Here comes the Rain!!!

We absolutely LOVE the rain!!!! The smell of the rain and the sound of the rumbling thunder is relaxing to me.
I love how it makes everything look so much greener--- Here ar a few pics and hopefully a video--LOL
Hope everyone is having a great week!

1 day after the fires

Only in the Tx Panhandle can you have a blizzard on one weekend, a massive fire the next weekend and 1 day after the fire, freezing weather. Sunday morning our front yard and part of our back yard looked like a winter wonderland. Very very interesting for sure--- We still love it up here!!!

Fires in the TX Panhandle

We are so thankful for and blessed to have an outstanding Volunteer Fire Dept. The feeling was eerie without a doubt. Ryan and I had rescheduled our Benefit Sale for the weekend of April 4th and had had a wonderful turnout that morning. We could smell smoke from a distance starting around noon. But at that point it just smelled like some one had a campfire. We could hear on the scanner that there was a fire under control, for the most part, 14 miles south west of town. Where it became scary and out of control for the firefighters, was when a tumbleweed would get caught in it or the fire consumed a bush where quail were living... the birds would catch on fire and where ever their wings would touch it would start another one. The wind gusts were above 65 mph and in all the conditions it quickly got out of control. Amidst all the commotion, people were still shopping as well as cautiously watching the smoke get closer. Around 3:30 you could tell something was wrong... very wrong..... At that point, the fire marshall began driving down the streets, knocking on doors, honking, and yelling to get out of town QUICKLY!!!!! We met my Mom, Glenda, at our house, grabbed Ryan's medicine and headed out. We stopped at the school, on the North end of town, to get a fast game plan. The sky was a red orange color with dark black gray smokey clouds billowing out!!!! We quickly decided to take Hwy 152 East and head to Elk City, Oklahoma. As we traveled, hearts pounding, adrenaline pumping we managed to call as many people as we could think of to begin praying for our town and the firefighters and their safety. We also stayed in touch with Ryan's boss and wife to see what was happening. To make a long story short we were finally able to return to a very blessed town around 9:45 that night. On 83 heading between Shamrock and Wheeler, the road was lined with fire trucks, water trucks and you could see huge blazes on either side. There were 8 houses damaged... 3 were total losses and 5 had severe to mild damage. In the midst of everything we managed to have a successful garage sale . We thank the LORD for everything!!!!

Snow in March

Yes--- We had snow and alot of it! Some of the drifts were 5 feet tall! It was beautiful to see. At some points the wind was blowing so hard that we had a hard time standing in one place. Our Benefit Garage Sale had been scheduled for that weekend, but obviously postponed to the following weekend. ( April 4, 2009) We got alot of "spring cleaning" done in the house and enjoyed spending time and relaxing together. Chicago absolutely LOVED the snow! I even took a video of her playing. Hopefully I can get it posted as well. What a crazy way to end the month of March!

Weekend in Burnet, TX

I am finally getting this posted... Wow how time flies~

We had a great weekend in Burnet with Ryan's Family. It was fun to see Marsha, Nathan, Blake, Kenzie,Wyatt, Walker, Alan, Teresa, Daniella and the puppies. The weather was so beautiful. We enjoyed the golf cart rides and laughing with everyone. Thank you Alan and Teresa for ALL our garage sale stuff! It was also fun to spend time outside watching the boys play basketball and fun stuff. Hope we can do it again soon. The weather was perfect, too!

St. Patrick's Day Weekend

Mom and Dad came to visit and we took them to the St. Patrick's Day parade in Shamrock, TX. We had so much fun walking around and seeing the parade. Carson tagged along with us and had a blast too! My Mom bought a fun game named SWAP-- It's like UNO with a twist, full of laughter and fun!!! They stayed with us till Thursday morning. I got out of school early on Wednesday and had Thursday and Friday off-- yahoo!

St. Patrick's Day