Tornado Alley? No--it's Thornton, CO

This was actually pretty scary. We were enjoying a beautiful Sunday afternoon when Johnny called us and told us to look outside. This is what we saw:
I have never seen a tornado this close before. And as we watched, it kept getting closer...

This last picture was taken inside the house and you can actually see debris being kicked up as it touched the ground. Right after this, we woke Carson up from his nap and all went down to the basement. Luckily, the funnel cloud went back up and no damage was done, but this tornado was 1/2 mile away!

In South Denver, another tornado tore through a mall and turned over cars, so we really were lucky.

When Carson and I played in the basement with toys the next day, he wanted to play the "night-night" game sitting in the corner with blankets. I guess I'm glad he enjoyed it--but I didn't!!

It was scary.