Cassandra's first Birthday

Cassandra's 1st birthday party was a few weeks ago. We had a few friends and family over and she loved opening her presents. She especially loved the candle on her cupcake until she tried to grab it, and realized it was a little hot. It seems her first real word is "uh-oh", and that's what she says everytime something is dropped. She is attempting to say other words, and she understands more than we realize sometimes.

Play Structure

We put a play structure up for Cassandra's first birthday party. It's really for both of the kids. It was a lot of hard work. It wasn't just a matter of putting it together, but we also had to dig a trench and lay a drainage pipe down. Then we had to level out the ground because the area is uneven. We put a boarder around it made of lumber and put mulch down. It was a lot of digging and we're glads it's finished. After it was all done, we then had to move a couple of sprinkler heads, which involved more digging. Nathaniel helped out quite a bit with his little toy power tools. Now the kids have something to play on in the backyard.

Recent storms in the South...

The storms that hit the South on April 27th may turn out to be the worst tornado outbreak in U.S. history. There were a couple that touched down in our vicinity, but luckily nothing near anybody. We mainly had a lot of wind, rain and hail. It rained about 3 1/2 inches in about 5 hours with golf ball sized hail. When it started hailing we were putting the kids to bed, and all of the sudden it got really loud like the roof was being pelted hard. We took the kids and huddled in the downstairs bathroom just in case there was tornado. We have no basement, so they recommend getting in a closet or small bathroom on ground level.

When it was over Jason's car was all dented up with the windshield cracked all over. It's usually in the garage, but his spot was temporarily occupied. The outer pane on Nathaniel's window was broken, and the siding on the house was cracked and broken everywhere. Little pieces of plastic, leaves and branches littered the yard. We filed claims with our insurance companies to get the car and house repaired. That's our little story. From what we hear on the news, other people weren't so lucky.