Back home

We moved back home last night, and it felt so great to sleep in our own bed again!

The fires have moved away from our house, and we aren't really in any danger now. However, we could still see fire up on Saddleback mountain last night, which was disconcerting to say the least. It's fairly far away, and the firefighters set back fires to keep it away from the development next to us, which will keep us safe. The picture to the left shows what it looked like from the park near our home last night. Ends up that a lot of "looky-loos" used our neighborhood park over the past few days to watch the fires. Great vantage point. Not sure I like living in a tourist attraction, though!

It's really smoky here -- today they school for the school district, for poor air quality. Tasha was excited to have a day in the middle of the week to sleep in! She's with her mom this week, but had dinner with us last night at our friend's home before we moved back to ours. Tasha took the photo below to commemorate our final imposition on them! They have been so incredibly hospitable and generous!

When I drove back home, I ended up following a news van, going from the nearby evacuation center back up to the fires that were still burning. Here I am just trying to go home, and I'm literally on the path of "breaking" news. Too much excitement for this gal, that's for sure...

The kids and I will hole up inside the house for the day -- I've changed all the air filters on the air conditioner intakes to hopefully help keep the air as clean as possible indoors. Jason is still sick (he had a 102 fever last night), but Amanda seems to be doing well. Never a dull moment!