Herriman Fire

I know it has been a long time since I last posted anything. I am planning on updating my blog in the near future, but this couldn't wait. This picture does not represent how serious and scary this situation was last night, but it was as close as we could get, and wanted to get for that matter. I have never experienced the threat of a fire before, and I never want to again. Our family and our house are fine. We were not part of the 1,500+ homes that were evacuated. However, many of our friends were evacuated and still are not allowed to go back to their homes. We are supposed to start building a home in two weeks in the area of the fire. I do not know at this time how close the fire came to our lot. From my bed, I just watched the flames blanket the hillside and worried. The firefighters fighting this fire are incredible! They saved so many homes that could have so easily been burned to the ground. I will post more information as soon as I can. This was definitely a night that I will never forget. I am thankful that no one was seriously hurt, and that only four homes were lost. It could have been much worse.