3rd day of Christmas

Today was very eventful. It all started last night with a loud BANG! It sent me sitting straight up in my bed from a deep sleep. My dear husband was barely phased by it. I couldn't for the life of me figure it out. "Could it be Santa & his reindeer? Is he confused about the date? Has Santa come early? Am I confused about the date?" Lonnie said it was thunder so I went back to sleep.















A while later another noise not as loud as the first woke me up again. I figured it was more thunder & went back to sleep. Well, the morning had many surprises for us. The noises were large, heavy, ice-laden tree limbs that hit the house, ripped the electric box off & pulled the corner of the house off at the same time. There were branches everywhere, an electric line down strung across the yard & driveway, & sadly squirrels running around in a frantic search for their home. Of all the mess that the ice left, the squirrels were the saddest part. If a squirrel can be in a panic, these squirrels were. Honestly, there was one in particular that was making a noise I have never heard. This place is squirrel central, but this was a noise I have never heard. If a squirrel could cry I swear that's what it was. It was the saddest sound. The birds were chirping like crazy as if they were all talking about it. It was wild to say the least. But anyway, as of now, 9 p.m. the electric company still has not removed the live wire from our driveway. It's an insulated wire, but they said, "DON'T TOUCH IT & STAY AWAY FROM IT." It's been over 12 hours since we reported it. They are so busy right now. What a mess this ice storm left. The additional winds have now added other large limbs to our disarray of a yard. A very LARGE one came flying out of no where & almost landed on the porch as Brent & Leah were coming in the house. Ooh, scary!

On a good note, we could not let the day go by without doing something for Christmas. So we decorated some salt-dough ornaments & had a great, colorful, sparkly time. Everything Aaron & Kirsten do is a "first" for them, & brings so much enjoyment for the rest of us. We all took these simple things for granted before. Now we are doing them with all new eyes.












To finish the night off I painted Kirsten's nails in red & white like little candy canes. She sat there so happily & said, "I love you Mommy." You can tell she really does appreciate the littlest of things.