I'm sure mom will post more on their trip to the south, but we had a great time. Mom, Dad and Amber drove down on Friday and we went Friday night and celebrated Christian's 12th birthday at O'Charlies over a great bowl of cheddar potato soup. We all came home and relaxed while watching the olympics. Saturday morning, Retta made everybody pancakes and then the girls w/Chris went shopping. Dad and I took a nap, watched a tractor pull on RFDtv, and caught up on what's going on in life. In the evening we all watched a replay of the Obama/Biden speaches and then some more olympics. This morning was church, out to lunch and then Mom and Dad hit the road home. They are probably somewhere north of Nashville as I type this. I know it was a lot of driving for them, and the primary goal was to deliver Amber back home to us. She spent the past 3 weeks in Illinois being shared between the grandparents, aunts and uncles. Thanks to those who spent time with her. Even with that purpose, the 1 1/2 days we had together was really fun, relaxing and a good time of catching up.
On another note, it's been raining for a couple days, heavy at times, although nothing like along the coast. The dog came in this morning with his underbelly covered in red mud. He got to dry off in the garage, a treat he really enjoyed....NOT. This afternoon there have been several tornado warnings, although none real close to us. The one north of us was probably closer to Lynn's than us.
Ann, did you get any rain out of the storm, or did it all come south and west of you?
EDK
Update: Apparently James Spann (local Birmingham weather hero, known for naming every resturant/convenient store within a mile of wherever the tornado is located) reported on ABC 33/40 that a tornado was in Brookwood AL which is only 25 miles from us. Guess it was while I was "watching TV" aka sleeping.
3 comments:
We enjoyed hearing about your weekend. And generally appreciate keeping in touch with your family via this mode of communication.
Very interesting! J and A's grandkids are cute, versatile, developing a good work ethic, and creative. Sometime I'll have to teach them how to hypnotize the chickens.
Cleve
Eric, we are getting some rain from the remnants and it is wonderful! It's not the amount we would have gotten if Faye had kept to its original path - with that track it would have passed directly over us - but it's better than nothing. From the looks of the weather maps, you and my folks are getting soaked!
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