We Survived Irma ~ Barely. But We Survived.

Last Friday, we were told at school that due to Hurricane Irma we would be getting not one, but TWO days out of school!!! #allthepraisehands

We were PUMPED and it was hard to believe a hurricane was anywhere near us!

We spent last weekend at the cabin ~ both kids had company Friday night ~ so I kept the girls at the house and Dalton had the boys at the cabin....so it begins....separate sleeping places. I knew it would happen eventually, but we have arrived at the age of raging hormones...and let me say, they make the infant and toddler days a WALK IN THE PARK.

Anyway ~ Saturday after we disposed of all the company, we settled in at the cabin to watch football and cook our first batch of peanuts!

Jackson and I went and pulled them...nothing better than FRESH peanuts!!!

Dalton grilled steaks and we enjoyed a nice, quiet night at the cabin!

Sunday's weather was cloudy but SO COOL for September! We were in HEAVEN! We spent a good bit of the afternoon on the golf cart. We cut TONS of limbs and moved the patio furniture in anticipation of Irma.

Sunday night, we had a few friends over to watch Miss America. Dalton had the trailer hooked up to the golf cart and we had a BLAST! Seriously, I had no idea riding on a trailer behind a golf cart could be so much fun! We bundled up and off we went!

Jackson swore he wasn't cold...he wears shorts year round.

Clair and I were FREEZING!!! We were bundled up like crazies!

Monday morning came and it was rainy and windy but nothing super awful. It was so calm that we made another trip to the grocery store to grab some cookie dough! ;)

Dalton broke out his trusty duck boots...from the FIRST time they were in style!

By the time we got back, we had no power. A limb fell and knocked out two transformers and lines were twisted like CRAZY across the highway and on both sides of the street. We went to check the damage at the farm and we could not get to the cabin due to power lines being down and trees across the road.

LONG week short ~ we had no power from Monday around 11:30 until Friday around noon. LONGEST. WEEK. EVER.

We did get three days out of school, but then I had to work for two hours to re-plan everything.

#dangyouIrma

The kids were troopers, sleeping on the floor and not complaining too much...but it was a long, long week. I was a tad jealous my friends all had power and were just getting a 3 day vacation! Mary Dalton & I did sneak to Augusta to see a movie and shop some...that helped us both feel better! :)

After this incident, we are planning to purchase a generator that will run the WHOLE cabin ~ AC and all ~ so that we are NEVER in this situation again!

It was rough, but we did make some fun memories and it was nice to have a few days schedule free and at home with my kids!

Here's to PRAYING the rest of the stupid hurricanes stay far, far, away!!!