Back Again

Well it's been a crazy 2 weeks around our house! We had a great weekend watching Matt graduate and celebrating all that he's accomplished and then, lightening struck. Literally. Our home was struck by lightening. Thankfully it did not hit the house -- we don't think.

It was at the beginning of a storm that Monday after graduation. The kids were home from school playing and I was starting some laundry. I don't think I'd even heard more than one or two claps of thunder and it was just lightly raining. Suddenly I felt a jolt of electric shock go through me as I leaned over to get out laundry. The kids came running -- they had felt the shock and had seen the blue and white flash out the playroom window. The Carbon Monoxide detector was going off so we called the fire department and they came out right away -- one of the perks of living in a small town I think. :) They looked for smoke and didn't find any, but we still had some major damage. Our TVs were fried, Wii, Dvd players, docking stations, air conditioner, alarm system, dishwasher were all gone too. We ended up spending the night in a hotel since our air wasn't working and it was pretty warm and I think we all felt safer there until the next day when the electrician came out and fixed a bunch of our outlets that had been fried as well. It killed our router and internet which we've just gotten fixed, so no blogging for awhile. :(

But thankfully I think we've gotten the last of it taken care of -- the new dishwasher is coming this week. I'm so ready. I knew that we went through a lot of dishes each day, but handwashing ever.single.one has made me appreciate having a dishwasher more than ever!

In between getting everything fixed and being home to meet all these people we've been staying pretty busy! Madeleine has been loving softball, we've been getting our summer schedule worked out and the kids enrolled in the camps they want to attend, Charlotte is still tumbling away and we've been enjoying some family time with Matt finally slowing down a little more.

I'm hoping to get caught up this week! We have a fun summer ahead and I want to remember all of it!