Fire!!!

Well our day started out pretty normal!

Aunt Pammie came over and we played a little and then spent most of the afternoon running errands and getting ready for our trip. We went grocery shopping...

Lathan

Logan & Lathan

and then came home. Daddy ran back to the store to pick up some milk and Aunt Pammie started to cook dinner. Grammie and I had the babies in the living room when Aunt Pammie started to sound concerned. The tortillas for her soup were starting to burn and even though she had taken the pan off of the stove there was an awful lot of smoke filling the room. Then all of the sudden the pan caught fire (IN AUNT PAMMIE'S HAND) and the smoke detectors went off. The babies weren't impressed with the noise as Grammie and I ran them out the back door. Luckily Aunt Pammie knew not to throw water on the grease (I knew that but my initial reaction was to grab the water hose!!!) and instead of sitting the pan back on the stove she set it in the middle of the kitchen on the tile. The flames by this point were well above her waist high and the smoke had filled the downstairs. She picked up the phone and dialed 911 as Grammie and I ran around to the front of the house with the babies.

Daddy drove up in the middle of the chaos and even though the 911 operator said that no one should go back in the house, Daddy ran and got the fire extinguisher and was able to put the fire out. OUR HERO!!! It was a good thing that he was able to get it taken care of too, because at the time it seemed like an eternity before the firetrucks arrived (all THREE of them!!!) and we could have had some real damage on our hands if we'd had to wait. The firemen checked the house, opened all of the downstairs windows and doors and fanned the smoke out.

Grammie took the babies to her house so that they wouldn't breathe the smoke and could get a good nights rest while the air clears. We have already had to replace all of the air filters in the house (they were jet black) and we'll change them out again tomorrow. Aunt Pammie and I have spent the last few HOURS wiping soot from EVERYTHING in the kitchen and all of the toys, etc in the living room and dining room. So many things to be thankful for tonight (little things like placing the pan on the tile instead of on the stove where the flames would have touched the cabinets and quickly caught the whole place on fire); and of course we are thankful that no one was hurt.

Tonight makes me think that eating out from now on until the babies are able to run out the door themselves, is in the best interest of our family! (Not that I've cooked in MONTHS anyways!!!)


Lathan & Aunt Pammie

Lauren & Grammie

Lots of Firetrucks!!!

Talking with the fireman

The house was still very dark and smokey even after the firemen used their fans to blow the smoke out.

And that's all of the excitement that I have to report!!!