Key got called out to the Bearpaw Bay Fire in Jackson Hole, WY early Saturday morning. The fire is burning on the southwest side of Jackson Lake in the Grand Teton National Park, and has grown from 150 to 350+ acres just within the last 24 hours. Snowfall is predicted for Wednesday in the area, so hopefully that will help combat the fire.
With only three days left for the wildland fire season, we pretty much thought he was finished, but looks like he’s working right up until the end. My selfish ways make me wish he didn’t get called out for this one, seeing how we’ve had practically no time alone (especially weekends) in a rather long time. With the move, house guests, a long to-do list, it just seems we haven’t had much time to relax & just enjoy each others company. But that’s the life of a hero, I suppose.
Categories: Firefighting · Work
September 23, 2009 · 1 Comment
While Spring is usually the season of new beginnings and fresh changes, we find ourselves at the end of Summer with many new things happening in our little family. Why, what a better way to mark the venture into these new chapters with then a blog? (Uggh, that’s so Generation Y, we know, we know. Just be glad we didn’t start a Twitter account about it, ok)
So what new chapters have been started, you ask? Well, let me tell you. The Key, Jen, and Teagan Trifecta (oh, I almost forgot Clementine) has merged together even more closely by way of a new home together. Seeing how Key & myself come from somewhat commitment phobic pasts, this is truly a benchmark.
Also, Teagan has started Kindergarten this fall. Talk about bein’ a big girl! Next thing I know, she’ll be wanting to wear lipstick out of the house… oh wait… she already tries to do that. But you get my point. It’s such a strange feeling walking your child into an elementary school for the first time. On the first day of school, she was so excited & didn’t appear nervous at all. As her new teacher came out to let the class in, she turned around, waved goodbye, and walked through the double doors of her Kindergarten, out of my sight. I couldn’t help but start to cry. The silly thought of “She’s gone forever! That’s it!” kept running through my mind. Now, almost a month of attending Kindergarten later, I’m glad to report that she is still in fact around & not gone forever. Well, at least not for another thirteen years, maybe.
So, here we are. Our “fake family” as someone once put it. I like to think of us as a traditional family, brought together in untraditional ways. A Young, a Shaffer, a Murphy; slightly mixed, yet well blended together, to form the perfect consistency.
Categories: Family · Home
