Storm Damage

Whew, what.a.day. Yesterday was Eric and I's third anniversary, so we were planning on having a relaxing evening, cook yummy food, and enjoy our time together. Mother nature had slightly different plans. 

On my way home from work yesterday, I decided to run a few errands, which put me leaving Newton to head home around 4:30. As I'm turning onto the Bogota Road, it started raining so hard that I could hardly see. The wind was basically blowing the rain sideways and even with my wipers on full speed, I could barely see. By the time I got to my road, the rain had let up some and I was finally able to see. And boy did I have a sight to see.

I couldn't tell exactly what had happened, but I could tell that there was something very large and very green in our yard. As I got up the driveway, I could tell that it looked like it missed our house. But then I started worrying about Cassie and Bailey, who usually, even in the rain, come out to greet me. I'm almost crying as I get up to the house and don't see them anywhere. I run to the front porch, scared that they were caught under the trees. I went one more time to the back door, screaming for them, and finally I see Cassie pop her head out of the doghouse, and then a few seconds later I see Bailey in there too. I've never been so relieved in my life. They must have been all the way in the back of the doghouse when I got home. 

Then I went back to the front porch to assess the damage. We are so so lucky that it didn't hit our house. If the wind would have been coming just a little more from the south it definitely would have. And while I'm super sad that half of my favorite tree in our yard is gone, I'm thankful that no one was home, no one was hurt, and that nothing (besides the trees and our yard) were damaged.

Just feet from hitting our front porch!

And here's the culprit. This tree tree was pretty rotted out on the bottom, so we really aren't surprised that it fell down, we just weren't expecting it to take another tree with it. 

So, if you have a chain saw and nothing to do this weekend I know we would appreciate the help!!