Pics of the week 5 and Blog Award

First of all I want to apologize for being a bit absent from the blog world this week.  My internet has been in and out because of the storms.  It has taken me three days to get this post up!  I have been reading all your blogs from my phone but it wouldn't let me comment from my phone...very frustrating!  

I did not take the first two pictures.  If I would have seen this I am pretty sure I would have had a small heart attack or passed out.  This was the first tornado that hit us Monday afternoon.  This one was about 5 miles from my house.

This was the second and larger, more devastating tornado that hit us.  This one hit just a mile or two away from me.  Ummmm.....scary????  I just can't believe all of the devastation that has occurred across the southern states because of these tornadoes.  It just blows my mind.  I am so thankful that we were unharmed because there were so many people that were not as lucky.  It just breaks my heart.  

The only damage we had at our house from the storms was that our dock broke away and floated off just a few feet.  It would have sailed off down the lake but we had it tied up to a tree.  Our neighbors had their dock tied to a tree as well and the current was so strong that it pulled the tree down.  And, no, we would have never thought to tie up our dock but we learned the hard way.  Two years, ago on Christmas Eve we woke up and our dock was no where to be found.  It had floated off down the lake and cost us a frickin' fortune to get them to bring it back!  So here is our dock with our first baby in it which we can't get to...  

This is the walkway that had detached and was on the bottom of the lake now.  It could have been much worse for sure!

During the night the water came up all the way over our seawall and into our yard.  This is a picture of all the fish that got trapped behind the seawall when the water went back down.  There were probably 50 fish like this just lining our seawall.  It did not smell good....

A couple of days after the storm it was finally a pretty day.  We decided to try to take the jeep for a ride.  We had to charge the battery and that is why the hood is up.  Lonnie is putting on our new antique license plate that you may remember me talking about here.  Jeepin' is what we call it here in the south :)

This is sweet Darwin hiding during the storms.  All you can see is his nose!  

This picture probably won't mean much to anyone that doesn't know this little dog.  She is my Grand's dog and her name is Katie.  She weighs 5 pounds and is mean as hell.  Oh not to Grand....just everyone else.  She will snap at you if you try to pet her and it will scare the crap out of you even though she is tiny.  Lonnie was determined for her to like him.  On Easter this is what I found.....they were snuggling...although he does look a little nervous, doesn't he?

I couldn't resist adding this picture.  Lonnie needed to fix the sprinkler intake pump and it is in the lake.  It is shallow but he was still going to have to get wet above his ankles.  So, I had the bright idea that he should wear my rain boots!  Doesn't he look cute?  His feet were so smashed in there...it looked very uncomfortable....

Ok and now on to the award!  Bridget from Our Lost Stork gave me this wonderful award.  

I am so happy that I found her blog because we are very close to each other in our pregnancies (along with a few others!).  No one in my real life is pregnant so it is nice to be able to share things and see what everyone else feels like!  Thanks again, Bridget!

So, here's how it works:

1. Winners grab the image and put it in your blog.
2. Link back to the person who gave you it.
3. Tell 10 things about yourself
4. Award 15 recently discovered bloggers.
5. Contact the bloggers you have awarded to let them know they have won.

Ok so here are 10 random things about myself.

1. I really love flowers and plants but I always end up killing them....
2. When I was a senior in high school my fast pitch softball team won state...we were badass...
3. I love candles....Bath and Body Works has some awesome ones but I only buy them when they are on sale because they are so expensive!
4. I wear contacts and can't see crap if I don't have them in.  
5. I love roller coasters and I can't wait to ride them with my kids.  (my husband hates them!)
6. On my first date with my husband I got locked in the bathroom and couldn't get out.  I about had a panic attack wondering what the heck he was thinking about me being in the bathroom so long.  Turns out you just had to turn the handle upward instead of downward.....I have been terrified of getting locked in a public bathroom since then.
7. I enjoy reading about history and wish I did it more.  I wanted to be a history major but all I could really do with that is teach and that was not for me.
8. I watched the Royal Wedding and cried....whole post about that coming up :)
9. I love mindless reality TV....Teen mom, Rock of Love, 16 and Pregnant, Jersey Shore, etc.  It is awful and I am not proud of it.
10. I have a younger brother!

OK and these are the blogs I am giving this award.  I know I am not going to make it to 15 because I am going to try to not double up.  Here goes...

1. Write, Baby, Repeat
2. The Johnson's Journey
3. Crossing My Fingers But Not My Legs
4. The Journey to Baby Belgard
5. B and R plus 1
6. Still a Guest Room...
7. The Hardest Quest

That is all I have today people!  Happy MAY!!!!