...Saved By God at 2 AM...

At two-something I awake to hear loud talking and people running around in our house. Less than a few seconds later Leah runs down our hallway saying almost in tears: "Hanna (gasp) Mom says there is a (gasp) guy in the back yard shining a (gasp) green light on the house!" That jerked me out of my groggy sleep and got me taring myself out from under the covers. I grabbed a sweater (I was wearing a tank and shorts) and ran down the hallway, Leah running behind me. When we got to the bottom of the stairs and Mom, Nathan, Lydia, where crowded around Mom and the foot of the stairs almost crying. All I could say was: "What is going on?!" Contrary to what Leah had told me, Mom said: "There is a fire in the back yard. Get out front and don't come back in till I tell you to!" Right about then I got so scared that I partially broke down and cried. Pictures of black, half standing houses from the news flooded my mind. Then, everyone all began a chorus of: "I have to get Kitty (Leah's stuffed cat)!" or "I have to go get the guinea pigs, Mom!" And we even got a: "MY BARBIES!!!" Other than that Lydia told us later that she had been crying: "Jesus, help us!" all the way down the stairs. We piled out onto the porch and stood shivering and crying. Some of us anyway. Every one periodically would say: "I'm so skared." We all where about to pray for Daddy's protection (he was trying the to hose down the flames wile all this was going on), for the house and that everything would be alright. But before we even said 'Dear, God.' two police cars pulled up to the side of the road. Following them came a HUGE fire truck and right behind that came an ambulance. Thank God no one needed it! The police where already talking to Mom when the firemen where heading to the back to see how Dad was fairing. I don't think I have ever been so relieved to see any guy not related to me come to the rescue. After Dad had the fire out the firemen helped Dad pull off the burnt siding in the back (I'll explain that later) and then they checked for heat and smoke with this awesome video recorder looking thingy. Then two firemen proceeded to clomp upstairs and look around in our room and the crawl space. There was smoke in the attic so they wanted us to keep the door open. There was allot of talking and looking around and then they slowly moved out and went back to the station in town. Here are a few pics from last night and today.

Nathan, Me, Rilla, Lydia, and Leah on the front porch around 3:30am.

A view of the damage and all the siding pulled off last night.

More of the back. You can see how high the smoke and flames got.

That is the very same wall that our beds are up against.

Our melted garbage can (the fire started in there, more on that tomorrow).

The story is to long for me to finish now. But I need to make a few acknowledgements before I close.

Fist and foremost to God.

You are my Savior, the one who took care of us when we where in danger. You kept my Dad safe and gave him the quick thinking he needed in the moment.

I love You.

Second, I need to thank Daddy.

Thank you for putting out the fire, and saving us all. I'm so glad I have a dad who knows what to do and has the courage to do it.

Your my hero.

Thirdly, to Mom and for telling us what to do. Thanks for keeping your head on and for calling 911 before you came and got us.

Love you, Moomy. =]

Fourth, thanks to the firemen who came, did your job and kept your head on too.

You probably won't see this but I figured I couldn't not say anything.

Lastly, Thanks to my sibs who did their best not to cry and obeyed right away!

Love you guys!!!

Ok, I gotta get out of here. I'll finish up the story tomorrow. Thanks for reading!

Hanna-Y

*LIFE*

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!
Sorry it has been so long. Busy life since we got back.
The T's from Pearls where here about two hours ago. We had allot of fun and Serena and I finally swapped emails. Gilbert is now the little angel I always wanted him to be. The cure: forced, continual holding and lots of veggies! *lol*

I am gonna be posting a count down thingy on here soon. Guess why...

ACQUIRE THE FIRE IS COMING THE 31-1!!!!

AAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAA!!!!!

Oh my gosh! I am so exited! I will admit I am a little unprepared this year. I don't have my outfit out yet. For those of you who remember: I was the girl who had her entire wardrobe picked a month before ATF. The youth group is going to a football game the week before so I am trying to put together a girlz night out for the girlz of the yg. Unfortunately, I am still waiting for an answer from some people and that will depend on whether I will be able to post a notice on the youth groups blog or not.

Speaking of youth group- I AM SSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO NERVOUS!!!!!!

This coming Sunday Generation is supposed to get together to have our first worship practice. I'm singing. I'm gonna barf. Or I will at least start crying out of sheer nervousness right before. I am hoping nobody will want me to sing solo. I would rather sing with other people. And I don't wanna hear myself either. Apparently Mr.R (youth leader) thinks that one day when we are good enough we aught lead worship. And because of that me Mom wants me to get used to the feeling by actually singing with her on the worship team on Sunday. I say no and she hasn't mentioned it since then.

Oh, I finally got those shoes I've been wanting. Apparently they are called 'Vintage' or something. Anyway, I luv em. They are denim and lavender and purple and stuff. Sweet.

I also found this new band called The Rubyz. They are really good! I got their CD and I'm gonna put em on my Palm when I hopefully get a new one for Christmas. I want one with Windows Mobile, a key pad, music, and I'd like it to be a color. Green, blue, purple, or hot pink would be sweet. I've really been missing my old one. Especially when we go on road trips or something. *Boohoo*

One more thing before I go.

My book is moving along slowly but surely. I had no idea before I started writing that it took so long. I'm on chapter eleven. I'm thinking of changing Daronds name to Armon. What do you think? I like Armon better and that's why I wanna use it. Oh, well.

Hu. I have a ton to do. I need to finish literature, clean the cage and write before the end of the day.

Toodles, girlfriends!

Gilbys New Hidy Hole

Hi!
I have to post a quick one now cuz I have homework due today and i still have to type it up and send it off. So far I have all A's! Yay!
Gilby and Snuggles are doing good. It has been a week since....*thinking*....Saturday.
Those of you who have seen them know that there is only one hidy hole in the entire cage. A green tube that Glibert has pretty much eaten the paper within an inch of its life.
Anyway, the tube has sort of been taken over by Snuggles. So poor Gilbert had no place to go. Until Dad came home with a really nice wooden box with an arched door and round window. Gilbert was the first to get in and SLEEP in it! I came up to refill their water bottle and we was sound asleep until I unhooked the bottle from the cage bar.
It was adorable. So now they are across the street nabours and they each have their own little house.
G2G-HannaY

'Our Little Babies' Have Arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello to everyone!

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted, life has gotten busy of late. Yes, the pigs arrived safely!!!! *smiles*

We went to go get them about 10 on Saturday and our friends put each at a time in a box. We drove all the way home listening to them make guinea pig sounds and the whole time poor Lele is trying to keep the boxes lid on cuz they where moving alot! Any way, we got home and made the grand home coming with everyone standing around and opened the box slowly to add to the moment. lol They got a chorus of "Oooo's" and "Ahhhh's", and then we took them up and introduced them to our room and their new cage. They smelled the green tube, the stuffed bear, the water bottle, the bowl and food, the alfalfa hay ,the bars, and all together everything. After we had watched them within an inch of their lives we moved out and got in some jammy pants (or at least Lele and I did, but hey it was raining all day! lol). Leah and I came back every hour to check on them and they did great all day long. The funny part was when Max met them...a whole day later! Almost. We decided to see how he did that night but we held onto his choke collar wile he sniffed and wined and so on and so forth. We got a kick out of that! =-]

I when to a while without holding mine cuz he was so squirmish...and their claws are SHARP! Yow! I still have a cut from Thursday. I also let him go nameless cuz I still wasn't settled on a name yet. But I finally settled on a name for him on Saturday night. This may seem odd, and I thought it was too considering I never even would have thought about it. So I was watching him and suddenly I thought of the name Gilbert. Yes, Gilbert. He actually looks like a Gilbert now too! So sometimes I call him Gilbi for for short.

Happy thing is you will all get to see them tomorrow night! So I don't have to post pics!
But I will anyway just for you and the suspense I am so sure I have built inside you! =-] So here they are: 'Our Little Babies' we like to call them.



Introducing: Gilbert (mine) and Snuggles (Lele's).......

A Shorty...

Hey!
Just a short post cuz I have tons to do!
Ok, Lele, Mummy and I just got home from the pet store and we are about to set the cage up. I have to move my butt cuz the barn is clean but now i have ta move it to the basement. Problem: NO ROOM!
Oh brother.
Post pics in a bit.
Hanna-Y

....life and other things....

I'm baaaaack!
Hey, 'Brina'!
Yeah. Not only are we gonna have marsh mellows but we are gonna have s'mores!
We will provide all that though. KK?

I went to MOPS this morning and I was in the nursery.
They aren't really baby baby's but they rang from nursing baby's to walkers.
I love being with them. But every month there is someone who wants to be held and will cry if I put them down. My arms feel like they are gonna fall off when that happens! lol

I woke up yesterday morning with a soar throat and a head ache. By the end of the day I was running a fever and my skin hurt. I was pretty miserable. But this morning I felt better so I went to MOPS. And guess what. Now my throat hurts again. *gggrrr*

No, I never did clear out the barn today. I will tomorrow though wile the cage is drying.

Oh, next post I'll have to tell you all about our mouse adventure! Fortunately it was not in the house. But I have ta go. I smell french toast and bacon cooking!

Toodles!
Hanna-Y

Raving About 'Em "Pigs"!!!!

Hello everybody!
Still haven't gotten the guiny pigs yet.
We are gonna go pick em' up on Saturday morning.
Tomorrow after I get home from MOPS (no I'm not part of it, I just babysit =])I'm gonna be moving the barn to the basement. We won't have any room otherwise so the barn is out at last! I love the barn, but I'm getting older and I never play with it any more.
Anyway, on Thursday Lele and I are gonna clean out the cage we are borrowing cuz it's a mess and it needs to be hosed down really bad. And then (this is the part Lele and I are looking foreword to the most in means of getting ready for them) on Friday evening Mom, Lele and I are going to PetsMart to buy all the little guys are gonna need. Bedding, food, water bottles, food bowls, stuffed animals, hidey holes, toys, the works! =] I even have an outfit picked out for Saturday! (?!)
I'll be getting my paycheck this Friday too so I'm gonna cross fingers and hope to get this cute shirt at Fashion Bug. I'm gonna wear the same thing on Sunday to Youth Group.
Hey- It's at our house and we are gonna do it around the fire pit so dress like it!
You'll all get to see them too!
Don't have a name picked out yet. I'm gonna look on the Internet and see if there is a sight with names cuz I'm stumped!

Just an update: I'm sssssssoooooooooooo happy cuz I'm starting chapter 11 soon! yay! (If you're a writer you'll understand. =])

G2G-HannaY