FIRE FIRE FIRE!!!

On Sunday, September 19th we had a scary experience with a fire too close to home! Bryan was out-of-town in D.C. for work so it was just me and the kids. I remember seeing smoke coming from the mountain behind our house at around 3:00pm. I thought it was kind of strange but didn't think much of it at that point. Within a couple of hours it was much larger but still at the top of the mountain so we really weren't worried. At around 7:00 the winds really picked up and the fire became uncontrollable and began moving very quickly down the mountain! It was at this point that homes started being evacuated. It was very scary! Fortunately the kids slept through most of it...I'll never forget what it looked like outside Kamden's window..it seemed (and looked) like the entire mountain was on fire! The whole house smelled like smoke and you couldn't go outside at all because it was so bad. We felt fortunate that we ended up 3 blocks outside the evacuation zone and were able to stay in our home. Yet the fire was still too close for comfort! By morning the incredible firefighters had the fire about 90% contained and miraculously only 4 homes were burned! What a blessing! The Lord was definitely watching out for our little city of Herriman!