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...??? 

Pray

Hey Bloggers...Please keep all the people affected by the flooding in TN in your prayers.  My cousins Jason & Miranda lost their home and both cars to the flood waters.  I don't really know the extent of the damage they sustained and I imagine they won't either until the water goes down but I've heard that all they have right now is the clothes on their backs.  Please please, keep them and their neighbors in your prayers...they really need it right now!

Thank you!