Burning down the House!!

I don't think I have mentioned on my blog that Nick is training to be a fire fighter and EMT. He is hoping that after he gets a job with a fire department that he will be able to go back to school to get his paramedic license. Last Saturday during his training they got to burn down a house! The university purchased three homes near campus, one was bulldozed a couple of weeks ago and the other two will be used for fire training.

Nick is the one in front about to walk into the burning house (yikes!). He is a little easier to find in pictures than some of the others because his Jacket has yellow stripes and his pants have orange stripes.

Nick is on the right with his helmet off in this photo.

Here he is at the top of the steps.

Here are pictures of the BIG fire from beginning to the end.

This is the back of the house.

All that was left of the house was some of the brick around the front and one of the chimneys.

Last but not least here is a video of the fire. Watch the front of the house, I hope you like it!

Special Visitors

Last Friday Nick's Mom, Aunt Debbie and cousin Danny came to visit us. Debbie and Danny live in Salt Lake City, Utah and last week they were visiting Nick's family during their vacation. They were nice enough to come to E-burg to see us during their visit. We were so busy last week and it was a huge blessing that they were able to come to us! Since they were here and wouldn't see Makenna on Halloween day we put her in her costume for some pictures.

Our flying bumble bee! Or as Makenna says "bum bum bee"

Makenna LOVES Danny!! They played together the whole time and Danny made all kinds of new games up for them to play. Including beat Danny with the tupperware, lovingly of course!

It was Grandpa Paul's birthday so we stopped at their house for a few minutes and Makenna showed us how perfect her costume is for her, because she is one BUSY bee!

Makenna and Aunt Debbie got to meet for the first time during this visit! They really liked each other to!

Of course we couldn't leave Grandma Sherrie out of the picture taking because she was there too!

Thank you SO much for coming to visit us on your vacation! We hope we get to see you again very soon!!

A Fun Day At The Farm!

On Saturday we spent a fun family day at Remlinger Farms. It is a wonderful place for kiddo's of all ages and we had a BLAST!! Here are a few of the fun things we did at the farm!

Kenna sat on a big old tractor.

Drove a car!

Crawled through a straw maze.

She rode on a flying pumpkin. She had a HUGE smile the whole ride!

Played with tons of pumpkins. Check out those curls! They are my favorite!!

Played peek a boo with her Daddy.

Rode a pony. Which was her FAVORITE thing we did that day!! She kept reaching down to pet the pony and said "oooh", and "yike it" (like it) a lot!

Stuck our faces in a bunch picture things just because it was fun. Well to me anyway, Makenna's face says otherwise.

Starred in awe at many rides.

Rode on a train! Which she also loved!

My cute little green eyed girl!

She clapped at the end of the train ride! It was a hit!

Played in the animal barn.

and in a tepee.

Ran through the pumpkin patch and got very muddy and dirty which we didn't mind at all!

And then we found our way back to the car where a sleepy little Makenna took a nap. We will definitely go back soon! We had so much fun!