Our New Landscape

Well, it was nice to get to catch up today on the blog! By far the best news has to be from Keith & Jessica! I'm so happy for you guys. And I must say Aug 10th is a great date for a baby- Kristen is thrilled.

We are blessed to have warmth and light- it is amazing how complacent we get about our lives, and what we take for granted. Besides the destruction of our trees, our house is in tact and warm again. Most of the largest limbs missed our house by about a foot- thankfully. We will be cleaning for weeks. On top of that, Bill has been sick. He spent a day in the freezing rain, cutting limbs, trying to clear the road to let traffic through. There is a little part of me that hated seeing our power come back on- our family spent some good times by the fireplace! Early to bed, early to rise! I think it is a time the kids will have good memories about. Sunday we spent more than 5 hours looking for firewood. Needless to say, after all the trees down in our yard- we won't be looking for firewood next year! Two more days looking for a chainsaw. A huge thank you should go to all the stores, who stayed open- without power - so people could buy food and supplies. We have been told that FEMA is rating this as a category 5 tornado- for the level of destruction. I know that Springfield went through all this last year, we were lucky to only be out of power for 4 days! Well I hope everyone is tucked snug in their beds for the night. Good to be back - Darla