Our Adventure in the Ice Storm

This past week we had a little adventure when an ice storm hit and our electricity went out for three days.  The weight from the ice on the trees caused a lot of branches to break and damage the power lines. We had no lights, no running water, no heat.  Thankfully we have flashlights and candles for light and a woodstove for heat!  As for the water... to flush toilets we filled the tanks with melted snow, and for dishes and personal hygiene, dad brought jugs of water home that we heated on the woodstove.  Hope commented that we were "camping in the house" when we brought in the propane camp stove to make some hot meals. We emptied the freezers and refrigerators into ice chests and set them outside in the snow to keep the food from spoiling. It was a memory making three days that's for sure!  We survived though and we made some memories we won't soon forget! :)

 

melting snow in front of the wood stove...

 

David thought having no lights was a fun adventure and he ran around with his monkey headlamp on reading books and playing with toys during the power outage :)

 



 Our sweet little boy just sat and smiled as he watched the action go on around him :)

 

I went out and took some pictures around our house the day after the storm.

 

 

I love icicles!

 

 Our feathered friends enjoyed snacks at the bird tree...

 

 

We are very thankful to have our electricity on once again! =D