Home sweet Home!

Well today we took the time to walk down & take a photo of an accident scene that happened last evening. We're not sure what caused a car to careen off the road and strike a power transformer, but that's exactly what happened. It took the power out to the whole neighborhood. It did however (unfortunately) give a great opportunity for DH & DW to meet some neighbors. We met a couple that lives across the street from us. Actually when we moved in at one point we came home to cookies & a nice card that stated "welcome to the neighborhood" It was from them & they were so happy we were from the Midwest as they were from the Kansas City, KS. area and have been here less than a month. We walked with them to the accident scene & chatted about what we thought could have caused this. We came up with some educated guesses but we really don't know what happened. Our understanding is the victim was thrown from the vehicle & had to have CPR administered. The victim was hauled away by ambulance & we haven't heard anything since. Our prayers are with him/her. The impact was severe as it ripped the transformer from the concrete.

Amazingly, power was restored to the whole area within 47 minutes of the accident! The power company bypassed the transformer that was hit & was able to route it through another. We thought the 97 degree heat at that time of night would be a killer for everyone. Not the case.....

As we walked back to the house we thought this would be a great time to snap some photos of where we live. Here is a photo of the development we are living in. We actually love the location as it's 20 minutes from everything.

The neighborhood has it's own parks for the kids to play in & this one is actually just around the corner from us.

Here is a photo of the front of our house. It's awesome & we couldn't be happier living here. The only thing we are missing is a pool. Our next door neighbors have one, unfortunately we haven't met them yet, but we know we will soon. Perhaps they'll let us come over for a quick dip? A couple times we have thought Hmmmmm could we jump the block wall? We have been taught very well by our parents & we know that is NOT the correct way to make friends......

Hope all is well........ We miss you guys! TnA