A Week of Bad Weather

I can't remember the last time we've had a week of weather this severe in St Louis. The weather here is always a challenge (cold and snowy in the winter and hot and humid in the summer), but the last week has been very difficult. 6 of the last 8 days we have had severe thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening. We had tornados roll through 3 of the nights that gave us some exciting times including lots of quality family time spent in the basement playing games, power outages for a couple of hours at a whack, and candle lit evenings. Too bad it takes bad weather for us to enjoy these types of evenings. It is kind of nice without any computers or television to interupt us, just an occasional bout of lightning, thunder, and wind. It definitely makes you appreciate the strength and power of God and the insignificance and shortness of our lives in contrast.