July Storms

July 7th, the clouds looked really strange.  It didn't do much other than rain, but the clouds were sure funky.

On July 9th, me and the kids went to my dad's corn field North of Gibbon to help him and Virgie lay pipe.  Matt kept texting me telling me that we were supposed to get bad weather.  It didn't look too bad at first.  Then when we were going to start a well, the clouds were moving faster towards us.  So, I took my car to their house and they took my kids.  The plan was to grill supper for Dad's birthday that night.  

I stopped a mile from Mom and Dad's to get a picture of what was then almost over the field that we just laid pipe at.

I took this panoramic pic at Mom and Dad's.  Crazy scary!

moving closer

The clouds were moving soooo fast.

My Dad, Virgie, and the kids came in just before the storm hit.  Matt was on his way from work.

It hailed really hard for awhile and then cleared for a little bit, then the wind picked up!  Matt had rolled in about that time and stayed outside because it was too bad out for him to walk into the house.

After the storm.  Rainbow!

Mullen's star wind vane fell down.

Look at how lopsided the tree looks now. :(

leaves were stuck to the side of the house

Double rainbow!

Mom's hostas were huge and beautiful and now flattened.

no more roses :(

This big branch by the house flew over from the cottonwood tree.  That was some wind.

I am showing you how heavy and big it is, ha ha!

Of course we had to check out the storm damage with Dad.

Happy Birthday Dad. :(

Dad's corn. 

Hudson says, "Corn sad."

Beans.

His fields were totaled. :(  He has one bean field and a little of another one that he needs to keep until harvest, but the rest was lost.  Not a great birthday. :(

Starting up again

Grandma finally came home from Kearney.  Ready for another storm. 

It ended up being some wind and rain, but thankfully nothing more.

Kids are helping Grandma make Grandpa's birthday supper.

more sugar??

Happy Birthday Dad!  :)

July 17th

We had a weird "tornado" during the day.  It didn't move much and it wasn't a threat, but it looked cool!

I can handle these kind of tornadoes.  :)