Friday Night Lights

Okay, so maybe our local high school is not as intense as the Friday Night Lights you see on TV, but I still enjoy going to the high school games!!! Probably not the same reasons as everybody else, but I still enjoy going!

I love to go to watch my brother-in-law, Chace, play...even though I have a hard time keeping up where he is!...

I love to dress the kids up in their blue and white clothes...

I love to dwell on the kids that I have taught in previous years...they are growing up way to fast!...

I love to people watch...

I love to see the community come together...

And I get to see Cody's Aunt Cindy and Uncle Alan more than usual!!!

The kids also love going to the game but for other reasons...

Cailey loves to get candy from the concession stands with her Grandma Margie...

She loves to give the husky dog high fives...

She loves to go up and down the bleachers with her best friend Cameron Brown...

She loves to see her favorite babysitter, Mel, and hang out with her and the "big" kids

Cayden loves to get candy from the concession stands with his Grandma Margie...

He loves to go back and forth from his Grandpa Fred to his Grandma Margie...

He loves to go up and down on the bleachers with his best friend Tucker Brown... 

He love to hide from the Husky Dog because he is afraid of him!!!

Arrival of a lifetime

On Tuesday, September 21st, a report of a helicopter landed at a residence, a man got out, and the helicopter left...

The real story....

Cody became friends with a pilot, he is contracted out with the Forest Service for forest fires. The contract was up and the guy, Kevin (who is a super nice man), was moving out. He had to take the helicopter out and then go back up to Cascade and get his truck and trailer. When he came out on Tuesday he was nice enough to give Cody a ride back home, in return we gave him a place to stay for the night and Cody's mom was nice enough to give both the guys a ride back up at 4:30 in the morning.

The excitement at our house went like this:

Me: Look there is a helicopter

Kids: Cool!!!

Cailey Mae: Look, it is coming back to Casey's house!

Cailey Mae: AHHHHH!!! it is coming to our house!!!

Me: IT'S DADDY!!!IT'S DADDY!!!

Kids: DADDY???????

Cayden: Where is daddy???

Me: in the helicopter!!!

Cayden: Where????

About that time we were all freaking  out a little bit because the helicopter landed literally in the backyard! We had to take cover because of the flying dust and gravel. Cailey flew under the porch swing and Cayden hid behind my legs! I was so excited! It was soooooo cool to see Cody getting out of the helicopter. The kids thought their daddy was some kind of super hero! The feeling I felt that night for the kids was unexplainable!!! They were so excited!

I hope they will remember that night forever.

That night I had phone calls from neighbors I never talk to...they though life flight was landing at our house. Cody felt like a celebrity!

And the helicopter is back off!!!