Annual Tsunami Party

About 8:30 Matt told me there was a major earthquake in Japan and my first thought was back to the tsunami scare last year.  We joked about evacuation but really didn't take it seriously at all!  Knowing the first wave was supposed to hit around 3 a.m.,  we went to bed and set our alarms for 1:45 to reassess the situation.  It was still set to hit so we packed up a few things, woke up the kids and headed up the hill to the Buelows (our evacuation site). 

Our annual tsunami party was a little smaller this year but still quite eventful.  We arrived around 2 a.m and joined the Buelows, Jenn, Makaela and Mia and the 3 dogs.  We watched the news until about 4 and luckily not much happened.  Everyone (except Zack and I) went to sleep for a few hours.  Zack was wide awake which meant that I had to try and keep my eyes open.  To avoid waking everyone up we went out to the car and payed and waited until 5 so I could go to a store and get COFFEE!!!

Since the kids got a regular night sleep they were all up around 6 so the party really got going!  Mark made us breakfast and then the guys went golfing ( luckily the golf course they had planned to go to was inland so it was still open) and the girls and kids waited around for the roads to open up.  At 8:30 we got cleared and we headed happily home.

This year we had 3 more babies... I was 8 months pregnant with Zack last year wondering if he was ever going to sleep in his room that I had just finished decorating for him.

We went for a walk in the afternoon around the lagoons and you could really see a difference.  The water was really low  but you could see the rings where the water almost made it to the grass!

We are very thankful that it was so minor and our hearts ache for all those suffering in Japan right now!  We also appreciate our gracious hosts for taking us in in the middle of the night.  That is what you call awesome friends!