"Floods of 2008"

What an eventful year of weather we've had here. We've been having major flooding right now in Coralville/Iowa City. It is so crazy. So sad to see our city being destroyed. The water crested yesterday so hopefully it won't get any worse. We are lucky to be safe where we live. We've lost phone service and internet for a few days but are so blessed to have a home to still live in. Aaron's been out sandbagging everyday along with the entire community to try and save as much as possible. Basically everything is cancelled right now. Church, the entire University of Iowa (15 buildings were flooded) and medical school are cancelled this whole week due to flooding. Aaron has been working in Cedar Rapids for the past 3 weeks at a clinic there. They had even worse flooding there. What used to take only 25 miles to get there, would now take him 275 miles to get there with detours! Pretty crazy! So lucky us that we get Aaron all week! Here's some pics of the flooding that are not far at all from where we live.

These are all pics of the strip that we drive on to get everywhere (school, hospital, church, etc.)

Baseball field where Aaron plays every Wednesday.
This picture makes me cry. This is our most favorite pizza place here. It is divine!
Sonic. I guess no more Strawberry Cream Slushes for a while. How sad that they didn't finish building this not too long ago.
This is the park where we always go to take Hallie to see the ducks. These are the top of the Ferris wheels.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

The dating days...


Aaron and I celebrated our 5th Anniversary on June 12th. Crazy to think we've been married that long already. What a lucky girl I am to be married to such a wonderful husband. My life seems to only get better with him. Aaron was supposed to have a long day working in Cedar Rapids but because of the flooding he didn't have to go in. We were able to go out to dinner and have a good day. I'll be honest though, we spent alot of our time getting our 72 hour kits together just in case and watching the news. We got a little nervous! he he.

A little update..

I'm a little behind on the blogging. Here's some pics of a few things we've been up to.

Aaron's been sandbagging for the past 3 days because we're having flooding here. Last night after I had gotten Hallie all ready for bed, she just stared out the window waiting for "daddy" to come home. When he got home they couldn't resist going and having some fun in the rain. Hallie had a blast. She did not want to come inside.

Hallie and Aaron at the Father/Toddler Campout. Our ward has this every year and Aaron was so excited to finally take Hallie this year. I was just trying to imagine this sight of all these toddlers and their dad's camping. ha ha. Aaron said she had a blast.

We went to the Niabi Zoo in Davenport with a few friends on Memorial Day. It's a pretty small zoo but they have all the animals you need. Despite the humidity and all the bugs, we had a fun day.

I know I look like a beached whale in all of these photos, but hey, it's memories. This was such a fun night. My friend Amie had a "Going out with a Bang" sleepover before she moved away. SO FUN. We stayed up till at least 4 in the morning, eating as much as we could, singing our guts out with Sarah's kareoke machine and just chattin it up. We've all got some mad singing skills (and dancing (Sarah :))! ha ha. We sure miss Amie. Hallie still yells "Abby" everytime we go down our stairs, hoping that she will peek her cute little face out her window.