Leaving our dog in a hurricane..

better hello alive can I turn it upside down okay so quick update we're in Pennsylvania I'm trying to look over this flame maybe you should own it okay quick shaky-shaky where you are in Pennsylvania everybody's being the kids because my parents aren't here the dogs the dogs my parents have two dogs they're outside and I guess everybody wants to know about cheese so we're very muddy most comments on Instagram on Facebook on YouTube like where's your dog did you take your drunk oh my gosh they left the dock all the things Hey so we were never worried this is the other thing as some people were like treating us like we were done for whatever we're back evacuating like John leave yes your kids lives are too important for that it was never really a matter of like life and death so for us where we were was not an area like it wasn't close to the coast we don't live close because we live outside of Raleigh so it was an area that would get hit less we also live like a higher elevation so we weren't really worried about flooding too much except maybe localized flooding in our backyard because it's grated really poorly okay and then the power going out that was our biggest concern was that okay we might lose power in water in water because of trees falling and then it's just taken them a long time because we don't live in the city we live out inside of the city so it's not the first priority for our responders so we were kind of like oh do we risk losing power for three days a week ten days two weeks like we don't know exactly what that would look like so the reason we were considering leaving was never because we were afraid that our home was going to be destroyed or flooded or that we were in danger so much as what's it gonna be like having five children seven and under being pregnant and not having power and possibly not having water for a week or however long which is concerning if you think about it no it's not the same as what people are experiencing who have had to evacuate and flee their home because their home is literally at risk of being destroyed our hearts are like so broken for those people who are losing everything like that to me is devastating I've seen people make comments about loggers like talking about this stuff as if we were like just saying it's insensitive to say we're evacuating when we were in real danger but at the same time for us this is our real life we had to decide do we stay or do we leave like this are a decision so we're vlogging our life and sharing that with you guys it doesn't change our situation and what we share doesn't change based on somebody else's situation being worse so I hope you guys understand like none of this is like meant to be and originally was supposed to come right through us and so yes it wouldn't have been I mean it could at that point it could have been somewhat life-threatening but we started to see that it was going south and so then I was kind of okay well like do we go or not that's kind of why all that was kind of in question yeah the point is just that like know that our intentions are just to share like our thought processes our decisions our life like that kind of stuff with you as it's happening right never to like make light of a situation that is not like a super happy because I do have some really good friends that have actually had to leave their home board up windows and leave and risk like coming back to nothing so yeah that's something that is sensitive point is we were in danger just to clear up our decision was based more on like convenient is it going to be harder to like bite generator and pay for gas and that works is the power gonna be out for like a day is it gonna be out for like a week you know the kids don't have school and whatever it's likely do we just stay or should we just go up north where my parents are where we don't don't worry about any of it so that was the decision quick update okay so I don't know what's going on with the internet it's being weird I'm John in your backpack right there's the cable extender thing that'll be better okay so flooding is not a risk for our home but flooding is a risk for like school being closed also for trees falling and knocking out power or water mains breaking and being without water so the flooding could actually cause issues for the area that we live in all throughout next week I'm not sure what we're doing yet we're kind of waiting for school it's like what are you doing John's like pulling on the phone the cable sorry it's not that easy to move when you got a big ol baby in your belly okay I don't know where the comments are I can't even see them if you're saying anything they're not showing up for us so we're kind of waiting until tomorrow to see if the schools announce like hey we're gonna be closed into the week I'm kind of hoping they are because now that we're in Pennsylvania like my parents are coming home tomorrow so we don't really want to rush back like my parents are coming home tomorrow so we don't really want to rush back they're doing kindergarten first grade so I don't care all that much about the missing school anyway point is I hope that clears up update or safe our home is safe and more importantly our dogs safe there you go chase come here are you happy he's like I don't really know what's happening my parents have a fenced-in backyard so he has been loving life sitting out on the porch and running around the yard with the other except one of the dogs doesn't love him a whole lot so they get kind of sick of each other so he's we take turns the other two are outside right now and then we'll bring them in and let him go out and and then sometimes they play together it's mostly when the kids are a week that I don't let them play together because the dogs are doing their thing they can work it out their dogs but you throw a kid into the mix who doesn't understand I'm like adilyn trying to pet the little dogs and my mom's little dogs are very sweet and nice but I think they only have like they just their peek opposed I feel like they'd already don't have the best reputation for being like the friendliest dogs you know they're just kind of not snappy but like so the one jenny was snap at chase I don't want a kid involved in anywhere near that if she's getting annoyed with him because if it turns into something like I don't want a small child there the other dog will get annoyed with the kids and so he bit Tyler when she was like probably Adalind's age like three three mm-hmm um no because we didn't have cheese yet I think she was like - mm-hmm yeah she was small um so that's where we're like yeah just taking turns with dogs anyway chase came with us you just couldn't see him he was laying down like the whole time in the car it's really anxious on Cartwright's we put Young Living has a line of animal of oils and products just for animals it's called animal sense and they make an oil called tea away and so we use that to really like soothe and comfort him it's great during thunderstorms or fireworks or car rides or whatever for your pet so we put that on his ears and just rubbed it down his back and he laid down for my sign and then even here he's been he's been good today we went and explored Gettysburg Pennsylvania so you'll see that in our vlog coming up Jase loved that I've never seen him he's like the most laid-back dog and he is so scared of a lot everything noises at night time John will sometimes come home late at night if he's been out on a video shoot and everybody will be in bed and like John said I hate the one day he came in to the house and chase came downstairs and looked at him and that was like quite started backing that because he he scared the dog but we're walking around Gettysburg with him like he's barking at people whoa what are you doing what so maybe he is protective I'm not sure but anyways we just wanted to give you guys a quick update we hope y'all are doing well and we have our prayers going out to those that are yeah but we got John's huh okay we're not seen the comments if you're just know so what do you guys I don't know why they're not there so that's okay it's weird there really aren't showing up maybe because he's so he doesn't want to hang out there's ice cream involved there's no you're not going ice cream we love you guys so here food all right thanks I'm not you are being rude anyway um I'm just gonna say bye can you say bye okay John's going to eat bye you guys and I was gonna tell you something else and I can't remember it was now yeah I know um anyway okay so that was an update that's how we're doing that's how our house is doing that's how hurricane lawrence is doing my parents are headed home from Tennessee tomorrow so I'm talking I don't I can hear with you when I was talking yeah so my parents are heading home from Tennessee tomorrow so pray for them because they will be driving through whatever remnants of Florence that are still raining down in that area because it's supposed to curve up and around I pray for us for our trip home because our kids have been real tired like we're surviving here what has not been the most pleasant trip the girls have been tired and just like moody and grumpy and picking at each other and fighting that's why we tried to get out of the house today for a little while and that worked but then we came back and it didn't take them very long to be at each other's throats again so we're ready to kind of get home and get back in the swing of things it's just we don't know what that looks like we don't know one you know if school is gonna be closed or whatever and then we have to go home and go grocery shopping because I emptied out our fridge and freezer to evacuate so we'll have to go home in stock back up when stuff before we send them back to school the dogs are scratching to come inside now we let them in Instagram head over to act we are the merese that's my Instagram account I am sharing some info or shared some info a little bit today about what we're doing but also um young living which is the company that I've been a part of for about four years now we've been using their stuff they're the ones that make the animal oil and all of the supplements like we brought our kids probiotics and vitamins and everything we use this from them anyway they're having a sale on their starter kits so I know a few people have commented and blogs pass asking about that stuff if you want to jump in now's the time you can get 10% off of your kit and I'm sharing that info on Instagram so pop over there and yeah send me any DMS if you have questions that's it sorry that I can't see your comments or respond to them but I hope that clears it up if you're just tuning in there's chase he's with us don't worry we did not leave him he would have been fine my neighbor what I checked on him they did they lost power for two hours so he would have been okay but he's with us instead cuz we would never do that we're not those kinds of people that would leave banana want her key that I'm gonna person that goes to the shelter and tries to get the out before the hurricane gaps okay love you guys we will talk to you soon we'll have a new blog for you soon have a little grace with us as we are not at home with all of our kids and no help and really tired all right okay I don't know how to in this though I'm gonna just hope that that's the right button that is