the day started out like any other normal day, children trying to drag me out of bed begging for cereal and cartoons, scrubbin' toilets, forceing 8 year olds to clean out the trash can that is actually the underside of his bed, asking the six year old to please not pee on the toilet but in it, and reminding my little girl, that shorts and alaska don't mix. no black friday shopping, no early morning lines, and darn it, no cat fights in the aisles of target for the last star wars lego destroyer. oh but things did get interesting. We piled on our snow clothes, packed up the kids and some hot chocolate and headed out for the traditional day after thanksgiving.....tree hunt!! We took the sleds and found a hill on our hike to sled down, ate snow, poked each other in the eye with sticks and even spied a family of bald eagles crooning in a near by tree. too cool. oh, and yes cut down a crazy alaskan christmas tree. (more to come later)
but that's not the interesting part. interesting came after the tree hunt. it went like this. came home, extricated children from snow essentials, threw dirty snow coats and gloves in the washer and went downstairs to relax. oh but like usual the relaxation was short lived as we were jolted into focus with the mind numbing sound of co2/fire alarms blaring in our house. we made a mad dash to see what was burning (i know i know bad idea) found nothing, fiddled with alarms, no stopping, called housing were the nice lady on the phone told me to get out of my quarters as she was callind the FD! I said, "seriously" and she said, "m'am you need to get your family out of your quarters" yikes! well coats are in the wash, it's cold, so we turn on the car and park in front of the house and wait for the Firemen. they came and discovered that the washing machine was leaking and the water dripped down the ceiling and right into the fire alarm, quite alot of drama for just a little dirt!
happy austin
our sled hill
quinton daring the backwards run
jace had a great time eating snow.
the logger and son.
me, the boys, and fish face
jace had a great time eating snow.
the logger and son. me, the boys, and fish face
9 comments:
Sounds perfectly lovely. Ahh the memories that come from merely living. ;) Can't wait to here about that tree.
Wow, what a day! Thank goodness for the fire department and for false alarms! At least you know the alarm works! I love the pictures, it looks like despite the drama, it was a fun day.
cute pics! So not funny about having the FD come for a leak, but phew good thing that was all it was!
WOW!! A water leak! At least that's all it was! I'm glad you guys are safe!
Pictures of the tree?
what an adventure in Alaska! I love blogging. In years to come, you will read this post and be like "Oh yeah, that day was so cool and exciting!!"
Doesn't it seem like a water leak shouldn't trigger a fire alarm? Like the two are totally opposites? What a fun adventure, though--the tree hunt part I mean. And I bet your kids were delighted with the firemen showing up at your house.
Sometimes the moments we want to be perfect end up being the craziest. However, they always end up being the most memorable. I'm just glad you guys are all okay. At least you know your co2 alarms work, right?!?!
I love the pics! What a fun tradition, cutting down your own tree. I bet the kids have so much fun. Glad things turned out ok too!
What a fun day after Thanksgiving! Your family is adorable.
you guys are so cute! :)
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