Storm Damage

About 2 o'clock this morning a thunder storm started getting closer.  Thunder, lightening and then the pouring rain started.  I was laying there trying to fall asleep, when it suddenly seemed like we were in a wind tunnel of some sort.  Howling winds followed by a weird sucking sound and then all was quiet.  The power went off a little while later.

Fast forward to early morning.  Overslept a bit since the alarm didn't go off.  Trying to get everyone up, dressed and out of the house so they'd make it on time for breakfast at daycare.  I opened the front door and the kids went out and stopped.  Christopher piped up "Bye bye tree".  Pretty accurate assessment:

Thankfully the tree (or two, I can't really tell) was the worst of the damage.  The kids' blow up pool ended up halfway down the hill to the woods.  The trellis I have supporting my cucumbers was blown back and took some of the cucumbers with it.  The yard was littered with branches from all over the place. 

We have such great neighbors though - came home to find a couple of the kids on our street getting some of the branches in the woods.  David is out there now with the guy across the street, 'supervising' the cutting of the portion that is on the lawn.  I am hoping that we'll be able to keep the rest of the tree, but I guess we'll have to call in a *tree guy* and see what they suggest.