Storm Recovery

Last Friday night, Nate and I were watching the Olympic Trials and saw a storm warning come across the screen.  It didn't mention our county so we didn't think much and headed to bed around 10 PM.  A little while later, we heard a lot of wind and looked out the window.  There was a bad storm coming and tons of lightening.  The power flickered a lot and then went out.

We gathered the sleeping kids and went to the basement floor on sleeping bags until about midnight.  Our land line and cell phones, internet, and electricity all went out.  Other than talk radio, we had no way to know what was going on outside.  It was a fun adventure, we have never had to do anything like that!

We put the kids to bed and then we went to bed.  I kept seeing red sirens in our cul-de-sac and heard our neighbors outside yelling.  We couldn't figure out what was going on but stayed put.  We later saw that a house on our street with four children had a tree uprooted and fall on the roof.  It literally sliced the house in half - everyone was safe - and when we went to look at the house the next day, I kept telling the kids that God really protected that family.

We spent the entire weekend without power, phones and it was HOT.  Around 105 degrees.  It was a nice time for us just to be together talking with neighbors, being without any TV or plans but wow, I was HOT.  Here are some of our memories.

 The baby pool and bathing suits were WONDERFUL.

Nate helping our neighbor cut down a limb.

 My parents were without electricity a lot longer than us, about 2 1/2 days.  So they had to empty the meat in their freezer and we had a big barbecue.  

Our church is still without power.  

When that AC came back on, we were one happy family!