Winter Ice

The winter storm that came across the mid west last week left us out of commission for a whole week!! We lost power for about a day and a half, the kids were off school for an entire week. No cable or internet! We felt a bit out of the loop. It was a good time for bonding and good lessons were learned... like there can be one too many rounds of yahtzee, and yes we love eachother but it is good to have alone time:)

Actually we where really lucky, because we were able to use our gas fireplace for heat and our water heater was also gas so we enjoyed nice hot showers. Many people in our church and community had to go to family, friends, hotels, and shelters. Many did not get their power back until the middle of this week. The ER was a crazy and amuzing place to be during all of this. We saw a lot of carbon-monoxide poisoning. We had one family that had been heating their house with a charcoal grill... inside the house. Very sad, if EMS would not of been called when they were we might of lost them. Thanks be to God our family was safe and warm with just minor discomforts. Times like these are hard, but it always brings out the best in people.

Anybody need firewood?