In the last week of June, a wicked wind and rain storm swept unexpectedly through our area. I guess those people who check the weather might have had an inkling it was coming, but I was clueless. In fact, Evan was over at a friend's house. We were supposed to pick him up around 5pm but he called and asked if he could stay till 7 and have dinner with the Malone's. I told him that it would be fine. In hindsight, I should have picked him up. About 6:30, the sky got so black and the wind began to blow like crazy. Then the rain came. It was so eerie. Steve was already home but Nathan was coming home during the start of it. So glad he made it safely. We lost our power, next.
When it was all said and done, we went out to survey the damage, Limbs were everywhere and little branches with leaves on them covered the ground. A big branch had come off of one of the trees in our back yard and smashed our pool filtration system. We had to make the trip over to pick up Evan. What would normally have taken us a half hour round trip took us an hour and a half. Roads were closed because of fallen trees and downed power lines. Everywhere we tried to turn seemed to be a dead end. We were glad when we finally got there.
Long story short, we didn't have electricity for 2-3 days. It always makes you appreciate electricity so much when you have to go without it!! Good thing we had that stored water.....
....and this new generator after burning out the other one.
We were supposed to have our cub fun day at the house on the Thursday after the Tuesday storm, but with the damage done to the pool and loss of power, we had to postpone it.
We had it in July instead. It was a lot of fun. Here are some photos from the day. I have been working with these guys ever since Evan became a cub scout and was recently released. It was fun to do one more cub fun day with the boys.
Our Pledge of Allegiance
With our cool shirts in front of the Flag
....and a goofy one!!
A little ladder ball competition anyone?
Our day could not have been nicer!!
Jacob doing our cool elephant toothpaste science experiment
So much fun!!
The boys always find a way to extend the activity :)
Some fire building
This is as still as I have ever seen them!!
And, of course, we finished in the pool - Destin, Jacob, and Tennyson
Hey, Carter
Jacob and Tennyson
Our plan for the day. We had great help from Jenny Smith, our cub master, and from Emily who took most of these photos, too. They were all happy campers as they headed home. :)
Love it !!!
ReplyDelete