Trees Down

So today the boys' went back to school after their three day weekend. Many of the schools in the area were closed due to the amount of trees and power lines down, thank you Tropical Storm Lee. We were late, but because traffic was horrible and we had to go around our rear ends to make it to the school.

After I dropped the boys off I decided to go by and check out my moms. She had some trees my uncle said did not look like they were going to make it. Since our power was still out and I had to go around the county anyway to get home I figured I would check it out. I pulled up to her house, after stopping at Starbucks. Again no power means no coffee...needed a fix! Well, I could see sky in the backyard. Not a good thing since there are about 10 trees back there. I also could not see the ground due to trees down.

At first I thought that there were 5 and a half trees down, after Brandon and I went back through there were 6 and a half down. She literrally has 3 trees up, and one of those is dead...go figure.

Brandon went out to get a chainsaw, the last in stock at Home Depot. We checked the boys out of school about 30 minutes early. I hated to get them, but I also knew that it was easier considering the work that was ahead of us. They were very excited though.

Well, we were not able to really do anything but take a lot of pictures, but we will get it done. My mom is truly lucky. I know that my dad was watching over the house. There were several trees that could have done a lot of damage to her house. One would have literally cut it in half, but other than her deck it looks like all is well. The largest tree and the one that was closest to the house that was leaning towards the house from what my uncle said ended up going straight down the center of the handicapped ramp on her deck. Thanks Dad for watching out for mom. Thank you God for showing us that while things looked bad, were really were blessed.

Well, still no power at home. Time to cuddle in the bed again!