Happy New Year--2009

CHEERS!

Travis and I chose to stay at home and ring in the New Year with Emma. She enjoyed her bottle as we drank the champagne at midnight.

My husband a firefighter? Who knew?

Travis and I went outside to watch the firework displays that were happening in our neighborhood. There were 4 or 5 different houses around us putting on a pretty good show. We were standing in the backyard when we saw some flames flickering in the drainage ditch a couple of houses down. We thought for sure that somebody had a contained fire in a fire pit--maybe roasting some marshmallows?!?!?! Trav went around to the drainage ditch to see what was happening. Sure enough there had been some stray firecrackers that caught the dried leaves on fire in the ditch. When Trav saw what was happening he called 911 and let them know about the fire. He also decided to try to put it out while he was waiting for the fire department. It was a bit nerve racking for me to be standing on our patio chairs looking over the fence. I could see the fire growing above the fence line and saw my husband trying to stomp out the flames. The fire department did not have much to do when they arrived because of Trav's quick thinking :) When Trav walked back in the door he reeked of smoke. Our laundry room still smells like a campfire.

Travis had just gotten these shoes a couple of days ago--they were glowing white. The flash makes the shoes look better then they did in person--they were pretty black. They have been washed twice with stain remover and they are still gray. Looks like Trav has a new pair of lawn mowin' shoes and will be looking for a new pair of tennies.