This week

A busy week has gone by, but next week will be even busieras we move to our new house. We experienced our first tornado warnings this week. Sadly, many people died in the storms. Last Sunday evening, we drove home from Collierville where we had been hanging out with Robert's family. The weather was overcast, warm, and a little windy. It actually felt very relaxing. Driving home, we could see the enormous storm high overhead, but on land, it was pleasant. About 10 minutes after I put Adam down in his crib, we heard sirens. It took us a minute to realize it was the tornado siren meaning one had touched down. I went upstairs to get Adam and brought him and Jack into the downstairs bathroom for the remainder of the storm. It was strange to be back in tornado weather just wondering where it was and when it would get near our home. We had another one on Friday morning. It did more damage in Middle Tennessee than it did here. I think Robert's mom is doing Disaster Relief work this weekend in one of the towns struck by last weekend's tornado.

On a happy note, we are getting excited about our move to the new house. We had our final walkthrough today and are very happy with all of the work they have done. The house was appraised this week at a much higher price than we paid, which is something we specifically had been praying for. It will allow us to keep some of our money we originally had set aside for the down payment to float us for the next few months and to buy needed things for the new place.

We walked around our new neighborhood again this week while my mom was visiting (she babysat Adam) and we met a guy named Ray who has lived on our street for 60 years. He seemed to know everything about everybody. A good neighbor to have! It is going to be so good to get settled there.

Well, Adam is telling me it is time for me to get off the computer and play with him before bedtime. More later...