Riley's last day of school

Friday, June 1, 2007. Riley's last day of school so to speak. We finished school early and went for a picnic at Middle Park in Bettendorf, IA.. We were the only people there and i found out why quickly there were thousands if not millions of tiny red, white and black bug pouring out of the wood chips like lava. YUCK!! So we left quickly and i checked the children for any tagalongs of unwanted bugs. So we went back to VanDeVeer Park in Davenport. We ate lunch in the

car. We were at

VanDeVeer long enough for a huge

storm to

move in. We made it home just as the big show started. We snuggled on the couch and watched "Racing Strips" Cheyenne was a basket case and was buried into my side. Riley was cheering on God as the thunder cracked and lightening flashed. We prayed for God's protection, and for God to protect daddy, then Cheyenne and I fell asleep. It was rock'n and roll'n out side. Apparently the tornado sirens went off and we were snuggling and watching a movie. Found out later that just 30 - 50 miles from here was a F2 - F3 tornado causing a lot of damage. Here in Davenport was street flooding and there were pictures on the new of water over half way up the tires of cars driving on nearby roads in town. Just across the river in Moline there were cars at the mall submerged under water. Some of the excitement for those of you who don't live here was in Muscatine the Walmart store lost it's 6,000+ lb air handler from the roof on to the hood of a toyota pickup truck parked in the parking lot. A car at the Toyota Dealer flew from the used car lot to the new car lot and landed on top of a new car. Houses were completely wiped off the foundation. Pretty bad stuff. Emergency crews had a very hard time getting into Muscatine and Fruitland because of tree and powerline that were down. To see some of the pictures that I described view our friends blog the "Christison's" to see the pictures they took. Their name is listed on the left side of our blog under "Our Friends". So need

less to say we are very greatful for God's protection.