1st Ice Storm of 2007

Our neighbors tree
Our neighborhood
Our little tree in the front yard

Our bushes
Our backdoor neighbors tree in the front yard
tree down the street, split in half

This is the 1st ice storm of 2007, but the 2nd ice storm since "winter" began. The last one hit early December, making roads impossible to drive on. This ice storm hit hard and most of the US has been effected by it in some way. Mostly power outages.

I just got home on Friday night (Jan. 12) around 8:30 and had just put Nolan to bed. Keegan was sitting in my bed and I was on the phone with Kyle. Everything went pitch black and of course, I couldn't see a thing. Keegan was upstairs yelling for me. It's hard being "blind". Opening a curtain or blind wasn't going to help my situation. The power was out and it wasn't coming back for a long time. I found Keegan and came downstairs and we were sitting on the couch talking to Kyle again, when the freakiest sound started hitting our house. The tree was literally coming apart. I thought it was coming down on us. So all night, I couldn't sleep b/c this tree kept snapping and hitting the house or the ground. The next morning, this is what I found outside my back door.

From Friday night to Monday afternoon, we were without power. No I did not stay here during that whole time with 2 kids. It was freezing inside and outside and I would have gone crazy. Most definitely. Good friends and neighbors have taken care of us and now we're returning the favor. Our good friends, John and Erin, along with Avery and Alec, plus the 2 cats, are staying here until their power is restored. The boys and their two kids have been having a blast. But we're all ready to have our own beds and get back to our own routines. Until then, we're safe and warm, have food and water, and we're healthy. God is still good. There are still several thousands without power and so many trees that are snapped in half and laying on the ground. It's unreal to look at this scenery.

I'm proud to say, on Saturday, our Church is having a work day. Kyle is excited to be coming home and he's ready to get to work. As much as I want him all to myself, I'm glad he's a hard and diligent worker for the Lord. He's a wonderful husband and father and I can't wait to have him home again for good.