Lightning and a Late Show

Hi Family and Friends! I haven't posted for a couple of days because our internet has been uncooperative...grrrrrrrrr! We had a bad storm here on Monday night...what I call an electrical storm....with really loud crashes of thunder and that scary sky-to-ground lightning. The kids were frightened and huddling near us, asking a lot of questions. There we were explaining to them that they were safe and there was no need for screaming each time the thunder crashed. All of a sudden, lightening struck something very close to the house with a loud KA-POW and we all screamed! So much for trying to convince the kids not to be afraid! Whatever it struck, the after-shock made branches and pine cones fall out of the trees outside the windows and that was startling as well.

Then the rain came and the wind blew the trees making them sway in that spooky kind of way where you are praying they don't land on your house. At some point, the power went out and I sent Jasper to the basement for the oil lamps, and Hannah and I started digging out the candles. We played Uno (cards) for awhile until it got too dark and we were each having to hold a flashlight to see what color card to play next. It was also beginning to get really HOT in the house with no AC! We are SO spoiled!

Finally around 9:00 pm, we decided to get out of Dodge and head for a cooler climate. We landed at the dollar movie theater and for $5.00 got to enjoy a late movie with cool air...yippie! I am so happy they had something appropriate...Horton Hears a Who....very cute movie! The kids and I laughed on and off all the way through it...and it even seemed to hold Emmie's attention most of the time. This was her FIRST movie theater experience. It was so late that she was zoning in mommy's lap and glad to be cuddled, her eyes glued to the screen. Jay was snoring in the seat next to me for half the movie. Poor Dad! He gets up early and is very tired by 10:00 PM.

When we got home around midnight, the power was back on and everyone went straight to bed. The kids were relaxed again after the storm, and I was thanking God that we could sleep late the next morning because it is summer break!