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 We had a VERY late night as the first tow truck that arrived asked for a tractor and after assessing the truck hovering over the ravine, finally decided his truck wasn't suitable and gave Nolan another company name before driving off. Dependable towing was called next, they arrived about 11:30 and decided the tractor wasn't going to work and wanted a second tow truck to come help. The picture below if of the 2nd tow truck, the picture was taken through the living room window with the wood burner burning brightly in the corner causing which helped make the beautiful colors.

This driver also called the police to come assist as we are on a blind curve. The police never arrived but the second truck did. BUT by this time the driver of the first truck thought it would be better to use a tree and used a snatch block. That worked. It was after 1:00 am by the time the Meister truck was freed from the ravine. The tow truck driver followed Nolan over to Phil's house then gave Nolan a ride back here to the apartment. I went to bed around midnight but Mark stayed up until after 1:00 am just in case they wanted the tractor. It was sprinkling rain while they were working and that rain was falling on the snow turning everything to ice. The drives were not passable this morning. Mark used the skid steer to try to break up the ice then helped me move 2 bales in for the horses. Valiant got a bale and the weanlings got a new bale. I borrowed pancake mix from Sarah then made pancakes and sausage for her house and some to take over to the barn for Tim, Allie and Strot. Three of the truck doors were frozen shut but the front passenger side door was able to be opened so I climbed in that door and into the drivers seat to get it started. Nolan needed the truck to take Tim, Allie and Strot to the airport a little after 9:00 am. By the time he needed to get them it had warmed up enough to get the other 3 doors opened. I asked him to stop at Aldi on the way home to pick up 10 pounds of potatoes and a tub of ice cream for our Sunday supper tonight.  We went over to mom's house to watch church on line. While we were waiting for it to start Joan noticed the sliding board decoration.
What we were amazed at was the snow at the end.
David had the first message. A VERY interesting message and he even brought a prop along. I'm so glad they video the sermons now as mom's tv froze up during the message and we missed a bit of it. I will for sure watch it tomorrow. To watch this message click HERE. After the morning message there was a short break then the congregation came back for singing and a few words from Craig Stickling before dismissing everyone. Nolan dropped off the potatoes so I went to work peeling the 10 pounds and cooking the pork roast. The grand kids arrived and went sledding on the death trails. They came in pretty cold and tired. The meal was good. We have all been hosting since Wednesday and tonight most of us were happy to just sit on the couch and visit. The girls started on some crafts while the adults laid around.

Of course the grand kids got back their energy and thought it would be fun to flip the bouncy house while they were inside.
I'm not sure how fun it really was when they had to flip it back over. That was just plain work.
Kensley and Zion decided to roller blade for a while. These two zoomed around the gym.
Eden joined them. David and Israel decided to play 2 on 2 with Philip and Kensley.
That was a fun fast game and by the time they called it, they were ready to rest. It was a much more quiet Sunday than usual but I think we all needed the rest. We all left the barn early tonight. I'm going to set near the fire and read a book this evening.












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