Crazy Day!

What a crazy day this has been!

I slept in this morning because Daniel also decided to sleep in. When he finally woke up, Jacob went in to get him. He brought him into our bed and we had some fun family time. I love moments like that!

Jacob left at 9:30 to head back to the school to get things ready for the 2nd performance of "Aladdin" and Daniel and I just hung out and played. It was still super windy, but also bright and sunny. I read that we were at a high level risk for tornados and bad weather, but for once didn't really feel too nervous about it.

Around 11 it started to get pretty cloudy and dark. I heard some thunder and my weather app was going nuts on my phone with watches and advisories. Around 11:30 the sirens started blaring. I flipped to a local channel to see what was up. The warning was for the northern part of the county, so I decided we were okay. It was only sprinkling anyway.

About 10 minutes later it started to torrentially rain. I couldn't see past our front porch! The winds picked up so fast that our whole house was rattling. I decided that was it for me. I grabbed Daniel and my phone and headed for the basement. Better safe than sorry. We have tons of windows and I sure didn't want to be upstairs if one of them shattered! Daniel enjoyed checking out the basement, and within another 10 minutes our part of the county was in a warning as well.

It calmed down outside and although the warning wasn't over I felt the storm had passed enough to head upstairs. Not even kidding, within 5 minutes the sun was shining and the sky was blue. It was very weird.

Jacob called to see if we were okay. Assumption was just getting hit with what we had, only they got the added bonus of golf ball sized hail. Yikes!

Thankfully there were no actual tornado touch downs around here that I know of, but my heart goes out to the people who lost their homes and lives today. There was a big tornado about an hour and a half away from us. Lots of devastation.

This is why I insisted on moving into a house with a basement...and any other house I move into will also have a basement! I don't mess with tornados!

Daniel and I ate lunch and then Mimi and Pa got here (after having to drive through the storm and detour around a downed power line!). They came to babysit Daniel while I went to see Aladdin!
Since Daniel slept in, I didn't put him down for a nap. He was very excited to play though...and Pa brought Daniel a surprise. Wooden letter and number blocks that he made. They are awesome! I'll have to post pictures, but I'm pretty excited about them. Daniel now calls them, "Pa blocks".

Aladdin was awesome. The kids all did an amazing job! Jacob did a great job directing the musical! This was his first time directing and it couldn't have been any better. I'm really proud of him and all of the hard work that he put into it. He also had a couple of really great helpers too! Jacob reserved a chair for me and even gave me a cushioned one for my back. So much better than bleachers or a hard chair. Plus I wore a thermal wrap on my back. It was like having a built in heating pad. So nice!

Headed home to see my boy. He played hard. They all went outside for awhile and Daniel gave them a run for their money. Before they left Brenda helped give Daniel a bath for me. I sure love her!

Jacob was able to get home a lot earlier than he expected to because so many parents stayed and helped with the clean up! We got to have family time, which was so nice! I put Daniel to bed early because I knew he had to be exhausted. He was asleep in my arms within 5 minutes!

Tomorrow we're all home. Yay for a family day!