Honu House

It's that time of year again! Please tell everyone you know about the Cox Classic "Chip In For Charity" on-line auction. There are a lot of great items this year. There is definately something for everyone! Just follow the link below to get to the auction. Hurry...this only lasts a short time! https://www.cmarket.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?auctionId=63643859

We hope everyone had a very happy and relaxing 4th of July! Happy Brithday America! Lou & I kept fairly busy this weekend...starting Thursday with a trip downtown to visit some friends and to watch the Olympic Swim Trials. Then we watched the Herrah's Fireworks display. Friday we had some of Lou's family over for dinner and dessert! After taking a very short walk around the neighborhood we ended up at a neighbor's house to watch the fireworks displays around Omaha on the horizon! Saturday brought us more fireworks and another dinner with friends! Sunday was a day of relaxation...went to see Hancock and had dessert with my mom on her way home from Grand Island. Thought I'd share some pictures with you that we took this weekend. Fireworks Display at Neihardt Elementary School

My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the Boy Scouts & their families that were involved in last night's tornado. Below is a link to a story about the scouts...Such sad news and again so close to home, though this one was a bit further than the tornadoes on Sunday. http://www.ketv.com/news/16579276/detail.html God Bless each and every one of you I just received this picture...this says it all...Amazing more weren't killed with this storm. Okay, I would like to stand corrected, this photo is not the one from Wednesday night with the boy scouts, however it is a real photo from a different tornado earlier in the week. Please follow the link below to see the story about the photo... http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/iowatornado.asp

Well, we are basically done the patio!!!! Saturday Lou & I were able to get all the stones laid and started to fill in the cracks with sand, but after an hour of sweeping sand, decided to stop for the night rent a couple of movies and relax!!! Enjoy the photos!!!

Well, it's official...an EF2 tornado hit the Millard area of Omaha (this is the area where Lou & I live). I've included some links to stories about the storm below. But here is the story as Lou & I experienced it... Around 2:00 / 2:15 a.m. Sunday June 8th, we heard some really strong winds and rain outside. I felt Lou get out of bed and saw a glow coming from one of our spare rooms, knowing he was watching TV, I got out of bed and looked out the window - couldn't really see our neighbors house due to the rain coming down parallel to the ground due to the strength of the wind. I then went in to the spare room to sit with Lou and watch the news/weather. While watching, they comment that around 156th & Giles had a tornado touch down. Now for those of you who don't know Omaha very well, this is just about 4 blocks away from our house. The sirens still hadn't gone off and they are saying there is a tornado?!?! Shortly there after, about 2:30ish, the sirens go...

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to help my roses???

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the hail and horrible storm, but these videos will (hopefully) show you the strength of the winds from last night.