A Lesson In Being Thankful

We have been having some flooding in our basement since last Sunday {March 8th} so we knew that the water table was pretty high. Non-stop water coming in from the corners of our basement had us really upset. Saturday evening Terry's NOAA weather radio went off and stated that a 40 ft. piece of levy along the Kankakee River had broken. Sunday was a pretty nice day, so Terry, the girls and I decided to take a ride and see some of the flooding that's been going on locally. That car ride taught us a lesson in being thankful! Some of the roads were closed because of the flooding. Backyards literally looked like lakes! We even saw a man fishing from his back deck! The Kankakee River is still at 3 feet above flood stage! We are still getting water in our basement, but nothing like what we've seen around here. I took some pictures...

While we were driving around looking at all of the flooding, we saw 3 deer hanging out on the side of a gravel road. We crept up beside them and I got some amazing pictures of these beautiful animals! They even allowed me to get out of the car and snap some pictures... we were amazed! They were as curious about us as we were about them:

The deer are actually in this picture... see if you can find them!

We also decided that we would stop and let the kids play at the park in our town. The kids {and Terry and I} had a blast!!! I'll close this post with what I believe is the sweetest picture!