A Crazy Storm and the First Day of School!!

Before I tell you about the crazy storm or the kids first day of school, I forgot a few things in the last post (I really do get to excited when I write, I forget things:) )
First things first, we put our name on our mailbox!!! It is our very first mailbox, too! We have always had a PO box, so this was exciting!

Doesn't it look pretty?!?!

Next, we get to go hunting this year! We entered into the 'lottery' to be drawn for hunting tags, and we both were drawn for a tag! (First time hunting for me!!) That is way exciting!!! I cant wait to go hunting! Next step is to get our hunting license.  We both were drawn for any antler-less deer, (yes, Bambi's Mommy) We were hoping for a buck tag, but are more then happy with a doe tag.  Deer meat is deer meat to me, some can taste a difference between a doe and a buck, but its all the same to me. I love deer meat and cant wait to get it in the freezer!! 

The storm. Before the storm hit, it was calm, like nothing moved, and out to the west it was green and dark blue (never seen a green sky before). The first thing I thought was Anneke telling me that the sky was green last summer when the tornado hit. But I knew there wasn't going to be a tornado here.  Then the wind started to pick up and in minutes it was full blown windy.  I went outside to look at the sky and to see if there was a funnel cloud that I couldn't see, and there was nothing.  I saw that the barn doors were being blown inwards and could possibly be ripped off the hinges.  Kevin and I ran outside to try to keep the doors from blowing in.  It was starting to rain and was really windy. Once inside the barn it sounded like the roof was being ripped off, and the wind was howling. We couldn't put anything behind the doors and the way the barn sounded we decided it was best to get out fast. The whole time inside the barn, I wasn't scared, in fact, I really don't know what I was feeling, besides it felt like I was in one of those movies where people are running to get shelter before the storm ripped things apart. Kinda like in the movie "Twister" (haven't seen that in a long time and never the full movie) We weren't in the barn for more then a few minutes and when we left the barn it was pouring and very windy. We tried to run back to the house ( i was in flip-flops and couldn't run) my feet were wet in seconds and the wind was pushing my around, took the flip-flops off and ran barefoot to the house.  Running from the house to the barn takes less then a minute, both of us were soaked! 

Mascara was running!

I was the only on brave for a picture, :)

Once we made it back in the house, we looked at the barn and saw that the roof was being lifted.  We sat there and watched it just waiting for it to blow off (I was video tapping it too) and it never did!

How heavy the rain was with lots of wind

The corner here is being lifted

The rain, in a short amount of time

Later that evening, Nathan text Kevin to see how things were here with a picture of their equipment shed, the wind took off the roof. And the new shop that is being built, the two garage doors were bent and cant move.  No other buildings were damaged, but crops were wind and hail damaged.  Really glad that we didn't really have any damage!!

The first day of school! The kids were really eager and excited to start school today! Doing Jacqueline's hair this morning, she was telling me that they were going to be late and that i need to hurry!  Kevin had the morning off, so we can take the kids to school the first day!

Showing off their backpacks!

Excited for school!!

When we got to school, Jacqueline saw her teacher and ran and gave her a hug and Nathaniel was more then happy to put his backpack away and play with the kids.  I gave both a hug and kiss and off they went to play!! No one cried or shed a tear! 

Jacqueline does have a locker that her PE shoes go in and her paint shirt (no lock)

The kids got out at noon today, so I went and picked them up.  Nathaniel was happy to see me and asked where Kevin was but wasn't too sure that he wanted to leave school, he did cry about leaving.  Jacqueline wasn't to happy about leaving either.  Her teacher did talk to me and made me feel so good!!! She said that Jacqueline was so proud of herself that she could write her name and cut and glue! I told her that Jacqueline worked hard this summer, and she said that you can really tell and told me, "Good Job, Mom!" She also said that she really appreciates me working with Jacqueline and getting her up to speed with the other kids! I couldn't help but smile, it made me feel so good!! The kids are looking forward to going to school again, but they have to wait until Thursday (also have have a half day).  It might be a different story about the second day (at least for me it might be), they will be riding the bus to school that day, first time! That they are excited about! They will be getting on the bus at 7 in the morning!

Its time to relax and enjoy the evening, kids are on their way to bed!