The hotel has become our home. It might not have all the things our house had, but we feel safe and happy there. The kids love the many choices they have at the continental breakfast and Nate and I like the endless supply of hot coffee all day. It is different, but we are making it work. We will be turning off our o…

Trent's first day of Kindergarten was Monday. It was not how I imagined it would go. I pictured a nice homemade breakfast, pictures in front of the fireplace and a lot of tears from me. But, none of that happened but what did happen was great! Trent did wonderful at school. He loves it! And we are happy to have h…

Last Wednesday (8/19/09) Nate called me on his way to work and told me to turn on the TV. He has just heard a tornado watch was in effect for our town. Nate and I talked about how upset we would be in if the wind from the storm uprooted our garden, while I walked through the house and closed all the blinds. I told Nat…

Behind our house was a row of trees and to the side of us a long fence but the tornado knocked them down and we now have a new view. We now can see further. We can see the pond in the neighbors yard, and we can see the hills behind our house. We can see neighbors homes that have been destroyed by the tornado. We can s…

Many of you know, and for those who do not, we were hit on Wednesday by a tornado . There are many details to the story, but at this moment I have a million things to do and will have to wait until later to tell you all about it. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for their prayers. We are living in a hotel fo…