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Monday, May 3, 2010

My Weekend

Wow, what a weekend.  Storms ripped through Arkansas and did some major damage.  Not as much as in TN but a few tornados tore up a few communities.  My weekend started off Early Friday night.  Mom & Dad picked me up in Benton and we headed off to Pocahontas Arkansas to watch my youngest sister compete in the State Track Meet.  Pocahontas is about 5 hours from my home town so Dad decided to take our horse trailer (with living quarters) up on Friday night so we could be there early on Saturday morning for the start of the meet and not have to get up at 5 am. 

BTW their horse trailer is nicer than most hotels :)  It has a slide out and a very comfortable couch that Gretchen (their dog) and I slept on.  Friday Night we drove through some major rain and got to the High School to set up the trailer to get some sleep.  We found a birds nest in the back of the trailer.  I felt really sorry for the Momma Bird that returned to find her eggs gone ...

Please notice that this nest was made of hay and Horse Hair!!


Right about the time this photo was taken the Tornado sirens started blaring and the rain was comming down so hard that you couldn't hear inside the trailer nor stand because the wind was rocking it back and forth....   We decided to make a run for the truck where dad was listening to a Bball game on XM radio.  Because ya know..you can outrun a tornado in a truck pulling a horse trailer....

Here's dad checking the weather...he wasn't happy he had to turn off the game... and below is mom reading my radar..she was very worried.

So was I...I just tried to pretend the weather was good and just took photos...
Notice the Purple Triangle...that means Tornado on the ground.

Gretchen was worried too...not because of the storms but because no one was spoiling her. 

The next day was beautiful and Hot and I have a major farmers tan now..ew.
Melissa did great, and their team won state.  Here are some photos I got thoroughout the day.


Fourth in the Pole Vault..not bad for 5 foot nothing!

Long jump,  Not her best day... But still placed. 


300m Hurdles
The boys won state too...

This is the fourth year in a row that Melissa's track team has won state..
And the trophy is bigger than her...
Hope you enjoyed reading all about my family weekend and I hope you are dead from boredom:)
***edited to add.... i hope you are NOT dead from boredom...wow I'm sorry I just wished everyone was dead...??? 
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10 comments:

Laura said...

Your sister is ripped!

I used to hurdle.

Tornadoes terrify me! I would have been crying my face off!

We have some birds building a nest on our porch. I'm hoping for eggs and baby birds!

Unknown said...

Great pic of the bird nest. I'm sad for mama bird too. :(

Glad to hear you made it out of the scary weather okay.

Your sister looks awesome!

Respectfully Yours said...

What a great post. Felt like I spent the weekend with you and your family. Those are great photos. Glad you are safe and had a good time.

Melissa said...

Your sister is sooo athletic! WOW!

And your parents look so sweet! & i love Gretchen! You crack me up "not b/c of the tornadoes, b/c nobody was spoiling her" LOL

Katie's Dailies said...

This state is crazy! We barely got anything up here!

your sister looks so happy in your last picture! Congratulations to her and her team!

Trish said...

what great pictures. I know th eweather scared you to death! All the storma and flooding have cause so much damage, it is just horrible. But here in NC we could use the rain so badly, just not quite that much!

Congrats to your sister!

There's No Place Like Memphis Mama said...

My hubs parents are from Poco. His Granny and all the rest of his family still live there. I have made more trips than I can count to that small town haha!

Kristen said...

Glad you made it to the track meet safely.

Great action shots of your sis!

Tiffany and the Munchkins said...

Yikes! So glad ya'll are okay. Way to go Melissa. You got some awesome shots. She looks absolutely fierce.

Gretchen is adorable!

Heather said...

Certainly not bored Jenna! I loved the post!

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