storm

We went to our neice's track meet yesterday and right before her race (the 3200m) they called the meet due to impending severe weather: Parents report to your cars. Students report to the locker rooms. So we went to our car and turned on the radio and they were forecasting a severe thunderstorm with winds over 70 mph and hail. We live only 20 miles away so we thought we would just go home. We were driving home and the rain was coming down hard but it wasnt as bad as predicted. Until we hit east lansing. Holy cow, I felt like Jim Cantore on the weather channel driving through a hurricane. the rain and wind was so hard - the trees were blowing sideways and you couldnt even see in front of you. Frankie was screaming/crying at the top of her lungs "NO MORE CAR WASH pleeeeeeeeaaaaaasssseeeeee". Poor thing. It was hilarious, except she was crying and scared. Of course it didnt help that Scott, as he was driving, was saying, we have to watch out for falling trees! Honestly, we had not seen a storm like that since Texas. Needless to say we didnt finish putting in the garden last night!