What a crazy few days we've had here in Southern California. Half of our state is on fire and it's scary. Fortunately everybody we know is safe and out of the danger zone but we had a few close calls. The fire came about 1/2 mile from our house on Sunday night so Andrew and I spent the night at my parent's house while Rob stayed at home just in case we had a mandatory evacuation. The smoke in our house was really bad and it still smells like a smoking hotel room. Even the poor cat's fur smells. But just when we found out our area was safe we heard that the fire was moving toward Foothill Ranch where a few friends of ours and Diane, Rob's step mom, lives. Diane was back east so Rob had to go to her house and pack up a few things just in case there was an evacuation, which there was. The fire came right up to the backyards across the street from her...too close. Then it moved on to the Portola Hills area and we have more friends there that had to evacuate. Now, the fire is back in the canyons and burning some homes. It's devastating. The saddest part of all of this is that somebody started it intentionally, arson.
We would like to say thank you very much to all the phone calls we received the past few days. You really learn how many people are thinking of you during times like these. We truly appreciate all the love and thoughts! Thanks!!
Please pray for all the firefighters working 24 hours nonstop. We see them taking naps on the side of the road in the grass getting ready to continue fighting the fire. Also pray for all the people in San Diego, Arrowhead and other places that are losing their homes. Thankfully the winds are dying down and hopefully this won't continue for much longer.
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