Blair's graduation!

We went to Boise on Aug.14 for Blair's graduation from the Northwest Lineman College. We had to be there at 9:00 am so we could see him compete in their lineman rodeo. Each team member had a timed event they had to do. Blair's event was Pole-Top Rescue. Not sure what that means but you basically run up your pole and rescue the "dummy" at the top of it. It was kind-of fun to watch him in action.

The last event they got to do was the "mystery event" which turned out to be that each team member was blindfolded and had to tie their five special knots they learn at school while being timed.

Heres a picture of Blair with the kids in between events.

This is Blair walking across the stage accepting his certificate. Side note. Blair also won the overall skills award for his class.

This last picture is what we call the "Trailer Park Boys." Blair found a guy who rents out trailer spaces to guys going to this lineman college on his small ranch. These are the other guys that also had trailers on this guys property. They all got to be pretty good friends and really looked out for each other. L-R Blair, Mckay, Mike, Kevin, and Patrick.

"Superman"????or just Blair

So Blair wanted me to post some pictures of him at Lineman College. These are a few pics of him working on the poles.

This is a manuveur they call the "Superman." It's called this because your back is to the pole and you can lean out like your flying. He's supposedly the only student who can do this manuever. He feels pretty special.

Here he is again doing the same "superman" manuveur while installing EPZ grounds. (I really don't know what those are but he talks about them ALOT!)

This is just a wide photo of their lineman pit. This just shows some of the big transmission lines he works on everyday. Granted they are all "dead" or not energized. So I don't have to worry about a phone call saying my husband went up in smoke that afternoon.

Summer fun and Runaway Wheel Lines!

So I bought the kids a fun little pool to play in this summer. We set it up in my parent's backyard and the kids have enjoyed splashing in it and playing around it. It's fun to be outside and enjoying the sunshine and a little bit of water fun.




So I grew up out in the country surrounded by fields and all sorts of farm items and never had any weirdd incidences. So I'm back living in the country for less than two weeks and I have a small run-in with a wheel line. We had a small windstorm and it must have blown a loose section of wheel line out into the road. Well I didn't see it sticking out into the road until it was too late. luckily my windshield took the brunt of the impact. So be careful all of you country folks. Watch out for those wheel lines!

Cocoa Beach and Florida!

Sorry my computer was having issues and wouldn't let me post all the fun pictures I wanted to from Florida. So heres just a few more of the kids at Cocoa Beach and some more park pictures. Poor Statton he looks so tired in this first picture.





We went to a Character breakfast one morning over at the Polynesian resort. It was so fun to see the characters interact with the kids. They got to eat mickey mouse waffles. Statton didn't like the characters, he would cry when they came over to him. Cassidy could care less and would just keep eating.








This last picture is of Cassidy. We got to the beach and ate lunch and she ended up falling asleep so we laid her on the blanket and covered her up with some towels to protect her from the sun. She had such a tight little grip on the blanket to cover her face because it was slightly windy and she didn't like it blowing on her.

Florida Vacation!

Sorry it's been so long since I last blogged anything. We've had a lot going on since. Blair has started at the Lineman college in Boise. We put our house up for sale in anticipation of having and wanting to move once Blair finishes. Our house ended up getting an offer the next day after being put on the market so we have been getting moved out and a few things repaired. It's been a crazy busy month. I also got the opportunity to go the Florida with my family. Yes- I took the twins with me. It was busy and fun and lots of work but well worth the effort. Blair was unable to go because of his school schedule but that didn't stop me from going and having a good time. So here are some fun pics from Florida.

Happy 1st Birthday!

So on Saturday the 14th we celebrated the twins 1st birthday. Now officially they don't turn one until the 17th but we wanted to do a party during the day. We had some family over and had a lite lunch and then stripped kids down to their diapers and let them dive into their own little cakes. It was quite the site. We had lots of fun and can't beleive we survived a year with twins.

My new sweet baby - Gertrude!

What do you think about my little new baby Gertrude?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?

So I found this funny website from a another girls blog and I couldn't help but try it and get a little laugh for the day.