Flooding in Iowa

We have been out of town since June 6th and even then the water was rising. While we were in Texas we received a couple of emails about the flooding on Tuesday from Elizabeth's cousin and our pastor and from Wednesday on the Cedar Rapids and Des Moines Iowa made the front page news both in Texas and Arkansas. We called John's parents Tuesday and they got back to us on Wednesday telling us that our house was okay, but many roads were closed and covered in water and downtown Waterloo was closed including the Post Office. On our drive home yesterday we did see a lot of fields covered in water and a school in Des Moines in the middle of a lake. Today we saw a Red Cross station set up in Cedar Falls to help with disaster relief. Remember we just had an F5 tornado come through over Memorial Day weekend, so we are still cleaning up from that too and it seems like it's been raining ever since. Thanks for your calls and emails and prayers.

A Warm Sunday

We forgot to tell you that on Tuesday evening we took a Papa Murphy's pizza and salad over to our pastor's house and babysat their 4 kids so they could go out for their 14th anniversary. It was a fun evening eating pizza and then going outside to ride bikes and play on the swing set then back inside for a game of Candyland and to get ready for bed. Put them all to bed with a couple bedtime stories, except for the oldest who got to stay up and read until mom and dad got home.

And then on Friday John finished his 2 week minimester and then we went over to Mom & Dad Neely's to celebrate by watching the movie Amazing Grace, John shared a few magic tricks and of course there were some yummy snacks! John is officially on Summer Vacation! :)

This lovely Sunday evening after getting home from our evening church service we went out for a walk around our neighborhood and then home for one of our favorite games, Ticket to Ride (USA version). We can't wait to play the European version with Karyn and James in Arkansas later this month.