Here we go again………………..

There are many many circular clouds and tornado warnings and watches are up for all of North Texas. Two tornados have been reported so far with quite possibly many more. I don’t know how much of this I can handle! Please pray for us as we go through this tornado season.

 

Family Time

It was wonderful to have Steve’s parents, sister, brother-in-law and newphews all for a visit this weekend. We haven’t seen his parents (Ed & Shirley) for a long while. They traveled all the way down from Colorado and poor Shirley had to deal with the nasty Texas allergies!! First they went to Greg and Nancy’s house in Austin and then they all made the trek here during a wonderful severe storm! We tried our best to sight-see Dallas but being new ourselves, we were lost for ideas. We ended up going downtown to the historical West End and saw where JFK was shot and walked down the road that he was riding when he was shot. Downtown Dallas really left me desiring more. I sure do miss my Lodo!! The boys obviously enjoyed hanging out with their cousins again. The next day we drove to a large park with a playground and hiking trails. It was a pretty nice park and we might visit again. Hopefully we can find some things that are closer to us, but we shall see. Unfortunately their visit was short lived and everybody had to go home. It was nice to be able to have so many people in the house and still be comfortable, 5 bedrooms really makes for good visiting and anybody is welcome anytime:)

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My Dad My Hero…..

A post on the IRW forum reminded me of another time in my childhood when I had a brush with tornado warnings. Somebody had posted “You sure stayed calm though! Especially for someone not used to that kind of thing.”; and it made me remember when I was just about 6 years old or so and  my brother and I were outside playing in the rain. We were currently living on base in Missouri and next thing I know the loud siren went off. The rain had started pouring sideways and there was an erie feel in the air.  Not a second later my father comes outside screaming for us to get in the house. My father super heroically (if that is even a word) ripped the matress off my bed and directed us to huddle in the bath tub. I remember thinking of my father as my hero……

If it wasn’t for his quick and calm thinking, I don’t think I could have been as calm as I was. So thank you Dad! I love you very much.

If I remember correctly, I think there was a tornado that hit close by but not where we were. Heck, I could be wrong in my memory but it is a memory I hold close to my heart.

 

Our first Tornado Warning!

4:04am I am awaken by a slight siren sound. Luckily I have heard them before so I knew exactly what was going on; A TORNADO SIREN. Well, that woke me up quick and I run upstairs to wake up Adrian and then down the hall to get Caeden. We take blankets and head into my small walk in closet, which is the only place that I can think of that would be safe. Of course Steve is gone out of town, so I called him hoping he could help from Atlanta. NO was the answer! I then proceeded to turn on the T.V. in my bedroom leaving the boys in my closet and of course no satelitte signal. So next I move to the radio. As soon as I hear some music I hear a loud crack and bang the power goes out. Scared to death I run back into the closet and try to figure out something …… Taking Steve’s advise I call the police station to verify if a tornado had touched down or if we were in a warning; it was a warning and no he didn’t know for how long. Sitting in the closet we were not able to see anything and I realize that I need to get a candle, a radio, something because I had no idea how long we would be in there. I told the boys I would be right back and that everything will be okay. Leaving the closet I see poor Pepe under my bed terrified. As soon as he sees me I hear him meowing and he starts to follow me. I locate a candle and matches, batteries and my clock radio, picked up Pepe and I head back to the closet. The winds were so strong and the rain was hitting the windows so hard, it looked like the house was in a car wash. The scariest part was knowing that we were not prepared and and what will happen to all my pictures. I had thought about where we would go, but not about the supplies I would need. In the closet I lite the candle, put batteries in my clock radio, of course no radio; It just saves the time. GREAT! So we sit in the closet and Caeden won’t quit talking, Adrian is trying to sleep, Precious is trying to get to Pepe so she can jump on his face and play. After some time, It had quieted down and so I called the police department at 4:47am to find out that the warning was over. The kids and I slowly get back into bed and sleep in of course. Throughout the morning I keep peeking to see if there is any power yet back in the house. Around 9ish a glimmer of the bathroom light that was on earlier finally presents itself. As I get out of bed wondering what school will be like because I know their power had to be out as well, I look out of my window and low and behold; We have half a tree!! 

The school had half power at 9:30am and no air; they are not taking attendance today, so the kids decided that they would like to stay home. Great, another terror for me to deal with today!! lol.

We are actually very lucky that nothing besides the tree was damaged. Caeden’s room and my scrapbook room are on that side of the house. Seeing the news and all of the damage from the storms that other houses endured, I feel very lucky indeed.

 

Dominick Aurturo has arrived!!

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Originally uploaded by hcgorhan

My beautiful cousin Angie (shown at side) has given birth to a 9lb. 1oz gorgeous baby boy. I got the phone call at 1:27pm from my aunt Marcie while I was making a sandwich or something. I don’t know, I was in the kitchen. In the background I heard the wonderfully loud lungs crying of my…. what would he be; second cousin I think? I can’t wait to get to OKC to see this wonderful new addition to our family, and take a plethera of pictures of course!

 

First Swim

First Swim
It was such a wonderful day. The entire family outside in the warn Texas weather. Steve was cleaning the pool and yard work, Adrian was on his computer, I was painting trellises and well you see what Caeden was doing!

This weekend was nice enough, Caeden and his friend Alex even ejoyed some pool time. This is the first time anybody has enjoyed or froze in our pool for the sake of swimming. Of course Steve has thrown the boys in the pool, but that was just for fun. Adrian was the smart one, he stayed out of the pool. Caeden and his friend had blue lips and tried warming up in the sun. If it wasn’t for the wind they might have warmed up a lot quicker. Needless to say we are very excited to get many uses out of our new pool. Doesn’t it look inviting??

 

Mitchy for a Walk

Mitchy for a Walk

 Caeden has been dying to walk his guinea pig. It really is hard to leash him because he sits all fat and then when he walks he stretches out and walks right out of the leash! lol

Mitchy finally stayed on his lease long enough for a picture and to be safe without escape. Caeden loved that he could walk his pet on a leash and Mitchy loved eating the grass. Precious was inside freaking out barking constantly. I have a video to upload of Precious and Mitchy. It is so stinking cute!! All in all Sunday was a pretty nice day……………..

 

COMING TO COLORADO

That’s right! We will be visiting Colorado on June 21st. We need to get together!!

 

Boys in a photo-opp that nearly killed them! lol

Six Flags ~  click for another picture!

Boys in photo op that killed them! lolOriginally uploaded by hcgorhan

Here is a picture of the boys at Six Flags. I am so thankful that one of my many photo imaging softwares was able to download all pictures! I am one lucky girl .

I had to pull teeth and threaten no more rides just to get the boys to climb on the chair and let me take a picture. It used to be so much easier than this. They both used to be such hams. I miss those days!

 

I FOUND THEM!!!

I am so excited!! Somehow the HP photoshop program uploaded all of the pictures that I thought I had lost!! OMG!! I am so happy and so very lucky. Who knew having, what at least 6 photo imaging softwares on one computer, would come in handy. lol. Just because these are great pictures and didn’t deserve to be lost, I am going to show a few off. If I can figure out how to upload more than one picture in a post!