A Sad Night in Hail!

We had quite the storm come through last night. We got hit hard with Hail. It was pelting our house like crazy. It was so loud we had to shout to one another to communicate. I closed all the blinds and curtains just in case our windows shattered, none did, surprising enough. I had put the children to bed about 45 minutes before the storm hit and went to check on them. Logan's room was filled with the sounds of hail ricocheting off the windows. I looked on his bed, in his closet for him, and finally found him huddled up in his tent with all his pillows surrounding him, he was holding his ears with both hands. Poor little guy. As soon as he was with mom and dad it went from scary to exciting. He was so excited to see all the "snow". Ashlynn was sleeping soundly when I looked in at her. Her window is facing the right direction and was shielded from all the raucous. We let her sleep as she was not in any danger of flying glass. In the pictures, notice the beautiful Amaryllis flowers in the bottom left corner. They are now gone, along with every other plant/bush/tree on our property. Not really gone, but pulverized. It looks like we are in the middle of winter, everything is stripped bare. My yard was looking so nice and filled with the beauty of spring, now it is a vast sea of fallen leaves and flowers. All my solar path lights are busted up, we had 16 on the hill that twinkled like stars, says my neighbor. Oh well, we are OK, our house is all in one piece, my car seems to be OK (we may need to replace the windshield because the seal was pulverized.) Truly we came out pretty well for what we went through. I am just heartbroken by all the damage to my yard as we've devoted so much time and effort into making it beautiful. I know I sound like a baby, but I am heartsick about my poor plants and some of the wildlife we've grown attached to. Between mine and my mom's house there was a mama bird who made her nest on the ground. Her babies just hatched yesterday, just in time for the storm. Hopefully she got them under cover.

I've been tagged!

Kristina tagged me!!! So, here is some tidbits of info about me!

Where was I 10 Years ago...
I would have been married for almost a year and going to school at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. These were the days in which I did not take school at all seriously and reveled in being a newlywed. Dustin and I missed more school then we attended. What a waste of time and money! We enjoyed Logan though. What a beautiful city. We loved hiking in the mountains that surrounded us, and frolicking in the river. We camped a lot and brought our little cocker spaniel, Anya, with us. That is about all I can recall at this point.

5 things on my to do list today...
1. Go workout at the gym.
2. Go grocery shopping.
3. Make a main dish for a friend's friends wife funeral.
4. Pick weeds and burn my stack 'o' sticks and branches.
5. Entertain my wee ones.


My bad Habits...
I am sometimes a bit negative toward myself.
I sabotage all my hard work during the day by treating myself to junk at night. (sometimes)
PROCRASTINATION!!!

What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire...
I would not tell anyone except those I really trust. I would try to help out those that are in need as much as possible anonymously, especially my siblings who may be struggling. I would make Dustin retire so that we could spend as much time together as a family that we could stand, and then I'd have him go back to work!! (haha)I would love to help out those families that have had sickness in their family and have accrued a ton of hospital debt by paying it off.

4 places I have lived...
Jacksonville, FL
San Diego, CA
St. Louis, MO
Ft. Worth, TX

5 things people don't know about me...
~I am a klutz.
~I have freckles on me butt, I am nice. (haha)
~I am a wanna be perfectionist.
~Dustin is the only man I have ever kissed.
~I played Basketball, Tennis, and was on the Swim team in high school. I was not good enough to play high school volleyball, surprising to some, because now I can hold my own fairly well.

It's a miracle!

I am so excited! I guess I bugged Dustin enough about wanting to cut my hair that he finally agreed to love me regardless of the length of my hair(ha ha)! I went this morning and got a really great cut, at least in my opinion. I am totally thrilled with it. I think I lost about five pounds from the time I sat down at the hairdressers to the time I walked out! BONUS!! I think Dustin is still in mourning but he was able to put on a happy face and pay me a compliment about the new do!

I Can't Hear!

Dustin and I watched Conference on the Internet today. We at least attempted. We got bits and pieces of the talks between the constant peppering of questions, arguments, crying the kids were giving us. At one point toward the end of the Conference, Logan was saying something to Dustin. Dustin said, "I can't hear!" So Logan repeated his statement, only he said it louder, again, he gets the same response from Daddy. So Logan again gets even louder. At this point Dustin and I just cracked up laughing. Of course Dustin was referring to his inability to listen to the conference talk and Logan was thinking that Daddy was deaf as a doorknob. It was pretty funny, but you might have had to be there to appreciate the humor!

Adventures with Thomas!

Dustin and I took the kids to Grapevine this past Saturday to see Thomas the Train who was in town. We met up with Dustin's cousin Melissa and her hubby Jim, and baby Alex. There were several tents filled with fun play things, lots of train sets the kids could play with. We took a short but super expensive ride on Thomas. It was a first for the whole family to ride on a real train. There was a fun little track with individual trains that the kids could make move by pedalling with their hands. Logan had a blast. He had a huge smile plastered on his face the entire time he was going around the track. I had to remove him from the train when his turn was over. The kids also got temporary tattoos on their hands. Logan wanted Percy on his hand. He had to show everyone his percy tattoo. The only problem came with his pronunciation. He would stick out his hand and say, "Look at my Pussy." Please forgive the language, that's how he say's Percy. It made for a bunch of awkward glances and questions. On our way out we had the kids go on a pony ride. This time it was Ashlynn who had the smile plastered on her face. Logan kept saying he was scared but he stayed on. We had a fun day together as a family.