Last Thursday - unseasonably warm.
And beautiful.
Older three boys and Flint picked up a couch for us while Echo, Kiowa, and Josh went to the Christmas program practice and some went to choir. Lucy, Jason, and Travis hung out here with Dad & me.
Josh is such a good uncle. He was glad that Friday morning he didn't have to share his nephews!
Friday night our warm weather collided with a cold something or other and created quite a storm. 85 mph winds in Tremont, tornadoes south (which Ben got too close for comfort to as he & his buddies drove to FL), and a waterfall in our basement.
Saturday morning our yard had a new look 😕
Windows had a new look too - they were covered with brown raindrop stains. Evidently the wind/rain picked up a fair amount of dirt from the bare fields and deposited the dirt on my windows😕. Something we don't see with true summer storms bc fields aren't bare. So my awesome youngest girls helped me spontaneously wash all the windows. And they look great again! I have this thing about windows; I tend to get grouchy when they're dirty. And most of my job description lands me inside, but I like the beautiful outside. Thus, clean windows are important to me.
Anyway.
'Twas a beautiful afternoon.
And, while we're thankful our damage was so minimal - barely mentionable - we grieve for those in the paths of the tornadoes who have suffered such great loss and sorrow. May they feel God's comfort, presence, and abundant grace.
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