Happy Love Day!

Our January Highlight - Aunt 'Tamie' Comes to Town!

I'm not sure whether Max was happier to have Aunt Camie (or Tamie as he calls her), or Aunt Camie was happier to have Max. They both had a great time together and Brig and I were thrilled to have family come to Lawton. We enjoyed her company and wish she could have stayed longer, but as seen in the previous post it was good she got out when she did! We went to the park, saw the 'big, cheeky bulls', read books, and
played non-stop. Camie taught Max that the neighborhood dogs aren't all barking at him because they want to eat him (like in his nightmares)and that the bus in his book wasn't just a normal bus, but a double-decker bus! He asked every day to see pictures of her dog "G" and even started calling him G-G Bear! Thanks Camie for going out of your way to stop by and visit! Max wants to come to Boston now...

WINTER WALLOP 2010

We are learning the importance of "Emergency Preparedness" around here.

We were without power for a few days, but several of our friends still

don't have it. Needless to say, we feel blessed. This is the street just .5 miles

down the road. Some crazy people were actually driving under all of that mess! We stayed in

a hotel in Wichita Falls, TX for a few nights until our power was restored.

The latest - our water supply is at 25% because the generator busted and they can't get a part until tomorrow. They are saying we should only use water for cooking and toilets... not a good mix! By 8:00, we aren't suppose to have any water (which is so ironic considering all the puddles we have outside). Makes you really think about all of the little things we take for granted. Apparently, power lines are stronger than the poles.

Here, you see a whole tree up-rooted...

This must have been what they used for barbed-wire during the Ice Age.

We had to drive across our lawn to get out because this branch covered

our drive-way. When we returned from TX, our neighbor had finished cutting it off and moved it out of the way. There are a lot more good people than bad.

There isn't much left of the tree in the front of our house.

Grandpa Barry, you could get all the firewood you need right here in Lawton!