Halloween Fun!

We had a fun Halloween (except for the fact that Scott did end up getting called into work and missed the trick-or-treating). Kylee was a Charm School Witch and Shane was Jango Fett from Star Wars.

By the way, Scott did finally make it home on Monday at noon - after 9 days on duty. We were very happy to have him back at home!

Crysal & Tim's Reception

We celebrated Crystal & Tim's Wedding Reception, it was a beautiful day and a great time of celebration with their family and friends. Kylee & Shane had so much fun taking pictures and videos - they are taking after their mom.

Santiago Fires

Scott made it back to the station today - relieved this morning from the Santiago Fire in Irvine. But, not at home yet. The kids and I stopped by tonight for a visit at the fire station. It was great to see him! He does have to work Sat and Sun, maybe even more days - so far today is day #7 on duty.

While we were at the station, we were able to get these pictures to share. The guys had quite a busy 3 days on the line. They helped fill one of the helicopters with water from the engine. You can see all of the falling ash (yes, that is ash in those night pictures). They did get sleep when they could, even in the middle of the street. You can see the peacocks in a tree, which is right above where they slept one night. Quite an adventure. We are just happy they are safe!

Scott Update

Scott was at the Irvine fires again today. They did not have a lot of action where he was at, a fairly slow day. He will be out all night tonight in his assigned area. Tomorrow morning he will be released from assignment and head back to the station. Friday is his normal shift, so he will continue to work through Saturday morning.

Then, he will finally come home - after 7 days on duty, Whew!!! We can not wait to see him, we miss him a lot! Hopefully this plan will not change.

Scott and the Fires

Here is a quick timeline of what Scott has been doing:

Sat 10/20- worked his regular shift

Su 10/21 - got off work, but was recalled to come back to the station at 9am (they had just sent out the engine from his station on a strike team, and he went to cover the station)

M 10/22 - worked his regular shift in the city

Tu 10/23 - off to Irvine to relieve the guys on Engine 4. He had a pretty good day, fought a little fire. But, Tuesday night the flames kicked up again where he was and he fought fire all night long. He said they were able to save a lot of homes, about 3 did go, but they saved a lot more.

W 10/24 - still in Irvine, he called me at 8:30 am and was just relieved for 12 hours to sleep. He was tired and said he really hadn't slept in 3 days, as they were up with calls all night in the city before he left with the strike team. At this point, he is scheduled to stay out with the strike team on the fires until Friday morning. But, things change so quickly, we will see what happens. Yesterday they thought he would only be out for 24 hours, now it is 72.

Scott called again tonight (Wed), he got some really good sleep during the day. They were sleeping in a park by a zoo on some cots, and when he woke up, there was a peacock staring him in the face! Pretty funny. He had a good dinner and will get some more rest tonight - in the zoo parking lot. They are going to find out their next assignement on Thursday morning.

We have not seen Scott since Saturday morning when he went to work. We are doing fine here, just keeping our prayers out there for Scott, all of the firemen, and all of the families affected by this horrible tragidy.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers too!!

Updates on fires: click here.

Kylee's Cheer Camp

Kylee attended a Cheer Camp this week put on by Pacifica High School Cheer Squad. She did this last year, and she enjoyed it again this year. It's great because it is only a week! They learned and practiced the cheers Mon-Wed, then the got to cheer at the Varsity Football game on Thursday night. Kylee had so much fun! She was a little nervous before the game, but did great once she got there. She will be able to cheer one more time in January at a Basketball game.

Scott's Fishing Trip

Scott's semi-annual fishing trip at June Lake, October 11 - 16th. The regular group of guys went up to Silver Lake in the Kuhlman family trailer. We experienced 25 degree weather at night. Due to the poor rain and lack of snow runoff, the creeks were too low to fish this year, and we were forced to do some lake fishing. Local lakes were fair to poor, until we heard of a secret lake located back in the mountains all by itself. We finally located the dirt trail that led back to the lake, and when we arrived, there was not a single person in sight. The fishing was unbelievable with good size fish and over 100 fish caught between the 3 of us in a 3 hour period.

Rainy Day Soccer Game!

Even though we woke up this morning to a some misty rain (after a rainy night), Shane still played his soccer game. It was very wet and the boys sure did get dirty. But, they still had a fun time. Shane took some tumbles, but got back up and kept going - even got these moments on camera! Proud mom here has to share these photos, enjoy.

Fall Sports

Kylee has been in gymnastics now for a year, and is enjoying learning some new tricks.

Shane is playing soccer for his 3rd year now. He really loves soccer, especially now that they are playing on a bigger field - he has a lot more room to run around! He is doing great.