Hello everyone. Okay, first, my parents and their house are both fine in Prattville. They were VERY lucky. Basically, they live in a neighborhood called Pecan Ridge and it shares the same name of the street that enters into another neighborhood. The other neighborhood got hit severely. Basically, it went in a diagonal pattern hitting one of the busiest intersections in Prattville, damaging both the Kmart and Walmart and many houses. It was very surreal to see the damages first hand. We were in Prattville/Montgomery visiting family and friends this weekend. We were at our very good friends house, Ben and Michelle, and left at 3pm. The tornado hit at 251pm. If we had left even 10 minutes earlier we would have been in real danger by traveling.
We stayed with my parents and the house with no power until about 630pm. We didn’t see any other damage on the way home but it was very dark as there was no power in the majority of Prattville. It was truly a miracle that no one was killed.
I had never seen damage like that before. Houses were flattened, debris everywhere, power lines down, etc.
On the up side, we had a great weekend with our family and hanging with Shell and Ben. And Travis and I went to see “Jumper”. Fun flick, nothing earth shattering but it was fun and an interesting premise behind the movie. Hayden Christensen was a good choice for the main character as it was nice to see him as something other than Anakin Skywalker.
We also went to dinner at the Tequila Grill and it was yummy!
That was in celebration of our 8 year anniversary!
And yes, I’m still in love with my wonderful husband after all those years!