Midwest 5.2 magnitude earthquake ? Maybe.

As I am sure most of you have head.If not let me tell you all about it.

Our 7 year old was up off and all night last night.He was suffering from a cold that his Mom gave him. Our 7 year old is a bit different then most kids ,he also has asthma so when he has a "normal" cold he is just a mess. So about 4am he was in need of a nebulizer treatment.I was a bit sleepy and still suffering from that pesky cold myself however I got our 7 year old all fixed and back into bed.

Just then a large ruckus took place... This was a sound that we have never heard before.It almost felt like it shook the house.

I received a call from my 27 year old this morning.He called to see if everyone was OK. I responded with a quick yes.He told me that an earth quake hit just before 4:37 a.m. it was centered six miles from West Salem, Ill.(I have no clue), and 66 miles from Evansville, Indiana (again no clue).

Oh, yeah, we felt it.Thinking he was telling another story.I then told him that must have been what shook our house. A long silents on the other end of the phone,I continued to tell him we thought the windows were rattling, and you could hear our back deck creak.This must have been a fairly large quake? He then said go look at the Map on-line and see for yourself how far the quake traveled.At this time I am about 50/50 a story(we get them all the time)or for once is this real deal going on.

So I did he was right ! (Don't ever tell a Campbell man they are right)!
I got back on the phone and told him we had no damage. He said what? It must have just been that damn squirrel that knocked our new flower pot over on the deck.


We are all safe a bit far from us here in Normal IL. The news said there was no immediate reports of damage. Thank God !

When you step in it .....

As most of you already know we had the opportunity to take a trip to the Morrow farm over spring break. What an adventure.

However being city folk I was asked(by my 27 year old)what are the necessities you need to bring to the farm?I said pj's ,coats ,t-shirts ,jeans ,sweatshirts ,under garments ,shoes all the day to stuff plus and extra just encase.

I decided to pack for myself ,our fourteen and seven year old and the dogs.
I left my 27year old to fend for himself.




When out exploring on the farm my 27 year old says to me ,I guess we should have brought two pairs of shoes so we don't have to scrape all this mud off.








Well he was working so hard to get that mud off of our seven year old boots I just did not see the need to tell him that we have a extra pair of sneaker inside ...

When you step in it some of us can get a laugh !
City folk on the farm I tell ya !