Ahhh! Spring has
sprung! After a long, cold, hard winter
it is fun to see the green grass starting to poke up it's tiny little
head. I even got a thrill at seeing the
first baby calf of the season. But
wait!! What about all that snow we
got!?!? Oh, yeah. I guess when you get 4 feet of snow, and it
starts to melt before the ground thaws, it needs to go somewhere. That somewhere just happens to be into the
homes it is surrounding.
We here in Box
Elder County
have really been hit hard with flooding.
It was bad enough they called in the National Guard to come fill
sandbags for those in the community that are in the flooding areas. It is an awesome sight to watch both military and civilian work together to help protect each other from damage. Our tiny little community has been on the
news several times this past week as well.
That's saying something for us, cuz most of the time people can't even
pronounce the name of our little town correctly.
You can click on the following links to see some of the news reports regarding our flooding
I was driving down the road yesterday and was both amazed
and frightened when I watched a manhole cover bubble over with water. I have driven by several rivers and seen them
close to covering the roads. What once
were fields are now lakes. What once
were parks are now almost non-existent.
There have been land-slides as well.
I am super grateful that my home is higher than most of the
community. My home suffered just a
little bit of dampness compared to the flooding of my neighbors and the rest of
the community. We have spent several hours
running fans, changing towels and blankets to soak up the water, and worrying
if our basement will flood to the point of disaster, but Heavenly Father has
blessed us with minimal damage. I just
pray that I can be there for those that are in true need of assistance.
But the fun doesn't stop there. Oh no.
Just today, after most of us are starting to get our footing and heads
above water, we are being blessed with yet MORE SNOW! It really is a beautiful sight to see the
ground blanketed in a cover of white, but what that means for most of the
residents here in Tremonton,
Utah is more worries about
flooding.
I have been told to look for the blessings, not to mention
the humor, in all things. I am
desperately trying to find both right now.
I know we will desperately need this water come summer, and I really
hope that some of this water will be here then, but whoever is praying for
water right now - could you please STOP for just a couple of months?
Ok, I think I found the humor, just a tad though. This doesn't deal with the outside water
flooding, but more of the flooding of the "facilities" inside the
home.
My youngest daughter was using the "facilities"
one day, and after a few minutes I heard her say "Oh no! No! Don’t to that! No! NO! NO!" After hearing that I just had to go
investigate. What I saw was my youngest
trying desperately to clean up an overflowing toilet and trying to coax it to
stop flowing over. I was very impressed
too - she had towels and everything! I
had gone out of the room for just a minute to retrieve some cleaning-up
supplies and I heard the toilet finally flush.
What was so funny about this entire situation was that my daughter said
"Mommy, the potty swallowed!"
I know the weather is crazy right now and there is a TON of
flooding still, but it will sure be nice to see the ground finally
"swallow" all the water so people can dry out just a bit. Until then, we will keep plugging away and
trying to find blessings and humor in this whole thing!
Until then, I hope you can take a minute to pray for those who are in this pickle and that we can finally get some relief for what is happening here in Tremonton, Utah.
Love the antics of that little one she's a keeper
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