Ike visited us, too...barely

Well, we didn't get much of Ike, only some wind, but it was strong enough to bring a little excitement into our lives. We had been home from church for a few hours and I had made a couple apple pies for after dinner. Well, we decided to drop by Lonnie and Sarah's (my brother and his fam) who live about 10 minutes down the road. We loaded up the kids and pie and headed their way and the wind just began to really pick up. By the time we got to Lonnie's, there were branches in their driveway, their cars were parked away from any trees, so we took the hint. We had to dart across their lawn pretty quickly because walnuts were shooting out of their trees like bullets, it was pretty crazy. Little did we realize we'd have dessert and a show! We sat on their front porch watching branch by branch crack and fly off the trees as we ate apple pie and ice cream. They had already lost power by this time, so we were wondering what it would be like when we got to our place! It was an exciting drive home with trees and power poles and lines down, but our home only had a few branches down (darn it...we have cottonwood trees and I would have appreciated a few more branches down) and a few spots of shingles off of our roof. Thankfully, we had power, but we do have a generator and it's always fun to fire it up. We are thankful that Kevin's dad was visiting this weekend so he could help Kevin replace the shingles on the roof the next day. Our thoughts and prayers really go out to our friends in Texas and Illinois who were in much worse situations than ours. We hope you were kept safe in the midst of it all.