The Great Flood of 2011

Well Happy Easter to us!! The girls woke up early and they enjoyed their Scavenger Hunt to find their Easter baskets.....however because they were up so early they were both pretty cranky today. We went to church in two separate vehicles today because Derek needed to leave a little early to go into work and get stuff done for the trip he's leaving on tomorrow. Since the girls were being so cranky earlier I decided to skip the last hour (we have a three hour block for church). However, I'm wondering if there wasn't some greater reason as to why I decided to come home early. We go home walked in our front door and saw a very flooded house and heard what sounded like roaring rapids coming from the kitchen. I'm surprised I didn't start crying, but I did PANIC! I had no idea what to do!! I ran outside and turned what I thought was the water line off, came back inside and we still had roaring rapids. By this time the girls were crying hysterically. They were scared out of their minds and I'm sure my panicking didn't help any. I couldn't get Derek to answer any of his THREE phones so I ran to the neighbors to see if they knew what to do. By the time the neighbor got her husband I had finally gotten a hold of Derek and he was finally able to tell me how to shut the water off (it took him awhile b/c I think he was in shock). I knew he believed me though because I was so panicked while I was talking to him. He rushed home.....in the meantime our KIND, KIND, KIND neighbors came over and helped me start moving furniture outside and sweeping out the water. The girls tried helping too, but they kept falling down. I was afraid they were going to get seriously hurt! The water was about an inch and a half deep in the ENTIRE downstairs! Another set of neighbors came over to help with a wet vac, and we borrowed 2 others. So there were three of us doing that. While the other two people were soaking up water with towels and blankets. Another neighbor took the girls over to her house to get them out and let them play with her kiddos. I am just so thankful for wonderful neighbors who were so willing to help us out (on Easter to boot). And thankful that this happened on one of the 6 days that Derek is actually home this month.

We decided to tear up the carpet for fear of mold........the wet vacs were getting the carpet dry but not the padding underneath. We ripped out all of the padding.........we're trying to salvage the carpet.

SOME of the blankets, towels, etc hanging out to dry

The girls taking a well deserved break. FYI - Mom & Dad.......this is why Avery was SO dirty. She was sticky from the Popsicle and then played outside and all of the dirt stuck to her!

And finally, we had someone come out and take a look at the damage. We know how holes drilled in the bottoms of our cabinets to suck/dry out all of the water that leaked through. We have 2 dehumidifiers going and 6 industrial fans. It's going to cost us a whopping $1100 and will not be covered by home owners insurance b/c USAA sucks and has a ridiculously high deductible. We have to leave all of this stuff running for the next 2 days to hopefully get everything dried up so there won't be any mold. These things are so loud you can't even hear yourself think. We were hoping this would be our year........luckily it's still early in the year and we can still be a little hopeful. But right now things aren't looking too good.