TREE!!

Well, I'm really late posting all of these pictures, but wanted to show you all what happened to Jason and I on June 9, 2008. It was a lovely evening when a little thunderstorm blew in. As we were eating, we realized that the storm was not really as little as it seemed and began getting TV messages warning of 65 mph winds. 65 mph...right. Next thing we know, we hear a huge crack and our prettiest, biggest, 40 foot cherry tree in our front yard is DOWN. It actually fell between our two cars, but mostly ON Jason's car. Couldn't it have fallen on my junky old car? NO! Had to be the new hybrid!!! Anyway...moving on...we were able to reach a man with Don's Tree Service in Johnson City who agreed to be there in 1 hour to remove the tree, as we were unable to move our cars. He arived sometime after midnight and no joke...cut the tree up and dragged the entire thing into our front yard. Jason asked him if he would haul it away and he said, "No one around here does that." Needless to say, after paying Don's Tree Service $500, we had to find another service to haul it away the next day. Since I'm writing this email 2 weeks later, the car is fixed. There were several cracks on the roof of the car as well as a dent in the hood and the passenger side view mirror was taken out. But thankfully we have really good auto insurance and the car was taken care of in 3 days! Did I mention that this happened the day before my Aunt Sue and cousin Dakota were flying into town to stay with us for a few days? It was a MESS! Anyway - enjoy the pictures!

You can't see Jason's car in this picture because it's UNDER the tree...

This is the side view mirror

This is our poor cherry tree while it was still standing :(
The view from the street...so sad...PS - do you like our new roof? :)
And finally...the dent in the hood...