7.24.2008

"our home is broken"

No, our house wasn't broken into... but as Ashley said, "our home is broken..."
I came home yesterday evening after picking up the kiddos to find this....
Yes, that's a down power line ya'll.




** Apparently some genius that was working at nearby construction took it down with their truck.





So with no power in the house on a warm day, I quickly bathed the kids in whatever natural light was left. Packed up the kids and dog in the car and head out to my Mom's house about 30 minutes away.





But then, 5 minutes later, we were stuck in huge traffic....
This was the cause...

Huge fire at a recycling plant....

After being stuck in traffic for 45 minutes and Courtney screaming for the last 40 minutes...

Here's Ash...

And here's the screaming baby.....

We are all so glad to be home this morning with our power restored. What an evening!

11 comments:

Unknown said...

Ash looks THRILLED.

Glad you're back to normal. :)

Unknown said...

You are a champ to make it through that. When June was a baby her cry would just cut to the bone.. I'd have so much trouble listening to 40 minutes of crying.

Sarah said...

Good lord what a rough day! Glad to know you are back home and things are looking up!

SherE1 said...

Poor you.. poor kids! Glad you're back home!

Unknown said...

Yikes! What an end to your day! Hope you were able to get some sleep!

Michelle@Life with Three said...

Oh, my gosh -- the look on Ash's face is hilarious! She looks so over it -- completely battle worn!

elexisb said...

Ha! What a 'fun' memory! They will get a kick out of that if they sit it later in life though. It's so great to record this stuff isn't it?

Your kids are just ridiculously cute too :)

Miss Lisa said...

Isn't funny how out of sorts the whole family is without power ;)

Glad you and the kids made it through the day!

Anonymous said...

Oh girl~ not fun not fun at all. Glad te power is back and life is good again!

Anonymous said...

Sounds BRUTAL.

Poor screaming baby. (You - not the kids, right? Ha!!!)

Glad you're home and back ONLINE, girl!

Karen MEG said...

Your poor kids... poor you!

Glad they restored everything quickly!