We had a major house fire

It's been awhile since I posted anything new. There has been alot going on in our lives lately.
On June 20th our home burnt. We lost pretty much everything. We did save some items in the basement and our closet. The firemen were also able to get my photo albums out before they were destroyed. We are blessed that no one was hurt.This has been the most difficult time of our lives. It's definitely a grieving process. I do have pictures that my relatives have taken but cant bare to show them now.Still too hard to look at. So it may be a while before I can post pictures but someday I will. I will look back and tell myself that it definitely made our family stronger and that family and friends are all that really matters. I also want to post a THANK YOU to all our family and friends that were supporting us during this difficult time.

tornado Cornell, IL June 7,2008

Ok this was one of the scariest moments in my life. The news said there was a tornado in the Flanagan area moving in our direction,we of course,being the curious people we are,went directly to our back door and looked out and low and behold there it was. A cloud the size of Texas rotating and we new what was going to happen.We stood there about 5 minutes maybe longer and could start seeing the funnel cloud at the bottom of the cloud.I kept saying it's going to come down it's going to come down.Needless to say I was freaking!Grabbed my camera,and of course hubby was yelling at me to get the ground and I was shaking so bad I could hardly get the pics.I was also crying cuz i didnt know where it came down and I was praying that noone got hurt.It did land in a field and nothing was damaged and there were no injuries but it did come back down about 20 miles from our home in the Dwight,IL area. There was one farm that was hit but no one was injured. They did lose there home,barn and one cow.

Storm June 4,2008

This is what it looks like out our back door when we get storms. Pretty scary sight. We did have tornado watch and warnings also. There were two spotted west of us. One did touch down but there were no damages or injuries.

My new Perennials

OK Like I promised, I am showing some pics of my new perennial, butterfly garden. Now dont laugh at the plants,they do seem so dinky but they will grow,Hopefully!
Look close,the windows on the side of the garage arent real.I mean they are real windows but we made them look like they are in the garage.We took old windows and painted the back black and hung barnwood shutters.The window boxes are baskets I found at the craft store. I filled them with red geraniums,my favorite flower.

Prom Pictures

Here are a couple of prom pictures of my son Justin and his friend Stacey. Aren't they adorable?

It's been awhile

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been forever since I posted anything.Hope everyone is doing well. I have been busy working in my yard. We put a perennial garden on the west side of the house. Looks pretty good but will look much better when the plants start to grow. I will have to post pictures when we get it completely done. Tomorrow we will be getting our pool ready. Not a fun job. I just hope the weather stays nice enough to do it. Won't be able to use if for awhile. The way the weather has been lately,we may not get to use it until August!LOL.

Kiddies finding eggs

Took a few shots of Ally,Kadyn and Kaleb looking for eggs. They were sooo cute.Cherish these moments before you know it they are grown