Friday July 27

The kids have found where the games have been stashed away and have been having a lot of fun playing together.

Mostly.

There is still fighting.

And I am still getting mad for things not being cleaned up.

But such is life, I guess :)

Porter has been kinda rotten the last couple days.

Just causing all kinds of trouble for the girls.

That little sweet face can cause some problems for sure.

I think he is ready for the girls to go back to school.

He misses his one-on-one time with Mom and Dad I guess.

We also started to watch the opening ceremonies for the Olympics.

The little ones went to bed early, and I let the bigger girls stay up for a little longer.

But, I recorded it so they will have to finish it up tomorrow.

After we all get some sleep :)

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Dad had another rescue on the river today.

This one didn't go as planned.

He was Captain today, so he was running things from the bank.

Two girls were stuck in a bad spot on the Boise river.

The dive guys went in with their boat and got life jackets on the girls and got them in the boat....when all of the sudden the boat filled with water and flipped them all out.

The guys were quick thinking and got the girls going in the right direction.

Brent jumped in the water to grab one of the girls.

Look at him....his station pants dripping wet.

My hero!

He said the poor girls were terrified....first being stuck and then being thrown from the boat....

So it wasn't a smooth rescue....but a rescue all the same :)

Nice job boys.

Story and more pictures found HERE.

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In very sad news...we learned that one of our fellow Boise Fire guys was killed today in an ATV accident.

It just breaks my heart.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family tonight.

Then seeing this sunset tonight....just makes you think about how we need to love and cherish those we have around us.

Make our families our number one priorities.

Enjoy the small moments....even if it means you don't have a super clean house....or all the laundry done....or a perfectly cut lawn...etc.

You never know what could happen....and you don't want to think someone left this world without knowing how much you loved them.