Saturday morning we got up early to assess the damage to some of our neighbors yards. There were power lines and trees down every where. We worked all day Saturday cleaning up the yard. (Thanks to Billy, Debbie, and Nicholas for all of their help!) We also were without electricity. (Thanks to Mom & Dad for bringing us a generator so that we didn't lose any of our food in the refrigerator or the freezer.) Our yard looked so bad that at one point I actually saw someone stop to take pictures. On Friday afternoon people were slowing down almost to a hault right in front of the house to look at all of the trees that had been uprooted. Saturday night was Brandon's 1o year class reunion. I had to go by Julie's to fix my hair because the generator would not power my hair dryer or straightener. (Thanks to Julie for the electricity!)
Sunday we were still out of electricity so we didn't make it to church. Brandon and Billy worked in the yard again trying to get all of the trees cut up and cleaned up. During Sunday's clean up Kitty got bumped/run over by the truck when Billy was pulling the trailer across the yard. She ended up running off for a period of time. So needless to say I was boo-hooing because I thought she had run off to die (too much tv for me I think). We finally found her after much searching she made it back to the house to find us actually. Sunday night we went to Mom & Dad's to eat supper. (Thanks for the A/C and supper!) When we got home Sunday night the lights were back on! HALLELUJAH!
BEFORE THE STORM
**Notice the trees in the background between me and the house.
**Notice the trees in the background between me and the house.
We have so much to be thankful for in this situation. Our house, shop, and fence survived the winds! No structural damage, just a few trees. I'll try to take some pictures of what it looks like now that we have cleaned it up.
