Prayer please!

There's a wildfire within one mile of my home. They're evacuating adjacent neighborhoods. Please send up a good thought or two for me & my neighbors?

Thanks,

Carrie

ETA: Looks like my house is in the clear, for now.  Wow.  It's been a nerve wracking afternoon.

What a day, what a day.

First of all, it was Ethan's eleventh birthday. Cannot believe my kid is eleven.

Second, went to AJ's talent show, where he and several other kiddos did a lip synch and dance to 'Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better,' from Annie Get Your Gun. I'm his mom, but it's pretty cute.
( the videos... cut to save your page... )

It's in two parts because I absolutely suck at videotaping.

Three, I cooked all day for home group, but then I got a call mid afternoon from Nolan asking me if everything was okay. Turns out, there was a fire less than a mile from the house. It was a scary, smoky, crazy afternoon.

Fourth, the powers that be decided that they couldn't have home group meet at our house (there were streets blockaded and neighborhoods evacuated) so I decided that was divine providence, and we took Ethan to dinner for his birthday, and then went to Academy and got him a new bike.

Eleven. I have an eleven year-old. The mind reels.

Lastly, nolankyle and I did out first marriage blog. We're still working out format and technical stuff, but it's there. Special kudos to jandjsalmon for the layout. :D

And that's probably enough to be getting on with, right? Goodnight!