My Night With The Fire Department

Last night I got to go on a ride-a-long with the Fire Department. I had to do it for school, but it was one of the coolest things I have ever done!!! I got to ride in the fire truck for all 5 of the calls we went on. They said that I was the ride-a-long curse because they never get that many when students come, so I was pretty excited. We went to a couple car accidents, another one for an elderly lady who had passed out, and then a gun shot wound (I'll spare you the details). The whole experience was incredible and I loved it. After we got back from all the calls, the guys talked me into climbing the ladder. I was shaking the whole time, but it was worth it. They had the ladder out about 125 feet, and once I got to the end and was latched on and leaning over, they put the ladder up straight, that was freaky, and then they spun the ladder 360 degrees, it was quite the view let me tell you! They have a pretty exciting job and they all seemed to really enjoy what they do, they were so nice and made my experience incredible!

All dressed up!!!
Starting the climb...

Still climbing...

Almost there

And finally latched on

(they guys told me after that they thought I was going to climb off the edge because I just kept going, I thought I was suppose to go to the end..oops)

Yeah....we were pretty far up there

So much fun though :)

Look who's walking.....

Rayden has been walking for a couple weeks, but only a few steps here and there. She is finally getting brave enough to just take off on her own and she is starting to really get the hang of it. She usually ends up falling down and takes off crawling because it's so much faster. The kids get so excited for her. She is getting so big and we can already see the little attitude coming out! Can't wait for more of that. Time flies, I can't believe she is old enough to walk, I wanted her to stay a little baby forever!

So Big!!!

Tooth Fairy

Riley finally lost her first tooth! It has been loose for awhile (long enough that the new one is already growing in) and we were showing Jason how loose it was and he pulled on it hard enough to make it bleed. So after she stopped crying, I pulled it out the rest of the way (it basically fell out in my hand) She was quite excited and very anxious for the tooth fairy to come.

Someone at church told her that the first tooth is a special tooth and you get a lot of money for the first one. It was so kind of her to tell Riley that! When Riley woke up the next morning she found 5 dollars under her pillow ! Of course I had to explain that from now on, teeth aren't worth that much so don't expect more than a dollar!