we survived!

we survived our first major earthquake on monday.

go us!

the word 'survived' might be a little bit dramatic.

as far as i know, the several millions of other people affected by it also survived.

so it wasn't exactly a huge feat.
but it sure was creepy.

i gotta say, i did not like that earthquake business one bit.

i hope to never experience a really destructive one.
we just had some bottles fall off the shelves in our shower.

although, a more destructive one probably would have gotten matt out of work.
and that would have been fun.
he just had to temporarily evacuate his job site.. and then get right back to work.
crazy californians - acting as if the earth wasn't just shaking beneath us.

i thought the boys had slept through the earthquake but, when chet got out of bed a couple hours later, he spoke of the quake as if it had inconvenienced him:
"mom, our house was shaking.. and i was trying to sleep."

haha sorry about that, buddy.

the earthquake was a 4.4 on the richter scale. whatever that means.
we also felt 2 smaller aftershocks at our house later that morning.

something interesting about the earthquake was that it was on chet's birthday.

he turned FOUR that day.

and, at 6:20am california time (7:20am calgary time) - the exact time chet entered the world 4 years ago - the earthquake struck.

coincidence?

i think not.

i think that means we have a pretty special kid on our hands.

or... a really naughty one.

time will tell.

chet had an awesome day.

he opened presents, walked to target to spend some birthday money, went on a movie date with his dad, and had some cake at cheesecake factory.

he was a happy kid.

and by the time we got home, he was pooped.

i'd say it was a success.

happy birthday chetty!

we love you to bits.

i'm not quite ready to post all the birthday pictures. so these will have to do for now.

i made the boys some new ties for church this week, so it seemed like a good excuse to take some post-church photos.