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

Pyper

Shooting

The big boys were showing off shooting rocks and maybe a poor fish (don't ask) so we put some ear covers on Pyper so it wouldn't scare her too much and hurt her ears. She HATED it!

Life Lesson # 347

Don't twirl your hair into the curtains!
We have no idea how long Kensley was stuck in this position. I had went up into her home and started a movie for her and then went downstairs. About 20-30 minutes later Stephen went upstairs and went in her room to check on her and this is what we found. She was pretty upset. It took some doing, but I was finally able to get her hair untangled from the curtains. I am really hoping she has learned her lesson. I am constantly telling her not to play with the curtains because it is dangerous! It has been a pretty traumatic evening.

Seven Months Old!