Flashback Friday -- Hurricane Season

This flashback is from not so very long ago.  Two weeks ago to be exact.  When Hurricane Isaac hit New Orleans at the end of August, we were lucky enough to house a couple of refugees for a few days.  My mom and Jacob drove up and stayed with us until the flooding went down and the schools were ready to open up again.  The kids had a BLAST having them here and of course so did I.  I'm always up for company!

 Every kid should have a young uncle.  They're the funnest.

I think the game here was "try to break Jacob's legs."  Hahahaha.

As a kid growing up in New Orleans, I can only remember having to evacuate for one big hurricane.  I was maybe 13 or 14 and our whole stake was directed to Liberty, MS to bunker down until we could get back to our city.  It's funny how looking back I remember being really excited about it -- it seemed more like an adventure or a mini-vacation than anything else.  Making it even more fun was the fact that all of our good family friends were there, too.   I remember getting there that night and playing cards with the Gruwells in their room, doing some kind of impromptu variety show with other members of our stake {using flashlights for illumination since the power must have already gone out at that point}, and watching the rain just come POURING down the next day.

As an adult now, responsible for my own house and a bunch of little kiddies, I can't imagine I'd have the same kind of reaction to the news if we had to evacuate.  Thankfully, that shouldn't ever come to pass for us here in the landlocked midwest.  But as long as we're here we'll gladly house my family evacuees any day!