Fire

Last Thursday (1/6/2011) the equipment shed at Jared's grandparents farm started on fire. It started inside with the tractor. The roof collapsed and the firefighters weren't able to get in and put out the fire. Basically everyone just had to watch it burn. The damage was enormous. Lots of equipment and the building was a complete loss. But we count our blessings that no one was hurt.

On Saturday Jared's dad called and asked if we could come down to help clean up. So Jared went down early in the morning and then I took the kids down after MaKady was done with her girl scout meeting. When I got there I was amazed to see how the family was working together. Many of Jared's cousins and uncles were there cleaning up the mess. I helped his Aunts in the kitchen and we put together a nice lunch for them.

This was devastating for the entire Mangelson family, but it was amazing to see the strength, love and respect this family has for one another. There was no fighting or backbiting, just a bunch of men working hard together to get the job done. I feel truly blessed to be a part of this family.