After the Storm

Our Yard

It's that time of year again...

Tornado weather.  The storm room in the basement got a good work-out on Saturday night.  We went down twice...the second time a funnel cloud was spotted by trained weather-spotters not far from our home.  Here is what happens when we are down in the safe room:
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Dance time!  Anything to keep the scared feelings at bay.

These items make the trip:  A bag full of important papers like Luci's adoption papers, insurance stuff, and several flashlights, and there's always at least one cell phone.



The radio is important...not only for those dance moves, but also because the local stations report for us until it's all clear.

Tired from all that dancing...



and the boys played on in the "Man Cave" next door.  When the storms got closer, they got in the safe room with us.

A Shot in the Dark

We had a tremendous wind storm come through Tuesday. The lights went out at 7:20 pm for nearly 4 hours. Usually they come back on in less than 30 minutes. So, we found ways to amuse ourselves. Luci was totally confused and both boys had fun getting her to "go turn on the lights."


Learning how to make your face glow:

Playing a battery-operated video game:
Looking too cool:
Now Mom uses the flash--you can't even tell the lights were off. I love this camera! Luci danced for us, as we listened to the radio to get news of the storm:
Momma! Stop the lights!
Add extra bowl-wheels to her "Thomas the Tank Engine" box. Also, this could be labeled, "Why I don't buy the more-expensive Scotch tape anymore." Or, "Princess decides she'd rather be a half-naked mechanic."
These two pictures were of the clouds in our backyard the day after the storm. Bryan and I thought the formations were so odd.