jellybeans in the bathtub

Yesterday we had some rip-roarin' storms come through the DFW area, and at one point, good ol' Forney was under a tornado warning, complete with yellow spinny circles on the radar thing on good ol' channel 8 (my favorite weather people in the metroplex), and tornado sirens going off here in town. When we knew the bad weather was headed our way, we got the the backyard all ready for the high winds; once we heard the sirens, it was off to the bathtub for us all, dogs included. I had no idea how I was going to amuse two toddlers and two crazy dogs for the time we'd spend in the bathroom, but at the last second I remembered the Easter candy: "Let's go sit in the bathtub and eat some jellybeans, pumpkins!" Even Dixie & Cappy (the dogs) got jellybeans, which kept them from getting too nervous at the sounds of the sirens. A handy tip: a crib mattress is actually a very good size for covering the bathtub. I was thinking we'd pull one of the big mattresses in, but then handy-dandy honey grabbed the crib mattress. Good thinkin', honey!

Nothing came of all the sirens & noise, at least not here in Forney. After about fifteen minutes, when the sirens were off, I went and checked channel 8, and it looked safe for us all to come out of our safehouse, er...bathtub. That's when honey said, "Hey, we can't get out until we have a picture!" So, here's our first official tornado drill picture:

I was reading some Job yesterday, and couldn't help but be reminded by the storms of the Lord's questions to Job toward the end of the book: Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an abundance of water will cover you? Can you send forth lightnings that they may go and say to you, "Here we are"? Job 38: 34-35. Job's obvious unspoken answer (and ours as well) is a very quiet & humble "No, sir." Incredible that He who has lightening answer to Him knows all about me and my little family sitting and eating jellybeans in the bathtub.