We're All OK...

A new adventure for us...we got to experience something new.

Tomorrow (Friday the 23rd is the last day of school, so today was many classes on field trips. Duane took the day off to take the 5th graders on a hike in the Rockies. I went with the 4th graders taking them to the park. Today when we awoke it was dark and cloudy...not your picnic kind of day.

The 5th grade drivers went to the mountains, worse came to worse they were going to a museum and/or the YVCS camp. All was well. The 4th grade drivers arrived to the park, hearing rumbling in the sky and 5 minutes after we arrived the clouds down poured with huge drops of rain, causing us all to run to the cars. We went back to the school and went to plan B - movie in the sanctuary, and some play activities. After we were set, we had word that we were under a tornado watch - so we went back to the classrooms. When we arrived to the classrooms, the watch went to a warning - so we all went to the basement. We were under tornado watch, in the basement for 2 hours (with no electricity) - 4th graders, junior highers, some teachers and church staff and members. It was quite the party...except no one brought the food! :)

We have found out that we have had six tornadoes that have touched down, one just a few miles away from our school that was a mile long. We experienced marble size hail...but where the tornado hit they experienced baseball hail.

Duane and the 5th graders experienced hail, rain, sunny skies and even snow! They were in the safest place in the area.

This is a quick posting...but I just want to let you all know in case you have heard the news...WE ARE ALL OK!