Friday Foto Flashback...

The Storm...

Crazy storm that showed up out of nowhere in the West desert.

storm noun, a period of high winds, possibly thunder and lightening, rain, or snow

Monday Memories...

Before I was married and had kids I had a job. I miss that job. It was after finishing the days work that I would discover, too frequently, that I had locked my keys in my car. I would call Orem PD and they would send an officer to the rescue. I just so happened to get the same officer every single time. The first few times the officer gave me a clipboard with a form to sign, and explained that by signing I gave him permission to enter my vehicle and that he would not be responsible for any damages caused. By the fourth or fifth time, the entire process was handled without a word spoken.

Fast forward 1 year...February 1, 1997, our wedding day!! Our reception was absolutely beautiful!! As we were greeting our family and friends I heard a man say "It's you!!" I looked over and there was the officer who had retrieved my keys countless times. He looked at Jason and said "If I had known you were marrying her I would have gotten you a slim jim for your gift, good luck, she'll keep you busy."

A few years after we were married I did it again. That time I called dispatch and said..."will you tell Captain 3 that his stupid wife locked her stupid keys in her stupid car, AGAIN." She asked if I minded if she dispatched it that way...nope, go ahead. Fifteen minutes later my husband pulled up, got out of the fire truck, handed me a clip board...

I'm Back!!!

Somewhere Over the Rainbow...

rainbow noun, an arc-shaped spectrum of colors seen in the sky, caused by sunlight refracted by raindrops

Father's Day...

We spent Father's Day here...

doing this...

If the trees die, it was Lisa's idea...

tree noun, a large plant with a trunk, branches, and leaves

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!!
We love you!!

father noun, the male parent

Just another day at the office...

This is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Chief Earl,

After our multi co evolution this morning we went back to the station and did a couple more evolutions to help prepare C. for tomorrow's promotional. After our first evolution, which involved master streams and hand lines, we had PD show up (about 13:30). Dispatch had gotten a call that there was a main water line rupture with a two story geyser.

Captain S.

N2O

Jason had to go to the dentist today to have a root canal and before he left he asked me what the gas (nitrous oxide) is like. I got a tingly feeling and started breathing deeply just talking about it!! I told him it was the BEST and that he must must must request it! He said he would give it a try. So I waited on the edge of my seat until he returned home...I couldn't even clean or cook or anything because I was so excited to hear about his "first time". When he walked in the door he had a strange look on his face, a mix of confusion and "I think I am going to vomit, please get me a bucket". The first words out of his mouth "you like that stuff, seriously??!!". He said he tried it and after only 2 little minutes he told them to turn it off and never ever ever give it to him again. I am starting to wonder if there may be something wrong with him...how could you not love the gas!!

dental adjective, referring to teeth or dentistry

Sunday's Serenity

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. ~Robert Brault

kind adjective, 1) nice, good, helpful, willing to please, noun 2) a sort or particular one

Sunday's Serenity

"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."
Mother Teresa

peace noun, 1) a period of harmony among nations when there is no war 2) a calm ordered condition