Graduation 2010!

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson





Congratulations, Carter!

Friday night, we had a come and go dinner to say congratulations to our senior, and to show our appreciation to all those who have been such a special part of his high school years. We had such a fun night spending time with our family and friends! I wish I would have been able to capture the pictures of all those who came and went that night, as they all mean so much to us...but I didn't even have my own camera out!! What was I thinking?! But...you know who you are...and I want you to know we love and appreciate you all. Thank you... (And a very HUGE thank you to Mimi and Laurie! I couldn't have done it without you!!)

Not exactly the lake view I had in mind...!

Day 1:

"The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house, all that cold, cold wet day"...until the creek overflowed!! Well, I thought...what a great, quiet, rainy day to update my blog. I am two months behind! But while I sat here, and the rain came down, and came down, and came down...it was too much for the creek which runs behind our house and then under our yard through a tunnel, and so the creek decided to come out of the tunnel and straight through our yard! The boys figured it would be a great idea to strip down to their boxers and jump in...until they realized the water was freezing!! So many areas of Nashville were really hit hard when the creeks and rivers began to flood. Fortunately for us, our house has crawl space underneath and the water began to recede before it started coming up through the floor!














...our new lake!

Second verse, same as the first...could get better, but it's gonna get worse!!

Day 2:

Ok...forget that whole cute little "lake" thing! By the next day (Sunday) we went from a little flash flood to major rushing river! And a little excitement turned into "please stop rising!"...as I was afraid the water was going to start coming up through the floor. The water came rushing around our house from the back yard creek, went around the house, as well as under the house on one side and out the other. Water flooded the yard, flooded the garage with about 6" of water, took out an air-conditioning unit on one side, and filled all the duct work underneath the house with creek water, which now has to all be replaced. In spite of all this, I actually consider ourselves lucky, blessed and thankful that this was the least of our misfortune, as so many in Nashville have lost their entire homes, everything, to what is now being called the "Flood of 2010". Damage in Nashville has been devastating, and still continues to create havoc as the Cumberland River is spilling into downtown Nashville...

Falling behind....!

I thought I was going to really get caught up on the blog this past weekend, but as you can see, we have had some "unexpected" events which have taken up "blog time"! So...here are just a few events from the last week or two, and hopefully I will get March and April up here soon...maybe after Carter's graduation! Whenever I work on my blog I always think of the words of "Ferris Bueller" ... Life moves pretty fast! If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it!