What a day!!

So yesterday the Chegwiddens hosted the annual church picnic. The Home Educators group met early for a scavenger hunt. We all brought a meat to grill and a dish to pass. Miss Shelby decided to try an apple. Unknown to us she had a loose tooth which "popped" when she bit the apple. It came out within the hour. The one next to it might come out yet this week. She is trying to let her bangs grow out, so we are in a shaggy look mode. We all enjoyed a great fireworks show at dark.

Here are the plates the kids did last November. They drew pictures on special paper. We then sent them in, as a group, to have the plates made.

We got home shortly after 10 and tucked all the kids in. About 30 minutes after I fell asleep I heard a very loud clang. I jumped up and looked outside. The wind was blowing very hard and it was lightning and thundering. The electricity had already gone down. I thought the wind had blown off one of my lanterns (like in the front of the picture). It turned out it had picked up our shed (which Steve keeps his cans in). It hit the tree behind it, buckled and landed on top of the cans that had slipped out. The door ended up on the far left side. We were without electricity for a little over 12 hours. Lots of branches and twigs all over the yard. So how was your weekend?