What a weekend this has been! Actually, just the last 24 hours have been interesting! We had some pretty bad storms move through here last night. Thankfully we didn't sustain any damage but a part of Trophy Club did flood and the street buckled from the flooding. It was worse just south of us in Haltom City and north of us in Gainesville. The whole city of Gainesville was pretty much flooded and a mobile home park in Haltom City took the brunt of the flooding there. We had a hard time going to sleep last night because of the winds, the lightening strikes and the rain was horrendous! Anyway, right around 2 a.m. the tornado sirens went off so we were up trying to find a news station to fill us in on the details. They first said that there was rotation over Trophy Club but by the time we heard about it, it was over. Pretty much, it was the flooding that was in issue. Mike talked with a friend of ours this evening and he said that the houses that back up to the creek were flooded. The most damage here was to a little league baseball complex right behind the Tom Thumb and Starbucks. The picture that I've tagged on this blog is of the baseball diamonds, but I took it with my phone camera so it doesn't do it justice. Anyway, long story made long =-), we are fine but other areas around us will have alot of cleanup and rebuilding to do.
We went to our big Kenny Chesney concert on Saturday night. That's a whole blog in itself! Let's just say for now that I would love to see him again, in a different venue when the concert isn't sponsored by Cruzan Rum =-( I'll work on that blog another day! All in all we had fun, but it poured down rain and we were drenched the whole night!! I'll try to put a few pics of the concert up, too. Shelby and Alix loved Taylor Swift and I really enjoy Sugarland but Kenny is the main reason we (I!) went! Love him!!! (but not like that..you know what I mean!!)
Shelby is in Clayton, OK at church camp this week. Her youth leader nominated her and 2 others from the youth to be a part of a leadership training program while they are there. That is a huge answer to prayer so when you think about her, pray that God will really call her and use her in the capacity and role that HE has called her to be. She's so close to truly living a life worthy of her calling but it's still so easy to hang onto that little bit of world that seems to be worth holding onto. We all have that piece we hang onto I guess. I just hope that my piece has been downsized to just a particle under my fingernail =-)
Alix is in volleyball camp this week. That's her true passion. The "head coach" told her today that she is a "setter" and she has a great (or good, one of the two!) serve. She was happy w/the attention and the compliments. Her Aunt Reenie (who still plays volleyball) says the setter does the most work but it's a great position to play.
That's about all in our neck of the woods. It's sure been an interesting ride this weekend but I'm so thankful for God's faithfulness and goodnesss to carry us through floods (literally), storms and concerts flooded w/rum & beer ;-? Maybe that's why we had such a huge rain here...to wash away all of the filth that we was around us at the concert on Saturday night!
Take care one and all!
m
We went to our big Kenny Chesney concert on Saturday night. That's a whole blog in itself! Let's just say for now that I would love to see him again, in a different venue when the concert isn't sponsored by Cruzan Rum =-( I'll work on that blog another day! All in all we had fun, but it poured down rain and we were drenched the whole night!! I'll try to put a few pics of the concert up, too. Shelby and Alix loved Taylor Swift and I really enjoy Sugarland but Kenny is the main reason we (I!) went! Love him!!! (but not like that..you know what I mean!!)Shelby is in Clayton, OK at church camp this week. Her youth leader nominated her and 2 others from the youth to be a part of a leadership training program while they are there. That is a huge answer to prayer so when you think about her, pray that God will really call her and use her in the capacity and role that HE has called her to be. She's so close to truly living a life worthy of her calling but it's still so easy to hang onto that little bit of world that seems to be worth holding onto. We all have that piece we hang onto I guess. I just hope that my piece has been downsized to just a particle under my fingernail =-)
Alix is in volleyball camp this week. That's her true passion. The "head coach" told her today that she is a "setter" and she has a great (or good, one of the two!) serve. She was happy w/the attention and the compliments. Her Aunt Reenie (who still plays volleyball) says the setter does the most work but it's a great position to play.
That's about all in our neck of the woods. It's sure been an interesting ride this weekend but I'm so thankful for God's faithfulness and goodnesss to carry us through floods (literally), storms and concerts flooded w/rum & beer ;-? Maybe that's why we had such a huge rain here...to wash away all of the filth that we was around us at the concert on Saturday night!
Take care one and all!
m
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