May Mahem

May sure has flown right on by me! I think that Utah is some sort of black hole where time gets sucked in more quickly than in TN.

I was lucky enough to take the kiddos to UT for about 3 weeks this month. Thank heaven for Rick and Kayli who gave me a fantastic reason to come out. They were married on May 9th and I just made a little vacay out of it! We did so much while we were there.....wedding parties, dinosaur museum, aquarium, fishing, shopping, DB saw Ironman 2 with Gr&Gr Shoff, train depo, DB went camping with Uncle Ben, hanging out, and just really having a wonderful time with our families. We were busy almost the whole time!

We had a horrible experience getting there, and a VERY LONG DRIVE to get home, but everything in the middle of those two things was amazing! Yes, I drove home but my mama came with me to maintain my sanity. I think that without my mom, I might still be somewhere along I-80! We stopped over in Omaha to visit my sister's birthday and make fun of her very swollen ankles in person! She is due to have her baby anytime, but my guess is for one week past her due date. She is the best mommy already.

JT asks for Papa and Jessie almost every couple of hours, and DB wanted to stay forever.

And the thunder rolls....

What a weekend! I have never in my live seen so much rain. It was truly a sight to see so much rain in such a short amount of time! The flooding in Jackson here made national news, and boy did it deserve that! Friends of ours used their boats to drive into a Western Auto to rescue people, sinkholes have formed and swallowed cars, levees were obliterated and lakes/rivers exist where it was once dry. Good grief. But the thunder and lightning were absolutely amazing. The rumbling thunder that lasted for minutes at a time without letting up is almost eerie. It is like you wait for the big bang or the crack that just never comes. And the constant flashing like cameras flashing for a movie star. Truly amazing.

You know, there were tornado sirens off and on all weekend and at first they didn't bother me but last night I broke. I came to the realization that at any moment I really could have my babies ripped from me by a gust of wind. How many times in the day do I get so frustrated with my little ones? I've even told DB to just go away before!! I got myself good and worked up before bedtime and had a hard time sleeping so that I could keep an eye on my babes. I made the boys sleep in my closet/tornado shelter, and Baby Girl was in her pack 'n play right by my bed so I could grab her and go at a minutes notice. We were all in the closet for about an hour during the night just to be safe, as we had gotten word that it could be a big bad nasty one. Nothing happened. Thank heavens. I am WAY over WANTING to witness a tornado. On the bright side, the boys actually asked to sleep in the closet again. hmmmm, what could I use their bedroom for instead if I just make them sleep in the closet ALL the time? A craft room, exercise room, meditation/padded room? Oh, the possibilities.

So, we move on. Things will eventually dry out. I may not have to water my yard for months! The strawberries really perked up with their 15 inches of fresh water. Things are looking up already.