Irene Part II

 So not long after my last post we lost power :( ......For 48 Looooonnnngggg  hours! 

The wind was SCARY at times. There were 2 trees down on our road within an hour of each other

And our yard....well it looked like a tornado came through. With I think we counted 7 trees down in our yard.

Thankfully none hit the house or caused any damage to our property

So 48 hours with power down and 3 kids was rough. But luckily Adam's dad had a generator and let us borrow it (so thankful) which allowed us to plug  in the refrigerator, TV to watch movies, and a light. We also fortunate enough to have a gas burner and water heater. So we could cook on the stove top and take warm showers!  So it could have been much worse and I felt awful for the families around us that  had none of this.

We made the best of what we had and blew up the air mattress and all slept in the living room watching Rio

Alivia did not want to be pictured! 

Yesterday I took the kids to playground and had a pizza picnic ....so we could get out of the house, and our yard was just not safe for them to play in with trees down and branches hanging. While we were gone my awesome brother and his friend came and cut down all the unsafe trees and cleaned up for us....So thankful for them :0)

Last night we had a no power dinner party with our friends and their kids. On the menu.... Spaghetti and garlic bread on the grill and chocolate chip cookies.....we even ate by candle light....FANCY ;0)

So now today we have power but much of Hanson is still without :( and a lot of surrounding  towns are without also. They are hoping  to restore power by this weekend......I hope A LOT sooner! All of these families are in my thoughts as I could not imagine what they are dealing  with....esp. those with young children!

Never thought  I would be so happy and thankful to run the dishwasher and catch up on laundry and thats what I will be doing  today :0)