momorama

okay, it's now august 27th. Guess i should blog. Kerry and Braden's sealing was beautiful. Kerry looked GORGEOUS!! lots of pictures that i haven't seen yet. we did not get to do my mom's work because i was dead when i got to dc. so i guess we will coordinate to meet in columbus.

the drive home was ok. i was sick, and slept a good part of the way. but i got to sleep at home easily anyway, so that was a blessing. we didn't get home til 11:30pm.

the next day was the reception. thank you for friends and family who set up and decorated. i couldn't move, and was so blessed to have the help.

the ring ceremony went very well i thought. dan did an excellent job talking about why we need to be sealed in the temple. it was also his chance to say to the miller's why he was sealed also. i hope it soothed hard feelings.

the reception was nice, but not alot of ward members showed up. of course, we had torrential rain--3 1/2" in 30 minutes. some ward members had tornado warnings that told them to stay home. I would choose a different caterer, though...the food was cold, and not very good, in my opinion. I thought the cake was beautiful, though, and we ate it for a week, so i should know. Kerry and Braden got nice gifts, and an outpouring of generosity.

Dan and Carolyn left early to get joel to bed. they found 4-7 inches of water in the basement. the very helpful sump pump alarms were squealing nicely--too bad nobody was home to hear them.

There was sewage in the end of the basement with food storage...nice. the rest was water. we were not alone, 27 houses in our development had carpeting out on trashday. we had probably 12-15 feet of tree lawn covered with damaged goods. My worst experience though, is my photo albums. I lost a good deal of pictures, and that is heartbreaking. i try to take them out of the albums and the color comes off the print.

Ryan is very upset...his waterbed and his precious desk that grandma helped him buy were severely damaged. also a great deal of books and clothing were on the floor. Kerry lost a great deal also, with me doing many loads of laundry so she wouldn't lose those also.

the company the insurance sent out worked for 2 hours then told us we should do it ourselves. cheaper, ya know, but we were so devastated and weary. The church had 4-5 guys here that helped haul out carpet and schtuff. But i am sure that the actual cleanup will take months. David said that he feels like our home has been violated..guess that sums it up. I can hardly make myself go downstairs because it is so emotionally overwhelming. and working on the pictures! Oh, i can only do a little at a time before i again get overemotional. I want to move. i am serious. violation and betrayal of my home. i hate being here now. So, that's why i haven't posted, besides wedding mania and stress from that. I never made it to seattle--too much to do here. and we still have a garage full of wet stuff.

PRAYERS ARE APPRECIATED.

i love my fam.
mom