Yello!

OK…so here it is June and May just flew by. As we hurried from one event to another, I kept thinking maybe I could blog about this or that…and just never found the time to do it. Kalie graduated and we went to lots of other graduations around the state of family and friends. The school year ended and our summer routine picked up. The month was filled with lots of fun events and some challenges too. But, the weather took front and center stage last Tuesday night and the early hours of Wednesday morning when over 6 1/2 inches of rain fell here. Roads, fields, city streets and many basements in the area were filled with water! About 2:30 am Wednesday morning, our house guests who were sleeping in the basement awoke to more than 4 inches of water covering the floor. There were musical instruments, video games, and electronics to rescue along with whatever else could be gathered quickly and a rush to start up the pumps to get all that water out of the house! The next few days were spent trying to dry off and salvage what we could and taking up carpeting and the pad underneath that was acting as a very soggy sponge. We have it mostly dried out now and have most all of our remaining belongings that are to be stored in the basement in a pyramid of plastic storage containers. We love the rain, but would have appreciated not getting all 6+ inches within a few hours. It was a month of May to remember!