As anyone local probably remembers, it was really wet the week of Christmas. Gabi & Jano came the night of the 26th and spent the first 3 nights at Lety's house. Our turn to host started on Friday night. Within an hour of our guests' arrival in Bedford, there was a tornado warning here. My dad called to tell us, which caused David to check his Blackberry, and the next thing I knew, David & Gabi had turned the kitchen table sideways, the tvs were turned on to the weather broadcasts, and everyone was huddled in the downstairs bathroom.



Poor Lucas was none too excited by this development. This California cousin had worried about coming to Texas because of tornados and even asked Gabi & Jano about it before they left home.

Here's how it looked out the front door


and in the back, the creek was as high as we've ever seen it!






A few days later, I was telling my family about this, especially how deep and wide the creek was. This got Maya and Mason singing "Deep and Wide" all through lunch!