4th and 4th and 6th and 6th

I've been tagged twice with similar tags. 4th and 4th and 6th and 6th. I'm at work so I don't have many of my own photos here, but I do have a lot of photos that family members have emailed over the years. Both the photos ended having holiday themes. This was a very fun tag.

4th Folder, 4th Photo: my niece Lizzie at Easter time.
6th Folder, 6th Photo: my niece Iris at Christmas

I'm looking forward to seeing both of them next week.

I tag Teri, Jeremy, and Heather. (and any of my family that hasn't been tagged already)

Saying Goodbye

On Friday morning Nathan's captain and close friend Lin Dally past away unexpectedly. Nate first met Lin six years ago. He was his captain when Nate was an intern for Provo Fire. They remained friends after the internship. A few years later we were very excited when Nate was offered a full time position with Provo. Lin has been his captain ever since. It is hard to put into words how much Lin has meant to his crew. We could not have asked or a better teacher, captain and friend. We will cherish the memories we have of him.

We have had a difficult week trying to come to grips with this sudden loss. Today we were finally able to say goodbye. I counted more then 50 fireman that came out today to honor Lin at his funeral. Nathan and several members of his crew were asked to be poll barrers and stand in the honor gaurd.

I have often heard the fire service called a brotherhood, and have always felt it was an accurate description. Today left no doubt in my mind that it is true. The out pouring of support from this brotherhood was almost overwhelming. For those that have never been to a fireman's funeral (and I pray you never have to) I've posted some pictures from today. I know I'm a little bias, but I think it's kind of special.


When the casket was brought out of the church it was preceded by bagpipes, and an members of an honor guard that carried his helmet and two axes. All the fireman dressed in their Class A uniforms and wore a black band over their badges.When poll barrers brought the casket to the hearst they paused. Dispatch sounded the tones and gave a last call for Captain Lin Dalley.

A fire engine draped in black lead the precession through the city. Several other rigs from Provo, Springville, and Utah county fire followed.
The funeral was in Springville. As we entered Provo city two trucks, with their ladders extended, were stationed there.
The on duty fireman stood on the road side and saluted as we passed.
Provo Fire dept escorted the funeral precession to the freeway. We drove to Bountiful for the graveside service. There we were met by Bountiful Fire dept. They escorted him the rest of the way to the cemetery.
Again the fireman lined the road to honor Lin when the casket passed by.


After the grave was dedicated the helmet was give to his wife.
The men on Nate's shift.
Lin will be deeply missed.

Lin Dalley

Happy Halloween!

I tried to take Trey Trick-or-Treating. We made it to two house. At the second one he ran inside the neighbors house and wouldn't come out. Then he threw a big fit on the sidewalk for about 5 minutes and we came home. He wore the costume for the rest of the night. We did have fun passing out candy and seeing all the other kids.


Here is little Smith in his frog outfit.
My brother Dave and Emily (soon to be his wife) stopped by at the end of the night. When I opened the door I didn't recognize them at all and thought "Trick-or-Treaters at this hour?" Their costumes were very convincing.

Dog Update

One more entry for those that are following the Wake saga. When we came home from church yesterday my brother Mike was at the house. He said someone had come by with a dog, wondering if it was ours. We called them back and they brought Max home. Apparently the dogs got out, and into my neighbors yard. He was threatening to kill them and his daughter and her husband took pity on him and brought Max home. But no sign of Wake.

On a lighter note, I will upload a couple of Halloween pics later today.

Halloween Party

At work today we had a Halloween Party. I was running very late this morning, so I didn't dress up. But Trey and Smith did! Smith was a frog. He wore his costume for about 5 minutes before he over heated, so no photo yet. Trey was a little devil/demon. I think it fits him. We went trick-or-treating to all the cubicles in my office. It took him a while, but once he figured out you can walk up to anyone and they will give you candy, there was no stopping him. Half the candy I brought to pass out ended up in his bucket. Can't wait for tomorrow!

And then there was one...

Last week I posted a story about our dog Wake that ran away. I was so worried about him that Nate finally picked him up from the pound, even though we swore we wouldn't.

Today I was giving the boys a bath when someone started ringing the door bell. I ignored it, after all, I can't leave babies alone in the bath. Then they pounded on the door and rang again. Finally I wrap the kids in towels and go to the door, and what do I find? A police officer and our dog Max on a rope. He tells me the other one (Wake) got away, but I should check the pound in a couple days. Not likely. Meanwhile I've got a naked kid in each arm wrapped in towels and the cop is asking for my drivers license. Great! Why does this stuff always happen when Nate is at work?


Here is the hole in the fence where they got out. Max's has been really well behaved in the house so far. Good thing too, cause I don't know if I can fix this in the dark.


UPDATE: I just got the kids to bed and went out to the yard to fix the fence and found Wake sitting in the grass, I guess we are back to two dogs again. Duh!

Quirks

Quirks Tag

I've been tagged. Here are the rules to the Quirks Tag
Link the Person who Tagged you.
Mention rules on your blog.
Tell about 6 quirks of yours.
Tag 6 fellow bloggers to do the same. Leave a comment on their blog to let them know.

1 – I don’t like lettuce. I don’t want it on my sandwich, hamburger or my salad. I prefer a pile of veggies with dressing on top, and that’s usually what I get when I go to a salad bar. But spinach in salad is good.

2 – I’m a little sensitive to caffeine. I can’t have any coke after about 11am or I am up all night. I am still a little shocked when I see people having a coke with dinner. How do you do that?!?

3 – I love a good count down. I started count down the days for my pregnancy the day I found out I was pregnant. I also like to count down the days to holidays and the hours left in the work day or till bedtime or the miles left in a trip. I also like to reward myself for every milestone. (i.e. 172 miles to Vegas, eat a skittle, 171 miles, skittle, 170 miles, skittle...)

4 – The volume on the TV, radio, my phone, whatever, MUST be an even number whenever possible.

5 – Like a lot of people I save plastic grocery bags, But I like to carefully fold them up and tie them in a knot so they don’t take up so much space.

6 – I like to eat raw dough. Cookie dough, bread dough, cake batter, pancake batter, all of it. delicious. I still think this is perfectly normal, but Nate keeps telling me that it's not.