When I Grow Up...

Kensley is always talking about what she wants to be when she grows up. The other day she says, "When I grow up, I am going to be a firefighter. And when someone gets hurt, I am going to hop in my fire truck and save them!"

8 Months Old

August 11, 2010

I'm A Big Girl Now!

I am a little behind in blogging....Kensley turned 4 years old on July 22. We were at my mom's house visiting for her birthday party so she got to celebrate with some of her cousins. For months before her birthday, Kensley was always talking about when she turned 4. When she turned 4 she got to play with playdough again (another story) and she was going to school among other things. She was also constantly telling us what she wanted for her birthday....binoculars, bongo drums, and a hula hoop. I have no idea how she came up with this list, but she was determined to get them for her birthday. You have never seen a more excited four year old than when she opened the present and it was binoculars..."Now I can go exploring!" I won't mention how they only lasted ONE day before they were lost forever until Uncle Robert saved the day by buying her a new cooler pair that had a light on them for night vision. Here are a few highlights of her birthday party:

THE STORM

I have been staying at my mom's house in Utah for a few weeks to try and escape the awful heat in Arizona. Last week we had a major storm that was very exciting and scary. I have never experienced something like this. First, the wind came sweeping through and you couldn't see anything. It made everything look white. Then tons of rain and hail and before we knew it trees were flying through the air! My mom's house is full of windows and we just knew some limbs would come crashing through the windows but somehow nothing did. We were very blessed that there wasn't more damage. A few dents and scratches on the cars, a broken gutter and a hole in the roof. And, of course, tree limbs all over the ground! It took 3 huge trailer loads to clear it off the ground with the help of a chainsaw and muscles.

The Cabin

Me and Stephen and kids took a spur of the moment trip to the family cabin in Colorado this past weekend. We had a great time watching Linda work and get it looking beautiful. Now I am staying at my mom's for a few weeks to beat the heat while Stephen went back home to the daily grind to finish the semester at school.

This is a picture of a wildfire that was getting a little close for comfort to the cabin. We were wondering if we should be high tailin' it out of there and also wondering if we did what should we leave behind and what should we take! We sent the expert to investigate, my firefighter brother. He felt the fire was still at least 2 days away and thankfully the next day it had gone another direction.

Kensley

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