Long Weekend!

Well, Sherawn has started her own blog that she is using as her personal journal & so I thought, rather than let this blog go to waste, I'd start using it as my own personal journal as well as a family journal for us both. I can't promise to post as often as Sherawn, but I'll do what I can for you guys!

This week was a long week & this weekend was even longer! First, Wednesday & Thursday, we prescription burned large areas of reeds along the golf course in Snowflake. Then we had a huge training day with the Snowflake Fire Dept. at the Jake Flake Emergency Center then a 36 hour shift on the Taylor Fire & EMS Ambulance. All in all, it's been a really productive few days!

I just recently had a great training on preparing for wildfire season with the Show Low Fire Dept. too. I'm really excited for this wildfire season this year. I'm all set up to be deployed with Snowflake, Taylor, White Mountain Lake, & Show Low Fire Departments as well as with the Wilderness Medics company. There's already 12 wildfires spread across Colorado & it's shaping up to be a really active wildfire season. Hopefully I'll get to deploy as often as possible & make some good money for us so I can go back to school this fall.

For any of you who haven't heard, I'm going back to school this fall to pursue a pre-med degree through ASU!We're really excited & I have been overwhelmed by all of the support that I have had from the Chiefs at the different departments where I have been working. It's been a very bittersweet thing to be leaving Fire Fighting but I know it's what I was supposed to do & it, more than anything else, has showed me that I am capable of going back & excelling in school. I'm truly thankful for all of the experiences I have had here in the White Mountains & plan to return here when I complete my schooling.

We are so excited for everything that's coming for us & can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for us!