Wow, so it has been a very interesting weekend! On Sunday, Travis and I went over to my parents house for our usual Sunday dinner, we stayed til about 8:30 and proceeded to drive home. We get on the freeway and we take the bypass that goes to our apartment, look to our right and see an incredible wildfire that is awfully close to homes right on the edge of Irvine, about two miles from where we live. It was the most amazing sight I have ever seen and we had no idea that this was going on. So, what did we do? We drove as close as we could get to the fires, naturally! :) We got down to Irvine Blvd which was the border of where they were letting people go and parked on the side of the road and watched the fire blaze for a little while. It was dark, so we had no idea how close it was to homes and how bad it was, but the ash was overwhelming and we finally had to get out of there. Here are a couple of pictures from our experience:
This was the best my camera could do which, of course, is awful and does it no justice whatsoever.
This is a picture we found on the internet which is the exact spot where we parked on the side of the road to see the fire. Isn't it amazing!?
This is the next morning. Travis and I both had work off so we slept in and then came outside to this. Our apartment building looks like it is on fire but it isn't. I love this picture because it shows the blue sky and the gross clouds of smoke that seemed to consume us!
This is a field that is right near our building. This is the air that we had to breath all day today.
If you haven't heard, Southern California is almost completely on fire. There are more than 12 fires going on at one time and Gov. Shwazzenager declared a state of emergency. We are luckily safe and don't have to worry about losing our homes but some people are not so lucky. In San Diego over 500 homes have been destroyed and even our friend Dan and Liz had to evacuated their home. Our prayers go out to all those who are homeless or who are in danger of losing their homes.
Here is Tyler and Cheryl. Don't they look adorable together! I love the way her dress matches his tie. It was perfect!
Here is Tyler the stud. He looked so handsome all dressed up. Definitely the best looking guy out the bunch.
Here is Tyler, Cheryl, Tyler's friend Jerica and her date (sorry, I can't remember his name!) They all match so nicely, don't they?
Here is Tyler and Cheryl with two of their friends that weren't going to the dance. They were wishing they were the lucky ones that got to go with Tyler!
Here is everyone in the group. They took a RV to the dance, had dinner at Ruby's, and they went bowling afterwards. I know that Tyler had an amazing time!
After an exhausting party, Payton relaxed in her Disney Princess lounge chair! What a princess!
