our very own "hurricane"

for the past 24 hours
we have been getting hit with winds unlike anything i remember.
it is CRAZY!

i mean,
periodically during a storm it gets like this ...
we get 35-40 mph winds and gusts that are 60 mph,
but never do they last for 24 hours STRAIGHT.

for the ENTIRE night, last night -
we listened to the wind howl
watched our windows shake
felt the house swaying
and even watched all of the water in our toilets drop
due to the record low pressure system that is passing through.
it is CRAZY!

apparently the news said that it is the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane.

thankfully ...
we had no damage.

BUT unfortunately ...
right down the street our friends lost 2 1/2 trees.
(is it possible to lose a 1/2 a tree?)



pictures don't even do it justice -
but the entire backyard is full

and as you can just barely see on the far right of the above picture
one limb even went straight into another neighbor's basement -
RIGHT THROUGH THE WALL!

now THAT is crazy!

and the 'playground' the mullens are left with ...
and the kids that have already been excited to use it ...



they're pretty crazy too ;)