We had quite a busy weekend. On Friday we met Kelli and the boys at Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek MI. It was hot and sticky but lots of fun. The kids got to feed giraffe's which was pretty cool. Gramma and Mommy couldn't pull Lucy away from them or the goats in the petting zoo! It was a really good time and the kids were nice and tired on the way home. We were gone from about 8 in the morning to around 6 at night. We were lucky though....the storm of the year went through where we had been traveling about a 1/2 hour after we were out of the area and then it pummeled us at around 830-930 later that night. There were tornado's seemingly everywhere and the sky looked so nasty we were down in the basement about 10 minutes before the tornado sirens even blew. Our front porch took the brunt of the storm. We listened in the basement as the wind slammed our porch swing against the porch post again and again breaking off pieces as it hit. I almost cried...I love that porch swing. When the storm was over we went out to survey the damages and other than a broken swing and some limbs down were ok. A tornado touched down to the south of us and to the north east as well. Needless to say we woke up Sat morning to the sound of chain saws ringing out. Keith was able to piece the swing back togethor with some nails, screws and some pushing and shoving much to my delight!
On Sat afternoon we headed to my cousins graduation party and then on to West Liberty with my dad to go to his church and to the Ohio Caverns on Sunday. The kids had a blast sleeping in sleeping bags but they didn't actually sleep very much! On Sunday after church we headed to the caverns for a quick picnic and then a 45 minute tour of the caves. I tried to feed Ella before we went down but of course she didn't want to eat...as soon as we started walking down the steps she started to fuss and root. Soooo...needless to say I spent the first about 1/2 hour walking and nursing at the same time dodgeing drips from the ceiling and walking sideways half the time! Lucy started fussing about 1/2 way through and Gideon was talking about how it looked like we were in a sharks belly with lots of teeth and water everywhere. At one point they turned off all the lights to show us what total darkness is.....I thought my kids would freak but they absolutely loved it. Lucy kept saying...Do again....Do again. We stopped for icecream on the way home and since it was 90 degrees they melted within seconds of getting into our hands. It was messy but yummy!
This week we have a lot going on with Bible School in the evenings and my cousins from PA in town! It should be busy but lots of fun! Hope all are well!
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