How we survived! No power, no water, 0 degrees...in a barn. 

"The Cross Still Stands" sounds like the beginning of a song. So glad y'all are safe 🙏❤️

THANK YOU for thinking of and thanking the Linemen, Line Crews and all other emergency personnel! My Son and our friends were there trying to help restore electricity from Tennessee. So glad y’all are safe. I thought about y’all and prayed for everybody. It’s hard to be ready for something like that when you aren’t used to it!

Was praying for yal. We prayed for everyone. Thank God yal and most are ok. Love the show

We were affected by hurricane zeta in October and was without power and water for 13 days. Our well runs off of power. We had coolers full of just water. We had to put a generator on our freezer to salvage food. We took showers by a hose connected to the generator. I work at a nursing home and we were without power for almost 3 days. Glad y'all are ok and trying to make the best out of the storm

We live in Colorado and my husband drove 15 hours or pick up my daughter and her three friends from Austin. Took them 19 hours to drive back. Praying for y’all in Texas.

I can understand everything you are describing, being from WI. I cant imagine how hard it would be to live like that without salt for the roads, plows, a power grid that is prepared for it - even for just a few days. I was so happy to see you all laughing through it.

I am originally from Upstate NY and one of our biggest power outages was because of ice. It took out many trees and of course lines were down all over. Luckily we were used to losing power so I had an emergency propane heater that kept us warm. We always had a gas stove because we did lose power several times a year in the winter. Glad you guys are ok and have a good attitude.

I'm from Minnesota and we had a ice storm in southern MN in 91. the power lines were full of ice and the wind started blowing. The electric poles snapped off like tooth picks. 4 county area was with power. The main electric sub stations were down. We were without power for 13 days. Got a small generator after 5 days with no power. We had a kitchen stove Used that for heat opened a window tiny bit. Learned any time there is talk of a storm I fill everything with water that I got. It's a great lesson for kids. The Lord will never give us more than we can handle.

God is Great even amongst the hard times in life. Keep believing and He will set us Free. Much love from Ohio ❤️

Glad yall are doing good we had some pretty big snow here in Michigan man

Take care of everyone ❄🌬☃️😀

Y'all hang in there. You have a beautiful family God speed

So glad you all are alright, sorry about your trees but they will come back more beautiful than ever. In my life time I have never seen are expirence it. We were more fortunate then the most and had generators. My son prepared for the weather and stocked up on gas to run them. We were without power 14 hour's , then off and on for around 8. This will undoubtedly be remembered by all. My mother once said God does everything in life for a reason, to help us know his power.. We may not understand it, but it brings us closer together she said it will test us. The kids will remember this storm as a special time, it's a adventure.. Others may find it as a loss of a loved one. God's gift in life is not promised from any of this. It's his blessing to us, every day we awake to the gift he has given us. We stay strong as a family and do the right things to help others less fortunate then us. Life it self is beautiful in any situation snow storm are heat wave , and to experience it each and everyday I am just grateful to do for this gift God's gift to us. Thank you for sharing your experience through this journey. Blessings 😇

We had no power at our house from Monday 2am to Friday lunch time! Luckily we have friends could stay with but had to drive back to check on our animals everyday

Y’all are lucky! We lost power completely for 4 days...no off and on, just straight nothing! It was miserable! 🤦‍♀️

And as someone who is always in this weather you are doing it right man bear through keep them heaters running

love you all

We all did! What a trial!

I live in Canada and we see this scenario often sorry you guys had to exsperiance this ....

While you were having sub freezing weather Michigan was in the mid to high 30s talk about weather being confused. What you’re experiencing in Texas is normal for most northern states, it can be an adventure all right 🤣 I hope this wakes everyone up wherever you live to the necessity of a food and water supply, an alternative power/fuel source and a faith in Heavenly Father that will survive through the worst of what this world can throw at us. If you have ever been a Boy Scout you know to save tuna cans and corrugated cardboard, cut the cardboard into narrow strip and roll them up fit the roll firmly into the tuna can and pour wax over the cardboard until it’s soaked up fully, you’ll be able to heat a can of soup, stew or canned whatever, when your done cooking snuff it out by covering it with something nonflammable, some might laugh but others will eat a warm meal. Good luck to you.

How did Earl Dibbles handle the cold snap weather?

Not bad if you have an alternate source of heating...most people don't .although you all seem to have some form of power going

We have had bad ones in NC. This is too familiar. No power for days. The last bad one was in 2002. The trees breaking sounds like shotguns going off. Transformers blow up here. Very scary and it does major damage to trees. It's beautiful but very dangerous! Stay away from the trees. God bless you all that are affected.

I injoy your videos

Granger and amber were is the yee yee nation bonfire invite ? We will all bring the fixens you supply the fire 🔥 what you guys say ? Even do some work and help out volunteer of course

When you cut the trees that came up out of the ground, make sure no one is near the roots. When the trunk suddenly gets lighter, the stump and short trunk may rebound back into the hole. Unfortunately one couple lost their young son when the stump flipped back. Please stay safe.

Just imagine being in the 1800 's and how they persevered through adversity but still prospered . I think we need days like these to teach us to cherish gods works and not take it for granted . God bless stay safe 🙏☝️

Makes you realize you need to hold all the things of this earth loosely. Glad you guys have such a good attitude about it!

I love how yall are so humble no matter what comes your way. So inspiring. Love yall and the videos. I watch em every day before work and I swear your videos, Amber's arise videos, and granger music have seriously made me want to be a better person every day.

The way I look at it, all the earthly things belong to God and we are just caretakers of it, for the short time we are here.

My family & I were without power for over 60hrs and without running water even longer. We still felt blessed, we survived and I agree it was an adventure!

Shoot I member growing up in a chicken barn after our house burned down we ain't have no money to go stay anywhere so that's what dad fixed up and we stayed in..grow up on taken baths in a Rubbermaid container heated water up on the the wood stove..mom washed our clothes on a board an more..did that for years while dad built the house we in now by him self plus at the time full time job.. good times

Light a candle under a terracotta pot it serves as a heater for green house

I think there’s something symbolic to the cross still standing. All the fallen trees around symbolize the world trying to tear down the Lord, but he still stands, alone, waiting for us.

You all have such a good attitude during bad times. True Christians letting your light shine. You both are a testimony to me an I am sure others feel the same. I can just see love pouring out whenever you all speak. God bless your family an keep smiling an spreading the love.

i guess in a crisis like that the preppies wish they were preppers .

Earl dibbles Jr better start fixing the trees.

It is past now. It was 72° in Mississippi today. I never prayed so much for so many people.

Only you guys who are going through a terrible time could do so with a smile. Living in the Deep South we have been through several hurricanes which left us for 3 weeks with no power or water and temperatures in the 90s just the opposite situation you guys are going through. Not sure which is worse but neither is good. Praying for you and your family and all in states going through this time.

Missed y’all, glad to see y’all are doing well. Sunny 🌞 and in the 70’s today in the Abilene, Tx area. I’m sure things are much better there. Love y’all ❤️ and God Bless🙏🏻

Praise God. Such a beautiful family. Still praising our Father thru all of this. Agreed suffering does lead to hope. Thank you for sharing your life with us all.

I really thought y'all would have gone and got on one of the buses and ran its generator. My grandpa in Brazos County is cutting up his broken oaks and making firewood just-in-case this happens again next winter. If not, he said he would sell it and make a small fortune 👍🏼. They lost one of the water wells is all and my parents house had a broken water pipe coming from the up stairs bathroom to the laundry below, so that room got destroyed. My power in Collin County was like y'alls but I had made a trip to the store before all this hit and stocked up can stuff and water, that and a propane coleman stove kept me going. I had my bike stand in my living room and just rode my road bike to keep warm. Yep, we all survived SnoVid-2021 ✝️

If you are into studying Revelation, than you know that we don’t have much longer to deal with all of Satan’s calamities here on this earth! And if you think that your land & the trees are beautiful, just wait till you see what Jesus has in store for you in Heaven🙏🏼❣️🙏🏼 May God bless y’all & keep you in His loving care, from a new subscriber 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

The cross will always stand amen

I really hate losing trees but it does create a ton of firewood for us.

I love it that THE CROSS STILL STANDS!!! What a picture of perspective! No matter the destruction around us, He is immovable, unshakable and securely grounded!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!

Just a piece of advice from a family that lives in a rv. If the power goes out you can hook the lights up to a truck to keep the battery charged. That will run your furnace and lights inside the rv. As long as you have propane.

Shout outs from the Rio Grande Valley . Glad you guys were so positive through the whole ordeal. We did not have light for 4 days straight- it was tough on the kids but with Gods power, we overcame. Greetings from Harlingen,Texas

A lot of people are lacking that path to hope. Like Granger said, "As for me and my house..."

God is good! We didn't have it near as bad as y'all as far as weather, we had freezing rain and temps got down to 6 degrees. We were uncomfortable but everyone and everything survived. YEE YEE!

You have shown me that earthly possessions are just things... tomorrow is not promised... live for today! Thank you! Prayers to you all! 🙏

Spoken like a true boy " OUR GRASS IS RUINED" 😂😂

The ice on the windmill was beautiful! So glad y’all are safe. Sorry for all the trees down. The cross gave me chills ✝️ I don’t get how some people don’t believe in God after acts like that ❤️

Enjoyed this so much ,glad everything is better, I wanted to say don’t be under the trees, but of course you knew better than that. So sorry your beautiful trees got messed up. I love trees to. God be with you as things get back to normal. Love ya

After all the trees that fell your going to need a grabber to put on your tractor like hidden heights farm. Arms family homestead has one also. Love y’all’s video’s! God bless y’all !

I sure hope with your new house you are putting your pipes way below the frost line

Granger 'The Cross ✝️Still Stands' that sounds like a song dude. 🎵 I'm so glad you guys are safe. I've been praying for everyone, I heard there were 11 people that died. 🙏 God bless

Me to but I live like 3 hours from yall I am glad all of yall are safe

Too bad it wasn’t HEB...they let ppl leave with their groceries without paying!

Western kansas had a whole winter like yours in the late 80's.... Started halloween and didn't end till spring. Country road were so bad only tractors could travel them.

You talk about it! Not last fall but the fall of 2019 Central Canada was hit with the same type of storm and my 15 year old bountiful producing apricot tree's branches bent down so low that they broke. The next morning was the shocker. My 70 year old Colorado blue spruce was just as bad. The end result: The apricot is down to a 4th of its original size, the spruce has broken branches as high as 70 feet up. The end result by Spring of 2020 was that I couldn't hire anyone to cut the damaged branches off because it wasn't an emergency or a necessity. So, now a year later, I'm hoping that by this summer all will be taken care of. God is the one who controls the weather and sometimes he gives us a challenge not to punish us but to stretch us a little farther to polish us a little more. Stay focused on His love and His grace.

Always a good day when the smiths upload

How could you think we'd get bored during this video. It was amazing to see what y'all have been going through! I love that the cross is still standing and that you focused on all the beauty in the chaos! Prayers for safety! Love you guys!

We had a record ice storm in Oregon last week as well, so many trees and limbs down, some people are still without power. We were without power for 4 days. Glad yall are safe!

The silver lining here is "Just Enough" Sounds like the the title for the next song you write about all this!!

speaking of snow since i was alive( i’m 16) i’ve never seen snow on our front lawn in my life i checked the security cameras and the grass was white it never snows where i live it only rains and occasionally hails

Can’t love this or the message enough! The world would be a better place if we all had this perspective in life.

It’s so crazy how something like this changes the way you see things. It makes you appreciate the small stuff. It was God’s wake up call to a lot of us.

When one of the cedars next door dies, they left the stump pretty high and someone made it into a cross. I smile every time I pass it

Its actually amazing to see 1st hand your families experience with this. We see so much on the news and such but to ACTUALLY see an experience first hand is crazy!!! Praying for TEXAS!!!💙❤💙❤

This Does Not seem Normal is anyone else thinking this?? Just like the fires in Cali. Could this be what i’m learning about Man Controlled weather? We are Praying for you Texas🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. test the snow!!!!

So is the windmill on your farm hooked up and can pump water out of the ground ? I love old windmills but all of them near me that you can see from the road the pipe going up is missing from the windmill but the windmills that you can't see from the road are still pumping water

Fist one to say Hello to the Smith's Family. from Manor Tx. (Next to Austin TX.) I'm glad that Your family is Well after this Snow/ ice Storm❄❄

I literally got chills when you showed the cross still standing and the trees laying by the Cross. Amazing grace

I love how y’all are so faithful I think the world needs more of that

Living in Ohio we get the cold, snow and Ice. I really like the ice storms but not when it causes power outages and loss of heat. I am glad to hear you are doing good, and that things are getting better. In my part of Ohio we have had really cold temperatures and we are now getting above freezing.

I'm born and bred in Texas. My entire family is in Friendswood Texas and I'm in Arizona at the moment. They've really had it rough like y'all but they survived 🙏❤️❤️❤️✌️

Praise the Lord. I worried about all my Texas Families.

Wow seeing the cross standing was so cool! Seeing Amber shop in the dark definitely looked like an episode of the Walking Dead! 😂 Crazy! We’re in Leander and had power outages for several days and lost water for a few days straight too. Our boil water notice just ended today! My husband is a medic in Austin and had to work a couple days of the crazy. Luckily my parents are in RR so they took me and the kids in so we’d have power, water, cell service and company! The kids had a blast and thought it was a great adventure for sure! My husband will come over and help with the chainsaw job - who doesn’t love a good bonfire?! We’re in!

LIFE ISN'T ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORM TO PASS, IT'S LEARNING TO DANCE IN THE RAIN. THAT'S WHAT U ALL DO. SO GLAD TO SEE U ALL R DOING GOOD. SENDING LOTS OF LOVE, HUGS AND PRAYERS.

So glad ya'll are making it i was praying that all the people in Texas where ok an trying there best to stay warm.

Never thought I would see the day that the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" would come true.

Looks like Grainger needs a sawmill to reclaim all that wood.... isnt that right Grainger??

Wow amber and granger! I have been praying for you and your family to be safe! So glad to see this video! Actually been praying for everyone in Texas! You again showed hope to everyone who may be going through things! You two amaze me! God bless you all. Your Tennessee friend and fan

We went thru the same Granger😪 glad y'all are ok

My Prayers go out to everyone from Iowa. I just found your channel. It’s sad all trees broken. But glad you all have each other.

Thank God that everything was ok and that everyone was safe and not hurt. Love your videos and channel. ❤

The cross gave me chills! River was definitely there protecting it. 💕💕💕

So happy y’all are ok! I’m sending our sunshine and 50 degree weather down south for y’all! I’m used to 30 degree weather in Indiana. Stay safe! Love y’all!

Oh my! First I need to say that I was moved to tears when I seen that the cross had not been touched, very powerful and beautiful to see. Secondly I commend you two for your amazing attitudes and outlook during it all. I live in Southern Illinois and in 2009 endured a terrible ice storm that did serious damages to my home. I was a widow of only 3 years at the time, my husband was always the one who kept the calm for me and our daughter. So this ice storm was my first venture in trying not to lose it and remain strong for my daughter who was 12 at the time. It was a tough thing for me to do especially when I was told that it would be 2 to 3 weeks before power was restored. My friend and her husband came and took us along with our 2 little dogs to stay with them as they heated their home with wood. I was and still am so very grateful to them. Every winter since then I have panic attacks when an ice storm is coming for fear of it being that bad again. And now seeing you two and many others from Texas who took this in stride and went with the flow just makes me realize that it's high time I put my girl panties on lol People always say how strong I am but they just don't know that I'm far from it. I'm so glad that you posted this, it really hit the wake up call for me that yes once I had a bad time because of an ice storm but it could have been far worse. I will forever remember the things that you said for the next time I am faced with another ice storm. God Bless you.

Good to know you guys are okay I live in colorado so ya

It was a nice video seeing you get through this storm with such great grace. We went through the same thing with our young ones starting from scratch and it was so nice to see it through your eyes. When you laugh you laugh hard, when you cry you cry even harder. You pray that you don't love this earth so much. Trust me at my age you get sick of it, and the only thing that keeps you here is God and your blessed memories.

God is there, he’s with us all. Cold but still blessed!

Should think about getting some portable wood stoves they use for winter tent camping. You know you will need them eventually. Still without power where I live. We had an explosion in the building I live in 🤦 not to mention all the pipes bursting.

So happy you and your beautiful family are doing good thru this crazy weather.

We had rain and cold temps, but no ice or snow. I've been very grateful we didn't get worse. Praying for everyone in Texas and Oklahoma. I'm in south Alabama😊💖

Whew! Texas has had a couple of rough weather years...from records rainfall hurricanes to record ice storms. Prayers for you all!

Reminds me when we had 15 EF-0 to EF-2 tornadoes came through our county in 30min a couple years back. We lost trees and our corn and beans. But like you guys, we prevailed. Life goes on. Keep up the great attitude. I was so glad to have a grapple for the skid loader helping everyone with cleanup. Would highly recommend a grapple. Best attachment out there and will speed your cleanup up! Good luck.

Going to be a great night with a new Smiths video. I’m glad y’all stayed safe!

Its God's way of supplying firewood for future family campfires and bonfires for earl.