If a tree falls in Bloomington, and no one sees it fall...

As you may know we had a very large, very loud storm here On Friday night, and also Saturday night as well. Friday was a doosey-and Carter could not stop talking about the thunder and lighting and the rain the entire next day. When they say toddlers perseverate, they are not kidding. Just when I thought he was on to other topics, "Rain outfide? I hear thunder with my ears?" etc.

Usually I sleep through stuff like thunderstorms. I don't know if this year with Nolen has ruined my ability to sleep as soundly - although I doubt it, Matt still can't wake me up when I fall asleep downstairs in front of the TV - but as soon as the rain started I was awake. Matt sat straight up after one unbelievably loud clap of thunder that sounded like it was right outside our window. I was waiting for the air raid sirens to go off. The kids slept through it!

It turns out we were the lucky ones. Many people in Eden Prairie were out of power at least for the morning. ...does it still make a noise?

Uncle Corey and Auntie Kate just got power restored today. They also had a lot of damage to their property. The fence was taken down by debris. However, the biggest coolest thing of all is the tree that fell (pictured here). Luckily it fell and missed their house. Kate and Corey had their cute little baby nephew, Avery sleeping in the room the tree would have crashed down on to. Poor baby.