Alabama Tornado devastation and destruction April 27, 2011---A day to remember in Alabama, a kind of 9/11 for the whole state.  It was about a mile away from us where a tornado touched down around 2:30 p.m. in the afternoon.  I was in the tornado safety spot in our newly constructed home in Alabama in the basement when it hit.  I was with my three children and my mother-in -law Nancy.  Jeff was out driving and saw it cross into the city of Cullman.  I was suppose to be working but asked to leave early so I could be home with the kids.  I'm glad I did because it hit so close to K-mart in Cullman where I work for Olan Mills right now.  The storms hit early that morning around 6:00 a.m. and I woke up way ahead of the storm and woke up my kids to get them to come to the new house with a basement instead of our mobile home.  Jeff didn't want to wake up so he stayed in the mobile home.  The tornado warning sirens went off and I was afraid for Jeff but he didn't answer my telephone.  I just stayed in the shelter.  When the morning passed I heard of a lot of damage in some areas of Cullman.  The afternoon tornadoes really did a lot of damage and you can see some of the tornado on You-tube videos.  I'm glad I was in a shelter and our house was not in it's path.  The path was so close to our house though, just down the street houses and trees all over the place.  It sure was an eye-opener when I saw the damage up close.  It is something I'll never forget.  Weather is very powerful!

Well it has been a while since I posted on my blog. We don't have internet in our home right now so I won't have time to post alot of pictures and stuff, hopefully later on we will get it back in our home. It is getting close to March so the weather is warming up here in Alabama. I have two birthdays this week, Heather's is Feb. 22nd and Trey's is Feb 28th so lots of fun and cake this week. I'm starting to rotatile my garden and get it ready for planting it's kind of fun but I got sunburned yesterday so I put on sun lotion today. I want to grow lots of vegetables this year. The house is comming along and will hopefully be done before summer in the spring sometime. They are getting started on the wiring of the house. They put the pole that goes outside the house yesterday. I have been working part-time at Olan Mills portrait studios selling for them so it has been kind of fun. They have been in business now 75 years.

Roofers on the roof of our new house today. I watch them but get nervous. They walk on little boards and hold heavy roofing materials. I hope they stay safe today. Jeff and I caught some nasty colds, I stay up coughing a lot. Not too fun, I hope it goes quickly.

The kids had fun decorating the Christmas tree this year.

Teddy our pug and a kitten Lauren bottle fed. Our pretty front door. More pictures of today's concrete finisher.

Here are some pictures of Halloween, the van decorated for trunk or treat. Some pictures of the concrete being poured today. It was really fun to watch,

it's like an art. Cool to see the concrete truck and the concrete finisher working together. Our pretty windows in the upstairs room.

Today I took Trey to the Dr. early this morning for his asthma. Trey has asthma and I have to keep a check on it and make sure he has what he needs. It is kind of a cold, dreary day today, hopefully the sunshine will come out sometime this week. Jeff and his cousin Brian have been working on the house slowly but it's comming along. It will probably be January before we get into the house or later. I'll take pictures as the stages of the house are being worked on. I forgot my camera for the Halloween party at the church so I wont have many pictures to share of Halloween. Trey dressed up as a skeleton this year and Heather dressed up in her dads army clothing. Lauren is too old for Halloween I guess. She didn't want to come this year but ate some of the kids candy.