We survived!

This weekend we decided to go camping with some friends. We originally planned on going for both Friday and Saturday nights, and returning for church on Sunday. We thought this would be great being that we were camping at Lake Shawnee which is 20 minutes from our house. Well, Kansas in the Spring can be very unpredictable as far as weather goes, and as our camping trip grew closer so did the forcast for thunderstorms. Since Friday night was only a 10 % chance of storms until 3 am (it then went up to 30 %) we thought we'd be ok. Saturday looked worse so we decided that we'd only stay one night. Well, the evening was great. The kids swam in the lake, we made dutch over pizzas, and of course had smores and dutch over cobbler for dessert. The weather seemed good too, until 3 am. We took our weather radio with us "just in case" and it was good we had it. As the thunder rolled in, we watched the warning lights go from yellow to red. The rain was hitting the tent hard, but the radio said the storm would only last until 4 am. Well, it then really hit at about 4:05 am, with rain hitting so hard it was pushing the wall in with each wave. We could also feel mist as the drops splattered through the wall of the tent. Of course kids can't sleep while camping, and they really can't sleep when there's a thunderstorm so Emily and Taylor quickly joined us on our air mattress. As I got up to help them get onto our air mattress, I noticed the puddles on the floor. Taylor's sleeping bag was already soaked through as well. It was pretty much raining inside the tent. Luckily Parker and Ashley were so exhausted that they slept through it and were just soaked in the morning. What a mess! I felt bugged that our tent leaked, but in the morning I discovered that the other four families were also waterlogged. There were even diapers floating in one tent. Anyway, we survived and the kids had fun getting muddy in the morning. Taylor's words were, "I guess we can't stay two nights now." It was funny.