a little update

I have a few minutes but wanted to let you know that it was more then a little rain. The wind was pounding the house and we lost power at 11:00 on Monday and we finally got it back Sunday around 1pm. We had rain coming in 3 windows and the front door. Thank goodness we were here to put towels to stop the rain from ruining our carpet and Katie's bed. That was about it for damage. Our fence did fall down in 4 places but we can easily fix it for less then the deductable. We became really good friends with our neighbors over the past week with sharing food and cooking duties - which the men mostly did on the grill. We stayed up late most nights playing board games. Now everyone is in the cleaning mode. The last night with out power we hooked up a window AC unit in the down stairs bedroom and had our first full night sleep. Humidity sucks! But over all we did very well. Now we need to shop to replace everything that went back. But my poor parents did not do so well. They had 1 tree go into their bedroom, 2 trees fall on their fabulous patio cover, and 1 tree on the fence. But with lots f help from family their yard looks so much better but they still have a long way to go!