David’s father got to come visit us. He was headed to New York on business. He arrived Wednesday afternoon, and we had a great time visiting over dinner. It was so nice to see some family.

The next morning David got up early and went to the Apple Store to get the Iphone 4. FIL and I got up later, and went to meet him for breakfast. If you were anywhere near an Apple Store Wednesday, you probably understand why we had to go eat breakfast without him. The line was insane.

I’m not sure when people had started camping out, but I have to ask, “Why?” I get that it’s an awesome phone. I just can’t imagine wanting to have it that badly on the day it came out. After we ate, we brought David a to-go breakfast. He got the Iphone 4. In fact, he even got one for me. The biggest draw for me is the fact that I can take pictures. We still haven’t found our camera. We’re hoping it’s in storage in Dallas with our wedding china and guest bedroom furniture.

Thursday afternoon, our air conditoner stopped blowing cool air. It was still blowing air, but it was just like running a fan. Maintenance came out quickly and worked on it for about an hour, until a bad storm knocked out all the power in our area.

When David got home from work, we still didn’t have power. I couldn’t use the stove, the oven or the microwave. The electric company said over 70,000 homes were without power in our area, and they had no idea when we’d have power back. At 8:30 we decided to go find a restaurant with power. We drove quite a ways until we found a McDonald’s. It was PACKED, but they still had some food. After we ate, we bought bags of ice at a gas station so we could keep David’s medicine cold. We were already in bed when the power came back on at 11.

I had not had fast food in quite some time, so I woke up with a horrible stomach ache Friday morning. I took a Pepcid, and an hour a half later it had done nothing. The maintenance man was working on our AC by 8:30. I was really glad he came, but it hurt so much to move I really didn’t want to answer the door. I don’t think I’ll be eating McDonald’s again any time soon.

The air conditioning was quickly restored, and we got a wonderful surprise. FIL’s business meeting was canceled, so he got to come back and spend another night with us!

It was a great week, but phew! We’re tired. David sees his new rheumatologist this week, and we found out Brother #3 is coming for a visit in July. Can’t wait!

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My father-in-law and David’s brother-in-law came over this afternoon and chopped down the tree in our backyard. Ever since the tornado blew through our town, it’s been leaning more and more. And every time it rains, it leans a little bit more. And, yes, we have AMAZING family.

Here my father-in-law was just starting on the limbs.

From this angle you can really see how bad the tree was.

Here, FIL was using a hand saw to take down some of the limbs while David was at Home Depot getting a new blade for the chainsaw.

The tree came down a lot faster than we anticipated. Here’s David waiting for me to open the gate.

Hooray for bulk item pickup!

Poor Henry is looking for the tree.

Henry’s serious pose. I think he’s mad because he’s going to have to remark his territory.

Henry’s happy face. It was time for dinner! I made pot roast in a cast iron dutch oven with potatoes and carrots. And bacon cheddar biscuits. It’s seemed like an appropriate, manly, hard work kind of meal.

Thank you father-in-law and brother-in-law! We really appreciate your help!

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