Hello, we just had a freeze and didn't get the water dripping in the house soon enough. When I discovered we had no water I checked out the faucet behind my house and it wae fine leaking out the faucet for the dogs water. After it started to get warmer everyone else has water. I did turn off the water heater also. Now looking it looks like the water goes into the water heater first, then it goes over to bathroom. That just didn't sound right? 0got any suggestions, please?

Cold water splits in two when it enters the house. One line to the cold Water for the house, one to the hot water heater. The cold water line could split at the hot water heater with the cold going to the bathroom. Not sure what your question is other then my answer. You do have water in the house? Why did you turn off the HW heater?