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Sun Peaks

Sun Peaks

We just got back from a wonderful 5 days at Sun Peaks. I forgot what it was like to really relax! No cell phones or computers just snowboarding, relaxing and having a few drinks in the evening to sooth the sore muscles. I even read a book while I was up there. I can't even remember the last time I read a book that didn't have to do with work, EMT, or firefighting. I chose the "secret Life of bees" which I really enjoyed.

The Gun Show!

Katy and I at the burn house in October 08. We decided to show off our GIANT muscles! :)

Fire Ladies

Cascade can you hear me!

You may know where you are...God may know where you are...But if your dispatcher doesn't know where you are when you scream for help...You and God had better be on good terms.
I found this quote on someones blog and I thought it really made a point! Right now Skagit County dispatch has been having major failure to their system. It has gotten so bad at points we had to have a phone tree instead of a pagers to notifiy us of a call. Which also means no radios on scenes! which is so dangerous because what if we got into trouble and no one could hear our calls for HELP! What then. No one can communicate on a fire scene. I guess what they are saying is our lives our worth risking...

Its time to spend the money to fix the problem! Do we have to have someone die before it gets fixed. Is that what needs to happen to have gear that works properly. Protect your firefighters and EMS workers. I have noticed that this problem has been kept very quiet and been kept out of the media. I guess they are crossing their fingues and hoping nothing bad happens. And we all know what can happen when we HOPE nothing goes wrong.

Adam and I in Cabo

Adam swears he didn't get sun burned in Cabo... you be the judge.

Riley Mae

This is my Kitty that is oh so in love with the wood stove. She was asleep in this picture.

The hardest year of our lives and we can still smile

This is a picture of me, my sisters (Erin and Hayley) and my Dad on Christmas. This was the hardest Christmas ever because it was the first Christmas without my mom. She died in October after a 11 year battle with breast cancer. We will all continue to have smiles on our faces because we know that is what Mom would have wanted. We still have each other and we will continue to be a close family no matter what! Being an EMT I have seen death before but nothing could have prepared me for losing my mom. It made me realize even more how pressious life is and the diffrence between life and death is one breath.

Every year I help organize our Department Christmas party. We eat, tell stories, and play a few games that help everyone get to know each other and work as a team. We really enjoyed our first Christmas party and now it has become a yearly tradition that everyone seems to look forward to. I truley believe I work with some of the best people around. We also have a thriving explorer program that has become popular with the high school students. In this picture we are playing a game called Wrap the Firefighter and 2 explorers and 1 firefighter are wraping our district chief like a Christmas present! Fun was had by all!

staging while the cops look for our patient

This is just how I like to spend my Saturday mornings. Standing in the snow on the side of the raod watching the police get there truck stuck and then helping them pull it out. I think we would have given our right arm for a cup coffee!