Ice, Ice and STILL no ELECTRICITY.....

Well....it's been an interesting week to all those in NWA! First, I want to say that we have been so blessed. Although our property looks like a 5 acre war zone, we had no damage to our home or any of the structures on our property. Even though we have been out of electricity since 8am Tuesday morning, we have had warm showers every day, we have not missed one meal (as my waist line can prove) and we have had good fun and lots of great conversation with our family!
Okay, now....we are still counting the hours that we have had no electric or heat at our house and we are looking forward to getting back home and resuming our normal routines, but until then, we are thankful for my parents who have let us move in and enjoy the luxuries of electricity! I've included several pictures of our property....not that we are privileged, as most of NWA looks this way......

We got the boys out yesterday to help pick up limbs around my parents house.....it proved to be a little too much for Weston, as he enjoyed the "break time" best!

At one point, my parents had our family and my brother Jason's family all living back at home! Our families make the house seem much smaller than it used to!

The boys enjoyed playing with each other, even though some cabin fever did start setting in after a while.....

Here is Wess with one of the many trees that were uprooted and laying on the ground at our house. This was especially hard to lose, as it still had the rope hanging on it that held the swing that he and his sister used to swing on when they were little......

We have months of clean-up to look forward to, but everyone is safe and our home is secure and we feel very fortunate!