.: Circle of Fire

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Circle of Fire

Wildfires broke out here starting Saturday. We currently are surrounded by 4 fires. Last night the closest one was 1.14 miles away, which is what you see in the first picture taken from in front of our house. We believe the wind has shifted at the moment and it is moving west now. This is what is being called the Ranch fire. Also near us is the Magic fire (Stevenson Ranch), which started just near Magic Mountain. The Buckweed fire (Canyon Country) and the Meadow Ridge (Newhall) fires are between the I 5 and the 1 14. It's a sad sight around our area right now. Yesterday, many of our ward members were under mandatory evacuations that have now been lifted. The fires shift so quickly, that at times we feel we are perfectly safe, then the next moment we wonder if we may be evacuated as well. Fortunately, with the lake nearby, the firemen have set base camp very close to our home.

The blurry picture is a shot taken around 9pm Monday night of the Magic fire. The next 2 shots were taken on Sunday, showing the sky all around our home.

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Quotable Quips and Laughable Life

I decided that I wanted to add a small section with little things that my kids have said or done over the years that I never want to forget and I think are worth sharing. Unfortunately I was much better at writing these things down a bit late in the game....Chelsie steals the show here a bit. If only I could remember all those things I thought I'd never forget. I hope you take my challenge to write down all those things you hope to pass on one day.

When Chelsie was about 2 she had been jumping on my brand new couch, so I promptly told her to stop jumping on the nice furniture. Her response was very logical. "Then where's the mean furniture?"

While camping in the Sequoias, the entrance sign read, "1 bear incident this week...." Kelly mispronounced it as 1 bear accident....later in the bathroom, Chelsie noticed wet spots on the floor, and announced, "This must be where the bear had the accident."

We had a family home evening on choosing the right, and we thought Chelsie understood but when we asked her she said, "Yes, don't choose the left!"

When Kelly was in the 5th grade, she needed to use the classroom phone to call me. She dialed 9 to get an outside line, then she had to dial 1 because I have a long distance cell phone number, but she accidently hit the 1 twice. When the 911 dispatcher answered she was scared and just hung up. 5 minutes later the front office called the classroom stating that 3 sheriffs had arrived ready to take action and were wanting to know who called and why. Now it was by sheer coincidence that this was a morning that there was a prison breakout, so officers were on high alert. Kelly was embarrassed then, but can laugh about it now!

When Wes was about 4, he used to tell everyone that he was going to marry his friend Elizabeth, and that they were going to have 16 kids, and maybe a car.

When Chelsie was 3 1/2 we told her she needed to learn to spell her name. She responded, "I already know....A L I Z A."
(That was her best friend who taught her)

I was talking with my girls about the weather, and Kelly said, that stupid beaver was wrong, spring is not around the corner. Chelsie then chimed in, it's not a beaver, it's a warthog. Clearly I have failed them.