And on a sweeter note

One of the best parts of the holiday season...

Whenever State Bros. gets Dreyer's Limited Edition Peppermint in, we have to buy it. Usually they only have one half gallon left, but last night they had 5 so I had to buy them all. Peppermint is definitely better than the Apple Pie, but it's ice cream so it will do:)

Notice the frozen veggies are behind the ice cream. I think our parents brought us up in the right way.

Thank you Engine #'s 4170, 4172, and 4151

Saturday afternoon, Stephanie and I took the Jeep out for a drive to check out the fire remains. We drove on some dirt roads very close to where the fire had been burning a couple days earlier. We came to a house that had a special message for those brave men and women that did all they could to keep their home standing.

You can see just how close the fire came to their home.

Even though my home was in no danger, I want to thank the many, many firefighers that helped save so much.

They lost four at the Esperanza blaze

I went out last night at about 10:00 p.m. to see the fire near Palm Springs. If you have seen the news or looked online, you have probably heard about it. They are calling it arson and has already killed 4 firemen. With the Santa Ana winds blowing, it does not help. It was pretty bad while I was out there, I can't imagine having to fight a fire under thos conditions. When they have fires out our way, all the firemen set up camp around town. Right now they are a couple miles from our house. Along with all the firemen, there are plenty of news trucks. I think there are more news crews around this time because of arson being an issue. There is a $100,000 reward out for the person who started it. If he/she is caught, they will go to trial for murder. I can't imagine what the families are going through right now. Please remember them in your prayers.

I did take a few pictures of what I could.
This last one was my favorite. I just like the barbed wire in front of the fire.

You can read more about the fire on CNN's site.

Someone had a birthday

My niece, often pictured here, had her first birthday this past Sunday. My how time flies. It seems like only yesterday we were rushing to the hospital for our wait to catch a glimpse of this cute little bundle of joy. And now she's growing so fast.
As you can see, it was a Hello Kitty party. I heard she didn't put the Hello Kitty items down at the store so the decision was made.

She loved her Dominoes pizza...
and couldn't get enough A&W Root Beer. She wanted more, more. Actually pronounced by her as mo, mo.
And then there was the cake. And a good cake it was.

She got majorly spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa...talk about a full wardrobe. And she got a box of legos from her daddy. I think he will be playing with them more than she will.

Happy Birthday Isabella!!

Nothing much

I don't have anything much to write so I will just say hello to everyone reading this. I hope you all have a great week.

I will say I just started a new book, it's called The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. If you have any thoughts of starting your own business, read it. I'm only on chapter 5 but it puts things into perspective. On a side note, Michaels' business is in my home town of Santa Rosa, CA. Just had to add that in.