On May 16 and 17, Houston and the surrounding area was struck by a destructive storm (classified as a derecho by the weather service). It left much of the metropolis with widespread damage and power outages. We were all grateful that Chris and Kelsey's neighborhood was spared much damage and didn't lose power.
Clara was to graduate high school on Sunday evening, May 19, so no storm was going to stop us from being there for that momentous event. We left Temple on Friday, the 17th. It usually takes us between 2-1/2 and 3 hours to get to their house. The travel time was almost doubled on this trip, because of crazy traffic ... probably storm-related. But we made it safely, and were happy to be with family once again.
We stayed home on Friday but ventured out on Saturday evening, to celebrate Clara's graduation with dinner at Texas Roadhouse - one of the restaurants that had power.
We had planned on going to church on Sunday morning, but the church building was without power. They were holding a small service in an annex that had a generator, but they weren't able to run the air conditioning. Chris was still very uncomfortable due to his most recent viral illness, so we opted to stay home and watch the televised service.
Clara's graduation was on Sunday evening, starting at 8:00 p.m., at a nearby stadium. There were over 600 graduates in her class, and she graduated with high honors! We are very proud of her.
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| Two graduations - high school and kindergarten |
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