WISHES BY FIRE

I didn't know dandelion puffs were flammable, but we saw this online (and you know everything on the internet is true, right?), so we thought we would try it.
They are indeed flammable and so we were making wishes by fire this afternoon.  I think we got rid of every dandelion puff on the street.
It's been raining the past few days, so we're excited to try this again when it's dry out.
We're getting more wishes ready....

I AM THANKFUL FOR HEAT, POWER

and the awesome firemen
in town,
ESPECIALLY
from Station 4.

We lost power for 48 hours due to the ice storm.

We huddled in the living room to keep warm and we argued, (I love my disfunctional family! Is any family NOT disfunctional?) then passed the time by making silly ghost faces with the flashlights...

Played games...

like Mario Brothers...
We received DELICIOUS warm bread....

from our awesome home teacher, Duane and his wife Mona...

Lach played with flashlights and we played a hide 'n go seek game in the dark called Sardines.

Then we went bed...

At 1:30-ish we had to call 911 because we had a fire in the house.

Luckily for us it was a smoldering fire in the attic. When the flames got big, the firemen were right there.

We all got out safely...

My brother Steve took this photo of the fireman carrying the ax and chainsaw to cut into our roof....

There was SO MUCH smoke...

We had 5 firetrucks come to our house. The first to arrive and last to leave was Firehouse Station 4...

Here is the culprit...

the wood burning stove in our family room that we were using to heat the house...

The morning after....

We know we were very blessed and we are definitely counting our blessings!

MY SISTER TOOK SOME PHOTOS

of us while we were watching the firemen.
We had the kids in the cars to stay warm, dry and to try to sleep. Our cars were trapped in the driveway by the firetrucks so we kept getting out to watch.
Even though we were scared, we tried to make the best of the situation...