Okay, so I didn't really go anywhere.  At least not for very long...  I haven't blogged in several months, but life just got in the way :)  I have been crazy busy, even more than usual!!!  I have missed chatting with everyone and sharing pics.  I have been promising to send Halloween pictures of my kids to my family and friends for a while now, so that is going to be my project this morning!

We had a very FUN and busy weekend...

       I took the kids to the lake

                      We went swimming in our new pool... a family sized blow up one :)

            The whole family traveled down to my sister-in-law's for a fish fry

   Avery and I went to church and I taught Sunday school

                        I played softball...  I am on a city league team with my Dad :)

                 AND Zach caught a toad!!!

I have started taking my camera everywhere...

Here are a few of my favorite new pics :)

I have wanted to share these photos with you all for a while...

I took these the morning after the tornado...

The city spent all night and early morning clearing the streets of debris so that the emergency vehicles and personnel could get to everyone.  Luckily, no one was seriously injured in the tornado.  Many homes were destroyed and the very large and once beautiful trees were also destroyed.  It was so very sad to see all the destruction when the sun came up that morning...

I did visit the home of a dear friend who lived in the area that was hit the worst by the tornado, but I chose not to take my camera.  It was a newer housing development with very few trees, but the houses were leveled to the ground...

These photos are of the homes and trees on my parent's street...