Tornadoes Near Us

The five of us are sitting in the basement while tornadoes are touching down all over the county. We're eating peanut butter and jelly and doritos. Us three adults are sitting in lawn chairs with our laptops out while the kids are running around rolling a ball. The tv is on to the local news. The weatherman is getting hoarse from talking nonstop. It's like watching a movie. We can hardly believe what's happening around us. There are 6 tornadoes that have touched down, one of which passed within a couple miles of us, and one that's headed in our general direction, but will probably pass us to the south. We're having a good old time down in the unfinished basement. I'm so glad that Shane and Sarah made it home from work ok, and we're all together. Don't worry about us. I will update later.

Severe Weather

It's been an interesting day weatherwise here in Southern Wisconsin. This morning it was sunny, hot, and extremely windy. After lunch, the kids went outside to run through the sprinkler with their friends. We went in when the skies turned dark and soon it began to rain. A HUGE bunch of thunderstorm cells went through to the north of us and spawned a bunch of tornadoes, but all we got was the rain. As I watched the weather man on tv, I counted four different tornadoes in our area. There was one near the Wisconsin Dells, which is about an hour north of us, one northwest of us, one east of us, and one southeast of us. Two of them were in our county. Apparently, there were lots of different cells that produced these rotating thunderstorms and they were scattered. But like I said, we didn't see much action here. All we got was rain. So far, anyway. More storms are forecasted for tonight and tomorrow and the next day, and the day after that, and so on. Isaac and I like tracking thunderstorms. We've been reading library books about weather and it's been really interesting!

This afternoon during the rain, the kids and I watched Monsters, Inc. Laughing with them, I realized how much I enjoy them. It was just one of those random moments in everyday life when I looked at my kids and felt so happy. Being their mommy brings me so much joy.