Winsett World: WHIRLWIND of a week!

Literally. It was not fun. I do not want to do it again. However, that's how memories are made, and a LOT were made this week...so far! We saw our first tornado of the season Monday night. Apparently, there were approximately 27 in the state that evening! Let's rewind back to Monday night, the 10th of May. That whole afternoon, I was scrambling around to get all the laundry done...even our bed sheets! What good are clean bed sheets when you have no electricity and you can't take showers?!?! Oh well, at least they smelled good:O) Caleb got home from work around 5:30 and immediately filled our bathtub up with water...smart guy! What would I do without him? Dinner just came out of the oven and it smelled soooo good, but needless to say, we did not get to eat it! At that moment, our weather radio went off and said we were in a tornado warning. It started hailing, so I called to Caleb that we should head to the storm shelter. He grabbed Corban, along with ALL of Corban's stuffed animals and blankets, or so it seemed! I grabbed Cruz and put a blanket over his head and we were running for the fraidy hole! Some of our neighbors came over with their 2 dogs, Starsky and Hutch(love the names)! Then our dog, Abbee, decided she wanted to join in on the fun!! We had 7 people, 3 dogs, and dog poop in our 6x6 storm cave:o) Memories!! After all that fun was over, we were without power until Thursday morning. In the meantime, we stayed with Caleb's parents because they HAD electricity!! That's always fun! It's like a big slumber party when we stay there! It reminds me of the good ol' college days when I would come home with Caleb for the weekend and spend time with his family! Corban, of course, loved it! He loves to sleep with Nana in her big, king size bed. And I think Nana enjoys the cuddles, too :O)

The day after the tornado came through, we drove around to see the damage, not knowing that it was less than 1/2 mile away! If nature had intended that the tornado turn slightly north, it would have nailed our house. Seeing all the damage, makes me so thankful for what we have. Honestly, I didn't care that we were without electricity, when neighbors were without homes. There were so many homes destroyed and demolished by this tornado in what seemed like our backyard. I can't imagine losing everything! One second you have everything, the next, it's gone. These poor people are trying to pick up the pieces of what's left of their lives and they have to start all over again. Please stop and say a prayer for these people, as their homes and memories and lives were viciously uprooted in the wake of this tornado's destruction.

This is our 6x6 storm cave!