Exciting Nights

This is a picture free post :( But it is still exciting. Tuesday night we took the kids to McAlister's for dinner and then went to see the gingerbread houses at the Ballantyne Hotel. We make gingerbread houses every year, so I love to see the "real" ones at the hotel. Someday I hope the kids & I can enter the amateur competition. We still need a few years of practice, though. At the time, I thought that would be the highlight of my week. Wednesday afternoon I had a teenage homeschooler over to help with the kids so that I could get some things done around here! At 5:45 we loaded everyone into the car to take her home. Dan drove up as we were leaving & we all said hi and bye to him. As I turned out of our neighborhood, I noticed that one of the lights shining on the brick at the front was ON FIRE! I turned around and went back home to tell Dan. He called the fire department and then went to put out the fire! He took a shovel and stamped it out with that. It was out by the time the fire department arrived, but they still hosed down the area & generally took over the scene. We are sooooo proud of our Daddy Hero!