We Survived!!

So I am sure that pretty much all of you have heard all the stories on the news about the horrific weather the South has been having. My heart goes out to those in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and even those here in our home state of Tennessee. There have been deaths in all these states due to the tornado activity that has been going on these past few days bringing the death toll over 250 people. Horrible for these people and families that have to go through this.

I am counting my blessings this week knowing that those same storms that hit Mississippi and Alabama were the same storms that they were predicting to head up a little North and pass through our area of Tennessee. While my heart goes out to those in Alabama, I am ever so grateful that those storms stayed South of us.

Monday night was the worse night for us....Monday day a tornado touched down about 10 miles North of where we live. Monday night some horrific winds came through our area where me and the girls got to spend the night in the bathtub b/c it was THAT scary. Our town suffered quite a bit of damage with downed trees and power lines every where. The main road to our neighborhood has been closed for 2 days b/c of trees and power lines. We woke up Tuesday morning to shingles all over our yard, pieces of siding off of houses, a big ole' metal pole, and a big wooden box which appeared to be some kind of toolbox--all found in our yard--and we were LUCKY! That was nothing compared to other people!!

Some houses down the road from our neighborhood had BIG trees toppled onto their houses....it was not a pretty site for much of the city. The river has been spilling over causing a lot of flooding. Tuesday night Mike flew back into Memphis coming back from a job interview, but I was unable to get him b/c of the severe weather and tornado warnings with tornadoes hitting all around the Memphis area and heading our way, so he ended up spending the night in the airport on a bench where I had to go get him the next morning. We had 2 long sleepless nights and I am so grateful that this week is OVER! Of course, they are calling for some more severe weather this weekend--just great!!

--a special thanks to my neighbors the Heslop's for allowing me to sleep over at their house Tuesday night while Mike was away and I was by myself with the girls...b/c after our SCARY experience Monday night, I did not want to experience that alone, again! So we got to have a sleepover at the Heslop's--

Again, we are grateful we were kept safe from these horrific storms.....and can I just say that the sound of a tornado siren is the most annoying, scariest, creepiest sound ever??!! I sure think so!! But I am glad we have them even though I am SO over hearing them. Hope everyone stays safe and pray that we dont have much more of this severe weather even though it is now just the beginning of the Tornado season! Bring it on!!


Here are some pictures from around our town...this is was happened throughout the town to a lot of people......