earthquake...

last week we had an earthquake, a big earthquake, the largest one idaho has ever had. it's magnitude was 6.5 and hit between challis and cascade which is just under 2 hours away from here. it shook the house for a long time! i was actually very happy that we were all here together when it happened. any other day, previous to the world shut down, we would of not been together for it. the boys probably would of been at lacrosse practice and not of even felt it and the girls and i would of just stared at each other wondering what was happening and what do we do. 

chase and i were standing in the kitchen, i was at the stovetop cooking dinner and he was standing next to be looking at his phone when the floor started to shake. i thought, or it felt like he was shaking his foot very quickly on the ground. so i looked down at his foot wondering why he was shaking it so hard. right then he looked up and looked at me and we both had a look on our face like, what is happening. then it dawned on us. the pendant lights and chandeliers were swaying back and forth and all the sudden the house went from a little shake to a full out rattle. chase hopped right into gear yelling for the kids, who were already coming down the stairs and out of the movie room, to get into the closet under the stairs to hide. i was still just standing in the kitchen thinking woah, this is insane. not a real quick fight or flight in me apparently. tegan and burke both looked scared as we stood under the doorway and they were under the art table. mya and ayla just looked super confused. the house swayed back and forth for close to a minute at least. it was crazy. i started to feel very motion sick and need it to stop long before it actually stopped. then i felt like i was still moving long after it was over. it was such a strange feeling, moving when you werent prepared to move or having no way to make it stop. i never felt fear. i was actually a little gitty with excitement. im sure things would of been so different if it had gotten worse, if the bad rattles would of lasted longer, that would be scary but i thought it was so cool, it felt like our house was on a skateboard wiggling back and forth. i am very grateful we were all safe, it didn't cause any damage and it wasn't anything worse than what it was. such a weird time happening right now, pandemics and earthquakes.