My New Ambulance

Here is a couple of picture of my new ambulance. We got it on Wednesday. We have lots more room in the cab, so catching naps while on a move up is a lot more comfortable. Southwest also purchased new computers for our ride, new radios, a new stretcher, and some basic equipment. We have tinted windows now and secondary a/c for the back.

This picture is one with my partner, Kim, acting silly.

I didn't have a picture of our old ambo. It matched the color scheme of Glendale Fire Department. So here is a picture of one of their engines so you can get an idea of what color it was.

Our Texas Trip

Here are a few pictures from our trip to Texas. We had a great time. Only spent a week, wish it could have been longer. These first pictures are from when we went to NASA.

These next two are from Kemah. We went down to the boardwalk after visiting NASA. We visited the Aquarium there and got to feed the sting rays. Unfortunatley the pictures were to dark. We took a ride on the little train and we ate at Joe's Crab Shack.

Here are a couple of pictures from Sarah's wedding. Isis was a dancing machine. Michael on the other hand didn't want to dance and kept hiding from the camera.

One more picture while waiting at the airport in Austin.

Isis at swim class

Isis took some swimming lessons this summer. At first she really hated putting her head and face under water. She got over that fear. She is still afraid to jump off the diving board (they wear life vests when they jump off) and to go down the water slide. But I figure as long as she is getting over one fear at a time, she will be just fine. She is still a little behind were she should be, so she will have to repeat level one next summer. No worries though, she is one of the youngest in her class. So we are in no hurry to get her into the next level.

Isis & Mike Grad Pictures

Well I guess since the kids will be starting school on the 10th, I should post some of their graduation pics. Michael will be a freshman this year . Isis will be starting kindergarden.

Big Bear Trip

We spent a few days in Big Bear last weekend. Michael has been wanting to learn how to snow board and Isis wanted to play in the snow. We drove up on Thursday afternoon and we were supposed to come home on Sunday. It decided to snow on Sunday and the driving conditions required snow chains to drive down the mountain, so we stayed until Monday morning. The kids had a great time playing in the snow and riding the horses. Here are some pictures.

Here is Isis playing with a farm play set on Thursday evening. Steven drove up on Friday morning to teach Michael and I how to snow board. Here are some snowboarding pictures.





Michael and I spent the day on the bunny slopes learning. We both did pretty well. We did have some good falls and crashes but no serious injuries. We had a blast and think we are ready to move past the bunny slopes. Saturday we decided to take Isis tubing. At first she was scared to go down the big hills with us, so Tiff took her on the small hill. After awhile she wanted to ride with Uncle Steven on the big hills. Here are some pictures:

In this picture Michael was on his tube, Steven and Isis on the next tube, and myself on the last tube. We were holding onto each other and riding down backward. The kids were having a great time and we only stopped when Isis ran out for energy. In the next pic, Isis is being carried up the hill for one last ride.

Once the kids rested the got to ride "Shotgun" on Saturday afternoon.


Sunday the snow fell. It snowed off and on on Sunday. Here are some pictures from Sunday.

Snow Day

Isis' school collected enough donations that they had a snow day. The school brought in some snow for the kids to play with today. Isis tried to make a snow angel but the snow was to cold, so no snow angel this time. Here are some pictures from today:

Michael watches his Eagles come up short

Well it has been almost two weeks since we went to the NFC Championship game, guess it's time for me to post the pictures. I told Michael that if his Eagles and Cardinals were in the NFC Championship Game, we would try to get tickets. As luck would have it, we were able to get some tickets. It was a great game and we had really good seats..

The Cardinals were up early on the Eagles. By halftime it looked like the Cardinals were going to blow out the Eagles. As you can see Michael was not to happy by halftime.

The Eagles decided to make a comeback and Michael was jumping up and down with excitement. But in the end the Cardinals pulled out the win and are now on their way to their first ever Superbowl. Needless to say Michael was not very happy. But he had a good time at the game. I think it will be an experience he will remember. Here are some more pictures from the game.