and then the ice came....

So if you don 't live under a rock you probably know an enormous ice storm hit arkansas (and many more states) at the end of january.... well we were one of the 10s of thousands that suffered. We were without power for 5 days, lost everything in the fridge, missed a few days at work and were completely discombobulate for about a week. Amazingly we were one of the lucky ones.. know that there were many people much worse off than us.. so in all of this we were truely blessed to come out unscaved.. I also have to say we have great friends and family! The Lanes took us in for 2 days--mom and dad took us in for 3 more..

This picture was actually taken in complete darkness. Our electricity went out around 1030am on tuesday. We played around for an hour or so thinking it would just click back on (HA!) about noon we headed out for pizza and soon after realized it wasn't going to come on anytime soon and was getting worse.. We called up the lanes and told them they were about to be invaded!! chaz didn't care he had a great time!!

And these cute little bits became chaz's great friends. They are Destiny's nieces and their family was without power for about 4 days. We love Regan and Sydney!

Chaz's sweet aunt Dezzie reading to him and the girls. Look how happy he is!! I don't know if this experience sped up the Lane baby plans of postponed them HA!

This has to be the most beautiful original picture of the storm i have seen to date. This is our neighbors front yard. This Bradford pear tree was about 2 stories tall. WOW!! It is gone and i still look when driving by to see if maybe, just maybe this beautiful tree came back!

Township!