Thursday night we went and took part in my brother's Family Night at the Collin County Fire Academy. He will be graduating in two weeks and we couldn't be prouder! This is something he has wanted to do since he was a kid! Hooray for realizing childhood dreams!
They did lots of cool things to show us what they have been learning. This burning car was pretty intense! I can't imagine how HOT they must get! They did everything very methodically and very organized.
Doesn't he look handsome? Even drenched with sweat?
We got to play around on the firetrucks! Might I add that it was like 90 degrees with a heat index of over 100 because it was SO HUMID!! Words can't describe.
Just playing...sitting on the hose!
This was cool. They demonstrated putting out a building fire. This is them getting ready to go in...Chris was at the front of the hose nozzle. They had a camera that showed heat sources as white. So we were able to watch what they did on that TV. I had never realized (or thought about it) that firemen go into burning buildings not being able to see a thing! Again...so proud!
Graydon had to get in on the action and show some love! When we first showed up and was showing Chris the shirt, he stuck his chest out and made that face like, "that's right, yep, I'm a proud nephew. Everyone check me out." He's such a buster!He's crazy by the way. He screams at the top of his lungs these days for "fun." Thanks to Emma Wagner, he has discovered that he loves to run, yes, run, with his new walker toy. He crawls so dang fast, that I want him to walk just so that it will slow him down for a few days! He is so dang active and it wears me out, but I'm so glad to be worn out by this cute little guy.
*Thanks to my friend Rachel, I think I have learned how to keep my pictures as "enlargable," so click away...and hopefully it works. Thanks Rachel!*
