with the Dominos was what I like to call Dogs vs. Micah. Poor Micah had only recently encountered his first dog and from what Sarah said, it wasn't a great experience. I, very ignorantly, thought that my two dogs would immediately love Micah and vice versa. That's not really how it happened. The dogs met Micah and barked...a lot. I don't know if they were scared of him and his busy-body ways but it got to the point that I asked Grant's brother to take them for the night. Even if Micah was interested in Maggie & Tex, those two were making it very difficult to form a friendship.

This was how most of the first day went until it was time for the dogs to spend the night at Uncle Duke's.

The dogs would slowly approach Micah, he'd get nervous. He's scream, the dogs would get nervous.

Grant, thankfully, took it upon himself to make life between the dogs and Micah a peaceful one.

By the second night, Micah and the dogs were old pals. Maggie still kept her distance a little bit, but she'd stopped barking at him. And Micah quickly learned that the way to Maggie's heart was through her toys.

Micah really liked Maggie's little red cone toy. He'd wear it on his head like a little shriner and then throw it for one happy little girl.

Micah quickly became very comfortable with the pups. Even to the point of growling with them while playing. I think this picture is Micah's way of showing his great power over the dogs. (Maggie's in the act of running because he's just thrown another toy.)

Surrounded by his new pals. :) Maggie's even smiling!

By the end of the weekend, Micah was giving hugs to the dogs...well, mainly Tex. I'm glad they finally came to an understanding. But more than that, they gave us a few days full of entertainment.