Merry Christmas .... as most of you will be waking up to open gifts... I am waking up grateful that my family is all in tack and alive. At 6:30pm on our way to Christmas dinner at my parents house with my entire family I received a call that my parents who lived in the upper unit and my sister with her 5 year old son and 3 year old daughter lived in lower unit... their house caught fire.  It took hours to put out. We watched my childhood home and memories burn while praying for the 2 dogs still Inside thought to be deceased. After a few hours one dog was retrieved and as we pretty much lost hope when the firefighters couldn’t find the chihuahua after 5.5 hours they finally left. We just couldn’t give up so against the firefighters advice not to go in since everything had caved in on the second floor ..... we did it anyways and found the 2nd dog! As grateful as we are that everyone is alive.... my mom, dad, sister, niece and nephew will be waking up today with no home, no clothes, no belongings and all sentimental items destroyed. So if you could find it in your hearts to help out in any way possible and share this as much as possible with friends and family every little bit will be so gratefully appreciated. This was in Kenosha.