And the winds did blow! We had a little micro-burst last night that knocked out our power for about 3 hours and blew down a big limb from the tree in the front yard. A lot of it ended up on the porch roof, but missed all the windows and did no damage to the house. As you can see in this first picture - the big limb landed in a fork in the tree so most of the weight did not hit the house.
Here's one branch that was torn down.

And here is where the big limb split. Last night, John said, you need to get a picture in the morning. Well, I was woken up by the sound of a chainsaw at about 7am. Tracy King was up on our roof taking care of things. By 8:15 am, he had all the limbs cut into logs and stacked by the fend, the leafy branches were piled high on his Crawford Towing Truck bed and he was even raking up small branches. What a guy!

Jack was in the tub when the lights went out and Maddie was all scrunched up in the corner of her crib because the window was open and the wind was howling. It didn't last very long but the kids were a little freaked out so we all climbed in our bed with flashlights and soon the kids were fast asleep. Jack has told everyone he was taking a bubble bath and he started crying, but then he was strong enough to blow the wind away.

Today we have overcast skies but very warm. Now we just need to rake all the tiny twigs - AGAIN. Jacee was excited because that means we get to do our bon fire tonight!