Tornado!

We had delayed my husband's birthday celebration by one day because of Caroline's Kindergarten Orientation. So, last night I made him his favorite meal, beef stroganoff followed by brownie sundaes. Just as we were setting the dinner on the table, poor Dave's birthday celebration was delayed yet again!

The tornado siren went off! We quick grabbed the kids and headed down to the basement. A few minutes later, the siren stopped, so we headed upstairs to eat our meal. Sure enough, as we were about to sit down, the siren went off again! We went downstairs again until the siren stopped, and then went upstairs to enjoy Dave's birthday meal. FINALLY!

We watched the news while we were eating to see if there were any further watches or warnings, and were surprised to hear that a tornado actually touched down right outside of our town! Fortunately, nobody was hurt, but there was some property damage. I told the kids that we would drive by where the tornado touched down on our way to swimming lessons today. We snapped a few pictures, and were completely amazed at the power of nature! Click on any image to view it bigger.