Thursday, July 9, 2009

How NOT to celebrate 4th of July


I just wanted to document our interesting 4th of July. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling well, so after we had my daughter and her family and my in-laws over for BBQ, I went to lay down while everyone else was visiting. I had just fallen pretty sound asleep when my hubby came running in our room with a phone in his hand. My hubby is always really calm in a crisis, but I could tell from his voice that something was up and it startled me awake. As I glanced out the window I became fully awake. Flames were leaping up on our neighbor's yard 20 feet in the air. The wind was blowing and those flames were getting dangerously close to their roof. I am truly thankful their roof was tile...if had not been...i'm pretty sure it would have caught on fire. Neighbors and people passing by stopped and helped. Things were pretty well under control, thank goodness, when my daughter grabbed the camera. While I had been sleeping, my son-in-law was giving a firework demonstration and the wind apparently picked up a still smoldering inside of the firework and caught those dry bushes on fire. Scary. We can laugh about it now, but it was a little crazy for several minutes.

11 comments:

  1. Ha ha at least it will be a funny memory! The layout is super cute!

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  2. I love that you already made a layout of this! ha ha! Bobby still doesn't think it's funny and would only look at the pictures for a second before he turned away because he's still "not ready to think about it." I love the wording you put on there, SO CUTE!

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  3. Love the LO and the words!! I am glad all turned out good :)

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  4. What a gorgeous lo! Love all those colors, very pretty!
    hugs Dora

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  5. What a great visual account of your ordeal. Certainly a layout that will conjour up some memories in future. Just glad that everyone is unharmed. Hope you are also feeling better. Hugs from Desire

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  6. GREAT LO, and creative journaling :) That is a 4th you will never forget!

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  7. Okay, what a fabbie lo but wow....Certainly a memorable 4th for you and the family...I'm glad that everyone is okay:)

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  8. Fabulous layout even if it was scary at the time. Glad no one was hurt. Way to go on your dd getting that camera and snapping away. LOL!

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  9. oof! ok, it's an absolutely GREAT LO...and a funny story (now!)...but *SHEESH* i am glad it has a happy ending!!!!!

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  10. This is just awesome! I LOVE those colors and the sentiment is just awesome!!! I love the way you used the sketch and the layout is just so summery and bright and cheery and festive! LOVE those stars!!!
    Sending you hugs!!!
    Sankari :)

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  11. Tyler is going to love looking at this page in your scrapbook

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