Sunday Dinner at Grandma's

Sunday dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Livsey's house. We were all enjoying a nice evening. The kids were getting along and eating their yummy BBQ Ribs. Someone called out, there's a fire. All eyes were plastered on the windows. Out on the deck, grab the binoculars, add the zoom to the cameras...exciting.

Cute Kate (Chuck and Lisa's little girl) enjoying her dinner. Kate got her socks wet out on the deck looking at the fire. She was very pleased when I took them off for her. I just love this little gal. Tonight she ran over to give me a little hug when we found each other. Why is it that having a little person who likes you so fulfilling? She is a sweetie.

We finally determined what building had started blazing and luckily it was a new apartment building that was vacant still due to it being still under construction. We spent about an hour watching this fire grow to 150 foot high flames. That is from the news, not just us over estimating. The blaze was enormous!!! 

The building burnt clear to the ground. We watched it go from a solid apartment building to a 2X4 frame. It was incredibly humbling to see how quickly something can be eaten by the flames. The firemen had lots of water flowing downtown, they kept the fire from spreading to other buildings on the block. Thankfully we did not loose Cafe Rio or Smith's Marketplace. Cafe Rio would have been a real loss.