Ice Storm

We had a BIG ice storm Tuesday, Feb.13th! It rained and rained and then froze...over everything. Tuesday night we didn't sleep at all. Twice during the night large branches broke off from trees and hit the house, sending us through the roof! It was pretty scary; they couldn't take the weight of the ice. All night we could hear branches breaking and falling through the woods. When the wind blows it sounds like little chimes because of the ice on all the branches. The power, heat and water went out at midnight and has been out for 2 days. It has been miserable to say the least. We had to go to friends to shower. We bought blocks of ice and put our food in coolers and bought tons of water. At least our stove works because it is a gas stove so we can boil water and I have managed to cook dinner. I didn't go to work on Wednesday and Spencer didn't make it to class. On top of all this, Spencer is getting really sick. We have to keep the fire burning all day and all night so the pipes don't freeze. At night the temperature drops to single digits. It has been so cold! Despite the horrible conditions we are living in...we have managed to take some great pictures. When the sun shines the trees look like crystal. It is so pretty.