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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Windstorm
A few months ago we had a windstorm the likes of which I have never seen before. Driving Smarty to school was a little bit toe-tickley. Our truck took a real pounding under the wind. And every time the wind would gust up, I could hear it roaring a minute or so before it hit, just like a freight train. It was spooky!
Upon my return from running Smarty, I looked out my back door to see my neighbors full-size tramp doing an olley across our fence! All I could think about was my lovely brand-new house. I was actually praying out loud, "Please don't hit the house! Please don't hit my house!" Luckily, it touched down in the yard. It rolled like a wheel into the adjoining yard and finally came to a stop after crashing into a utility trailer in the yard on the other side.
In the meantime, Ben was driving home through Davis County on the Legacy Highway. He had to fight hard to keep our Camry on the road. He remembers thinking about how wind this strong would almost certainly blow a package car over, and then within a minute or so, he happened upon this:
Ben says the pics are a bit blurred, because he was having such a hard time standing still.
The driver of this car was a petite little woman who had to kick out the windshield to escape. I recently met her and have trouble picturing it. I'm thinking she must have been on a serious adrenaline rush to release her inner ninja like that.
Once the wind started batting her around, she followed protocol and pulled off to the side of the road, but she claims she hadn't even taken her foot off the clutch when the car tipped over. The crazy thing is, the wind continued to push her vehicle after that! If you look at the pic below, you can see the scrape marks from her vehicle sliding across the pavement. Can you imagine that kind of power?! That's just crazy to me.
Back home, my parent's neighbor's 250 ft spruce uprooted and nearly crashed into my parent's house. Luckily, their own pine trees broke it's fall. They were without power for three days. It would have been much longer than that, but Ken the lineman, pulled some strings at Rocky Mt. Power and bumped them up quite a way on the priority list.
Dave and Jamie live in Davis County, which the media has dubbed, 'the War Zone.' Their neighborhood really took a beating. The storm raged all day Thursday, Dec. 1st, and the damage was so extensive that on Sunday, Dec. 4th, the county was still in a state of emergency. All the stakes in the area cancelled church, so that people could continue trying to clean up and restore order.
Ken, the lineman, worked around the clock for something like 5 or 6 days to repair damage and get people's power on again. I think they finally wrapped up the last of their repair projects in February. It was just crazy.
Upon my return from running Smarty, I looked out my back door to see my neighbors full-size tramp doing an olley across our fence! All I could think about was my lovely brand-new house. I was actually praying out loud, "Please don't hit the house! Please don't hit my house!" Luckily, it touched down in the yard. It rolled like a wheel into the adjoining yard and finally came to a stop after crashing into a utility trailer in the yard on the other side.
In the meantime, Ben was driving home through Davis County on the Legacy Highway. He had to fight hard to keep our Camry on the road. He remembers thinking about how wind this strong would almost certainly blow a package car over, and then within a minute or so, he happened upon this:
Ben says the pics are a bit blurred, because he was having such a hard time standing still.The driver of this car was a petite little woman who had to kick out the windshield to escape. I recently met her and have trouble picturing it. I'm thinking she must have been on a serious adrenaline rush to release her inner ninja like that.
Once the wind started batting her around, she followed protocol and pulled off to the side of the road, but she claims she hadn't even taken her foot off the clutch when the car tipped over. The crazy thing is, the wind continued to push her vehicle after that! If you look at the pic below, you can see the scrape marks from her vehicle sliding across the pavement. Can you imagine that kind of power?! That's just crazy to me.
Back home, my parent's neighbor's 250 ft spruce uprooted and nearly crashed into my parent's house. Luckily, their own pine trees broke it's fall. They were without power for three days. It would have been much longer than that, but Ken the lineman, pulled some strings at Rocky Mt. Power and bumped them up quite a way on the priority list.
Dave and Jamie live in Davis County, which the media has dubbed, 'the War Zone.' Their neighborhood really took a beating. The storm raged all day Thursday, Dec. 1st, and the damage was so extensive that on Sunday, Dec. 4th, the county was still in a state of emergency. All the stakes in the area cancelled church, so that people could continue trying to clean up and restore order.
Ken, the lineman, worked around the clock for something like 5 or 6 days to repair damage and get people's power on again. I think they finally wrapped up the last of their repair projects in February. It was just crazy.
Joe and Kayela's Amazing Day
I'm so happy for these two! They are truly two peas in a pod. And we are dang lucky to have Kayela in the family!
Sweety can be seen in the back of the pic below. It reminds me of a silly story from a while back. I was surprised when I announced to my boys that these two were going to be married, and Sweety was clearly disappointed. When I asked him why he replied, "Sweety marry Kay-ya!" I guess he figured she would wait for him! How cute is that?!
No worries though; he's over the heartbreak now. And Ben and I believe there's still a chance he'll be able to find someone else to love. Everyone cross your fingers for us.
Kayela's sisters were so dang cute. They did their very best to follow her around,
the whole day, and hold up her train. 
Amanda Ward made this gorgeous cake. She's so freaking talented!
Kayela's photographers caught Ben in an impressive smolder
while he was toasting the newlyweds.
*giggle*
while he was toasting the newlyweds.
*giggle*
My Mamma toasted with her newest little snuggle-buddy in hand.
I have to throw this in here, and maybe I'll be beat up for it later, but it would be worth it.
My brother Joe is an incredibly gifted charmer. If you've met him, you know what I'm saying. He could absolutely sell an ice cube to an Eskimo and talk him out of his last cord of wood too. He's cut out for P.R and great at making people laugh.
But while we were in the temple, he left all of that at the door. During the ceremony, the only thing I saw was this beautiful soul--completely in awe of his bride. When it was his turn to answer "yes" to that well-known and weighty question, he was so overcome with emotion, he almost couldn't get it out. He's so deeply in love with this beautiful person he's married, and nothing else comes close to that love on his priority list. It did his big sister's heart good to see that coming out.
I have to throw this in here, and maybe I'll be beat up for it later, but it would be worth it.My brother Joe is an incredibly gifted charmer. If you've met him, you know what I'm saying. He could absolutely sell an ice cube to an Eskimo and talk him out of his last cord of wood too. He's cut out for P.R and great at making people laugh.
But while we were in the temple, he left all of that at the door. During the ceremony, the only thing I saw was this beautiful soul--completely in awe of his bride. When it was his turn to answer "yes" to that well-known and weighty question, he was so overcome with emotion, he almost couldn't get it out. He's so deeply in love with this beautiful person he's married, and nothing else comes close to that love on his priority list. It did his big sister's heart good to see that coming out.
Sweety can be seen in the back of the pic below. It reminds me of a silly story from a while back. I was surprised when I announced to my boys that these two were going to be married, and Sweety was clearly disappointed. When I asked him why he replied, "Sweety marry Kay-ya!" I guess he figured she would wait for him! How cute is that?!
No worries though; he's over the heartbreak now. And Ben and I believe there's still a chance he'll be able to find someone else to love. Everyone cross your fingers for us.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Christmas in March
The other day Sweety and I were driving past our local airport and saw this:
A Boeing V-22 Osprey. The only plane I know of that can lift off and land like a helicopter. And we had one sitting at our very own little airport! Apparently they had a generator fail, en-route, and landed here to repair it. They were stuck here waiting for parts when we spotted them.
After Smarty got out of class, we grabbed my father and went out to see what we could see. The airport people and Osprey crew were so nice! They let us walk right out to the plane and crawl around inside! It was awesome!
Notice above, the rotor blades just fold right up, because they are too long to have out while the engine is in this position. The pilot told us that the whole wing section can pivot until it's parallel with the vehicle body for easy storage.
Here's Smarty dreaming of what may be some day:
Here's Sweety, wishing he could push all the buttons.
Yesterday, we came back to watch them take off. It was amazing to watch the engines rotate and the rotor blades unfold:
I was hoping they would take off vertically, which they didn't, but watch this accent:
They didn't need any runway at all to get into the sky! It was awesome!
Smarty was enthralled. He is LOVING planes these days and wants to be a pilot. This whole experience was gold for him. And Smarty--who loves all things vehicles and grown-up tools--was totally in his element too. This was perfect. Christmas in March. Thank you, powers that be.
A Boeing V-22 Osprey. The only plane I know of that can lift off and land like a helicopter. And we had one sitting at our very own little airport! Apparently they had a generator fail, en-route, and landed here to repair it. They were stuck here waiting for parts when we spotted them.After Smarty got out of class, we grabbed my father and went out to see what we could see. The airport people and Osprey crew were so nice! They let us walk right out to the plane and crawl around inside! It was awesome!
Notice above, the rotor blades just fold right up, because they are too long to have out while the engine is in this position. The pilot told us that the whole wing section can pivot until it's parallel with the vehicle body for easy storage.Here's Smarty dreaming of what may be some day:
Here's Sweety, wishing he could push all the buttons.
Yesterday, we came back to watch them take off. It was amazing to watch the engines rotate and the rotor blades unfold:
I was hoping they would take off vertically, which they didn't, but watch this accent:
They didn't need any runway at all to get into the sky! It was awesome!
Smarty was enthralled. He is LOVING planes these days and wants to be a pilot. This whole experience was gold for him. And Smarty--who loves all things vehicles and grown-up tools--was totally in his element too. This was perfect. Christmas in March. Thank you, powers that be.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Tumblin' Sweety
Sweety had a fantastic time with his tumbling class last fall--even though his face in the below pic would suggest otherwise. As this is an outdoor class, we can't wait for the sun to come out so he can tumble some more! Thanks Anna and Natalie, for all the fun!
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