The Storm

The storm that came through our area on December 1st, was just crazy. It was a hurricane! It was quite the experience and these are just some of the photos.

This is on the south side of my parents house. There was a tin shed from a neighbors yard that was hurled at their house. You can see how the shed ended up.

We had some new trees in our yard and they were blowing in the wind and we attempted to stake them down and the wind was just laughing at our attempts so Rob had the great idea to tie it to the car. It worked and made for a lot of comments from the neighbors.
I think one of the most amazing things from this storm were the amount of people who came together to clean up the debris. There was another storm that was heading in and so they even cancelled church all over the area so that we could go help our neighbors clean up. It was great to be a part of. There is a lot of damage not so much to our place but there were a lot of lessons learned.

Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving 2011....Roadtrip!!

We left Utah and headed to Pullman Washington to spend the holiday with my brother and his family. It was our first real road trip with the boys and they did great. Minimal fighting, only one spilled drink, and no speeding tickets!

Garrett getting the turkey ready! Garrett & Rachael did a great job cooking the Thanksgiving meal. The only small disagreement between Garrett & I revolved around stuffing but I won't say anymore.;)

We also went on a Christmas cruise on Lake Couer d'Alene. They boys had a great time seeing Santa and writing letters while we were on the boat. It was a lot of fun and very memorable.

Cam enjoying some fun jello on Thanksgiving. Sorry about the out of order pictures.

We went to the WSU girls volleyball game. Well the Dad's took the kids while the Mom's went to see a movie!:) Thanks guys!

Brady and Cam playing on the couch.

Checking out the golf practice area.

Enjoying some ice cream treats.

And one of the other reasons for heading up to Washington was to bring Bitty back to our house. We had a great trip and so much fun with our family. It was a great Thanksgiving weekend!

Firetruck

Cameron loves firetrucks. Anything with flashing lights is a "firetruck". We went to the local fire station for a tour and he was a bit nervous about it all but still had a fun time. He got really nervous when the fireman put on all of his gear and talked to the kids. It was a fun morning!