Crazy Week

We had a crazy week followed by a busy weekend. It started out as a few inches of snow and turned into the biggest ice storm Kentucky has ever had, leaving downed power lines and trees everywhere, and 600,000 people in Kentucky without power. On Wednesday I was sure we were going to lose our power, by thursday when we hadn't I thought we had made it through this crazy storm, but then Friday morning while I was in the shower, I have to add, we lost our power. We had no idea how long it would be, they were saying it could be 7 to 10 days for most people, and with a little girl in the house we didn't want to try to stay here with no heat, and no way to make food. So we packed up and headed across town to our friends, Thom and Lesley's house. I packed like we were going to be gone a week, since we had no idea, and I also brought everything from the fridge and freezer that I could, since I learned my lesson last september when we lost our power and we lost all of our food. Thom and Lesley were such great hosts and opened their home right up to us. Even feeding us dinner. Lana got to play with their sweet little boy Eli, I wish I would have taken some pictures, but I didn't think of it at the time. On Saturday we had plans to go to Dayton, about 2 1/2 hours north of us, to meet up with Josh's Mom, sister, brother in law, and their little boy Gabriel. When we got back to Louisville that evening, our power was back on. We were very thankful. On Sunday our Church services were cancelled since the building had no power, and the parking lot had not been plowed. It was still covered in ice and snow and very hard to get too, so they decided to cancel Church for Sunday. So we decided to take the opportunity to visit our old church here in Louisville, Highview Baptist. We still have a lot of friends there, and love the Church, so it was fun to be able to go back and visit. Our weekend finished off with a Superbowl party at the Murphy's house, and we had a lot of fun there too. Here are a few pictures from our weekend.Lana and her Cousin Gabriel. This was the best picture I could get of the two of them, at least they are both looking :)Lana's Great-Grandma Demland made her this beautiful sweater for her birthday, this really isn't a good picture of it, but it also has a matching purse and Lana loves it!Lana giving Gabriel a hugDan, Stef, Gabriel, Lana, Josh, and I- not a great picture but oh well!This is what most of the trees look like in Louisville. Branches broken off and bending over from the ice.Ice on the branchesHad to add this one of Lana, she has so much fun in the snow!Super bowl party at the Murphy's. Lana had fun playing with Baby Jack. He is 3 months old. Lana kept putting his Pacifier in his mouth, and rocking him in his bouncy chair. A few times she rocked him a little too hard, but we realized Lana is going to make a great big sister :)