Whither the Wind Blows

Yep. We got the wind. Our 50-foot tree fell.

  Check this out. We're at about 2:50.

 

The Mama left for work at 6 am after the tree had already fallen. She did not even notice it (I've still yet to figure out how she missed a 50-foot tree laying on the front lawn).

 That was on Wednesday night/Thursday morning.

Our neighborhood (and our street, especially) got hit particularly bad. The park by my old elementary school lost about a dozen trees.

Our next door neighbors lost six trees. Pretty much every fence that wasn't chain link is gone. A few other's had trees on their house or through their roof. And that's just to name a few. Check out these photos to see more.

I wasn't around when this happened, but I got live updates from my sister and mom...but I'm here now. The neighborhood (and the rest of the county) is sort of in shambles. It's going to be a busy, active and noisy couple of days with all the chain saws and nail guns at work.

But then, today The Papa had this genius idea.

Can you guess it?

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Oh, YES WE DID.

Well, my sister and the dogs did, I was not around.

(Yes, the dog is wearing a sweater. It's winter, and he's still just a puppy.)

 

Sorry for all the pictures of Harmony, but they tell the story so well. And yes, I know, she is an adorable tiny human.

Everyone who drove past stared and took pictures of this festive event...maybe we'll make it on the news!

I think this just makes good sense...our real Christmas tree in the front window can't be seen anymore...

So, in the words of my dad, "Might as well make lemonade out of the lemons."

And we really did. Harm was going for a "Christmas threw up here" sort of look.

Our neighbors and people in the ward drive by, see it, and chuckle to themselves, as if to say, "Yep, that's about right."

Because it's something only we would do.

Lemons, my friends, LEMONS...

and now lemonade. 

PS - We totally made it on the news today!