Firefighter Mike

This entry is way overdue, but better late than never, right?:)

Uncle Mike has been training all semester up here in McKinney at the Collin County Fire Academy for his new job with the Carrollton Fire Department. A few weeks ago, they had a "Family Night" and we got to see him in action. They invited family members to come see several demonstrations of the skills they have been learning. It was a great evening and Carter will forever talk about being a fireman when he grows up!

Carter, Dylan, & Avery are checking out the fire truck.


Uncle Mike in full gear...


Ryan & Carter are watching the team put out a car fire.


Uncle Mike is the one in front with the black helmet.


Carter & Uncle Mike (big props to Mike for patiently letting everyone take a picture with him while he was burning up in all the gear!)


This is Carter looking off the top of the 10-story practice building...by the way, I was not the one casually standing by taking a picture of him climbing this ladder...I didn't know that happened until Aunt Charlyn sent me this picture...I might have had a heart attack! :)


Daddy & Carter watching another demonstration


This is Carter's disappointment over not having a "cat rescued from a tree" demonstration:)


We all enjoying the evening and are so proud of you, Mike!!!

Roughriders Baseball

Last night we enjoyed the evening at the Roughriders game with Uncle Trent & Aunt Laura. Some friends at church gave us some ticket vouchers, so we decided to brave the weather. It was rainy and yucky all day, but the evening ended up being surprisingly nice for a baseball game.

Our seats were in perfect foul ball territory - several balls hit in the sections on both sides of us, but we didn't get lucky enough to catch one. Carter was disappointed, he talked the whole game about wanting Daddy to catch a ball so he could give it to him...maybe next time!

One of the highlights was Carter getting some facetime on the big screen:). There weren't a lot of people there, so the odds were in our favor, but it was still fun to see him on the screen. He showed off his dance moves to the "Move it, Move it" song from Madagascar - good times!

Here are the guys intensely waiting for that foul ball.


Carter & "Duece" became buddies...


This is Carter laughing at Duece's silly dance moves...


And Laura specifically requested that I include this picture of her trying to get the mustard stain out of her shirt:).