Easter 2011, The Not So Good Stuff

Here are a bunch of pictures of the tornado damage to our house and neighborhood. Click on the album to see them.

Easter 2011, The Not So Good Stuff (Tornado and Storm Damage)

Easter 2011, The Good Stuff

Before the chaos of the storms and tornado on Easter weekend, my people were able to do some fun things for the holiday. They had breakfast with the bunny at the Zoo and the kids had a blast. Well, Lily had a blast. Henry still wasn't so sure about the characters that were walking around. Lily and Baldy also dyed some eggs. Here's a picture Grandma and Grandpa took on Easter Sunday before church. Lily loves fancy dresses, even if you can't quite tell from looking at the picture.



Click on the album to see pictures from the other activities.

Easter 2011, The Good Stuff

Tornado

I got my paws on Katie's phone to give everyone an update on our situation. It's very hard to use this touchscreen with claws, so I apologize for any typos. I also have no idea how the formatting will work posting from the phone, so sorry if everything looks goofy.

Anyway, our house was in the path of the tornado that hit the area this past Friday. We're all ok. Lily was with Grandma Gail and Papa Dean at the time. Me, Greg, Katie, and Henry were in the basement. We felt the pressure change and heard a loud noise. When we looked out the basement window we saw drywall, our first clue things were not good. Greg went upstairs with a flashlight and yelled down "Katie, there are gumballs in the hallway.". Once we all got upstairs we saw that our neighbor's gum ball tree was in our bedroom.

We were able to get the outside debris and downed trees cleaned up yesterday. A company is at the house today to help us get started on the inside.

The neighborhood's a mess, but we're fortunate there were no injuries. The house is a wreck, but can be fixed and the majority of our things have been spared, though Greg and Katie will be doing a closer evaluation of the inside items in the coming days to know for sure. They're calling for more severe weather tonight, so hopefully the tarps on everyone's roofs will hold up. Fortunately, we have a place to stay in the coming days/weeks/however long it takes to make our house livable again.

Thank you for the prayers and offers of help. We'll keep you posted. My people have taken a ton of pictures and will hopefully be able to post them soon.

God is good and will be glorified through all of this.

I know they had to throw away my dog bed. Bummer.

Rude Wake-Up Call

Last night around 12:15, the carbon monoxide detector started beeping because the battery was dying. That is a nerve-wracking sound! I don't think Katie appreciated me shaking like a leaf while literally standing on her head in bed while Greg changed the batteries.