We are fine...Thanks for asking!

A few of our out-of-state friends and family have called and sent emails asking if we have been affected by the So. Cal fires. Well, besides the bad air quality, luckily, no! It has been on the TV a lot here and I have actually had to turn it off on occasion because Tanner gets a little worried for the people that have "burned up all their stuff, even their toys". (He is my sensitive one). As I sat and watched a mother of 4 being interviewed after she had been evacuated, I couldn't help but to put myself in her shoes just for a moment. I know that the safety of your family is the most important, but I look around at all of our memories in our pictures and scrapbooks, that would break my heart if they were to be lost. I started making a mental list of what I would take and what Jake would be in charge of if anything like this ever happened to us. But after each of us grab a kid and a half, we wouldn't have much left to grab any possessions. So what would I take and would would get left behind? I am grateful that I don't have to make that decision right now. I decided to type up a emergency list and hang it on the fridge so that everyone knows their responsibility "just in case". I hope that all of this comes to an end very soon. My heart breaks for all those unable to sleep in their warm beds tonight and even more for those that will return to no bed at all.