I'm going to work backwards on today's blog. Alex has been travelling again all week and we've suffered some severe weather this week. Just this weekend we got 2.5 inches of rain and tornado warnings. We were lucky that Austin was spared as some nearby towns were not. The rain has continued to fall and prior to last night we had received close to 5 inches since Saturday. Just last night we had 3.5 more inches and now the city has flooded. Cedar River and Turtle Creek are the major rivers that flow through town and they are already way above flood stages and still have not crested. Cedar River's flood stage is about 15 feet and as of now it's at 21.0 feet and expected to crest tonight at over 22 feet! I could not get to work today as the expressway and town roads are closed from the flooded streets. From what It's amazing to think that water can get so high so fast! I tried to find photos at http://www.kaaltv.com/ but there is video. Since Alex is out of town and takes a rental to the airport, the parking lot where he parks the car to exchange for the rental has been blocked off for sandbagging and the road is flooded. The lot is dry but the road is not. Let's hope that Honda Accords don't turn into sailboats!! Doesn't look like we'll be able to get the car out for a day or so.
This was what the sky looked like Saturday night during the tornado warnings!On the home front, we have been busy converting one of the guest rooms in the basement into Evan's PLAY HAVEN! We painted a chalkboard and the walls, I made curtains and finally finished the room late last night. Here are some photos! I plan to paint one wall with some creative saying, and add Evan's art to the walls.
Evan, last night while waiting for his bath to draw he decided to take a nap!We visited Atlanta for a short weekend to attend one of our very best friends wedding. Eric and his bride Anna, were married in Auburn and it was such a beautiful wedding. We had a great getaway while both sets of grandparents babysat! Here are some photos from the weekend.
Evan playing with Papy's guitar collection.
Weaver's Rehearsal
Evan and his new corn popper at Grandmas!!
Going to the Old Bistro, French Restaurant, and stopping by Good Mews to see the "Hi Kitties"! Evan calls all cats "hi kitty".
While the rest of us were reading dinner menus, Evan read Elmo's Ducky Day, very serious.
No French meal is complete without escargot! Evan loved it!! His good taste must be from his French blood!! ;)
Sporting my "Newbies" from Grandma!!Memorial Day weekend was actually Labor Day weekend for us! We completed a huge project of removing landscaping rock from our front island and replaced with mulch. Neighbors helped and even Evan! With all the storms since then, I have yet to plant flowers. I will send updated pictures as soon as we dry up here.
