Family By Divine Design:: Allred Christmas, vol. 2

05 January 2010

Allred Christmas, vol. 2

Because of technical difficulties these are the only pics we have of Christmas day. What technical difficulties you ask? Well, after the kids had gone to bed Christmas Eve, I went downstairs to make some final preparations for the big day. I walked into my kitchen and noticed that the floor made this odd squishing sound when I stepped on it. So I called David downstairs to check out this odd phenomenon. He apparently had noticed it earlier, but it wasn't that bad and he thought maybe just some spilled water had gotten in between the floor boards. He looked for the source of the "flood" and found that our furnace had sprung a leak. We have a guy who works on heating systems in our ward so we gave him a call. Busted valve in the furnace. Moved the stove so we could pull up some floorboards, the heating guy said he'd fix it Monday and in the meantime lend us a big fan to help dry out our floor. Not long after he leaves the power goes out. And it stays out ALL NIGHT! Into the next morning too. David assembled the kids' "Santa gift" by lantern light. Christmas morning was freezing, and I couldn't make our Christmas breakfast of pancakes with pudding and berries for lack of power and a functional stove. Luckily the kids are good with cheerios any given day. We had previously planned to go to Preston Christmas day anyway, but we waited awhile to see if the power would come on so that David wouldn't have to disconnect the garage door opener to get our car out. Power came on for a little bit. David opened the garage door and loaded our vehicle. The power went off again. David starts worrying again about having to disconnect the garage door opener, but the power came on again and we decided we'd better get out of town before the power goes off again! Which we later found out it did. There was a 17-hour blackout in our area (Hailey, Ketchum, Gooding, Carey). It was a pretty big blackout. Several areas are apparently on the same grid. Yikes! So even though David and I had no breakfast at least we did get to go home to Preston and get some good food. What a crazy Christmas, huh? And this week our ward relief society is having a meeting about "preparedness". Nothing like a real emergency to find out how prepared you are/are not. (p.s. If we'd had propane that we could find, we could have cooked our Christmas breakfast on our propane camp stove) HAHAHAHA

No comments:

Post a Comment

Think before you post: Is it true? Is it helpful? Is it inspiring? Is it necessary? Is it kind? Thanks for commenting!

David's Bio

I grew up in southeastern Idaho moving at age one from the center of our town to the outskirts. This home had approximately ten acres and much of my youth was spent outdoors both playing and working with my grandparents on their farms. I enjoyed sports throughout my life and was active in wrestling and football throughout junior high and high school. My junior and senior years at high school a sweet young girl even convinced me to join the ballroom dance team. I graduated from high school and attended BYU where I earned my Bachelors degree in Biology in April 2007. Having been raised in the gospel it has always been an influence in my life.

Rachael's Bio

I lived in south central Idaho on a two-acre property in a three-story home until the fourth grade. We moved to Idaho's capitol where we lived until I was in eighth grade when we moved to south eastern Idaho. This move affected my life greatly. It helped me to gain and solidify my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as helped me decide how accurately I was going to live the gospel. This is also where I met David who was to become my best friend and husband. After graduating from high school in 2001 I attended BYU for four and a half years and graduated with a B.A. in Modern Dance, shortly before giving birth to our first child. Through all of my experiences my faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ and my dedication to living His gospel with integrity has increased. My greatest desire is that I will be able to help my children live and love the gospel.

Our Love Story

Rachael and David met first in their ward after Rachael moved in at the age of fourteen. Rachael's family had just moved across town to a home more suited to their needs than the original duplex. Both of their families were active in the church and Rachael and David both served in leadership positions of their respective YM/YW groups. With that constant exposure to each other was added the fact that they went to the same high school and were in the same graduating class. They found each other to be attractive and dated each other quite a bit near the end of their senior year and the summer afterward. After his freshman year at BYU David went on a mission to Russia - Rachael wrote him about every month and a half, just as an "interested" friend. Rachael was at home working for the summer when David returned from his mission and immediately felt that she wanted to date him again, so she asked him to go see the Phantom of the Opera in Salt lake City; thereafter followed about six months of courtship before they were married in Logan, Utah. Now they're both "the luckiest."