Utah County Fair

A day at the County Fair. It was so fun to go to the fair withe family. My favorite part was the horse roping. Clay and Tyler the the carnival rides. Clay rode his very first adult carnival ride. I hope we do it again next year.

Summertime part 2

So the next big thing to happen this summer is our mountain is on fire.

I was coming home from a shopping trip at walmart it was about 3:30 pm on August 1st, and I notice smoke somewhere between Payson and Santaquin. I get to the top of the hill and a Salem fire truck races by. The reason is because Its the salmon supper and the Payson firefighters put it on, or that the fire is really big. So I keep driving home and notice that the fire is closer than I thought, it is in Springlake. I go inside and yell at Randy, have you seen the fire on the mountain, he was like what theirs a fire on the mountain. So he went out back to check it out. Well a few minutes later we left to go to the Salmon supper, and drive round towards are Church to see if we could get a better look. we watched it for a while wondering if any of the homes in Springlake were on fire. So we went down to the Salmon supper and ate, when we where done I grabbed the camera from home and this is what the fire looked like an hour and half later.

We wanted to watch the helicopter fell the baskets up so we went to the Springlake to watch them. They flew two or three more times until the planes came. We watched it for about an hour and by the time we left it looked like the fire was almost out.So we come home and start to watch t.v and about 8:30 we look out the window and the fire is moving across the mountains northward. Its getting a lot closer. This picture is or the neighbors house behind us. We see the neighbors all out watching it and notice at main street their is a cop blocking the road. So everyone heads up to see what is going on. Nobody told us anything, so we all just stood around there watching it.

We are wandering if we are going to be evacuated and found out that the house above main street are being evacuated. So all we can do is just sit and watch some more. I ask some one if the will evacuated us below main and they said only if the fire jumps the canal. So I go home and back all my scrapbook albums and photos on the wall and all important papers. Deiced to wait on packing clothes that last minute if I need to. If the fire does jump the canal all there is between us and the canal is 2 very dry weed fields and a couple of houses. We are all hoping and praying that it won't jump the canal.

We sit out till 1:30 watching. I talked to some friends whose hose was evacuated they told me that they had turned the sprinkler's on and was spraying their house with the garden hose, But that night it was so hot and the heat form the fire it just dried the water as soon as it hit the house. We were so afraid that Rileys orchard would be gone in the morning. you couldn't see it in the dark. finally around two it started to die down so we all went to bed hoping we wouldn't wake with a knock on the door telling us to get out. the next morning we got up and the road was still blocked off and they had put a water tub in the middle of the road for the helicopters to fell their buckets. It was fun to watch them from the window. But they were very load in the mornings. Later we find out that the fire came withing 10 feet of some homes, but none were lost and the orchards were all there. Later that week I find out that the Rileys had their whole family over and they filled the reservoir and turned the sprinklers on and it saved the orchard. Around 200 homes in Springlake and Payson were evacuated that night and three days later the fire was contained. I hope this is the last fire this year we have to deal with. Two within a couple of months of each other is a lot to deal with. Thankfully we have been safe with both fires this year.

The morning August 2nd was Clays birthday Party. He had 12 friends out of 20 show up they played football had pizza and root beer floats for his birthday. The next day August 3rd Clays 9th Birthday the family came over and we had FHE and Uncle Kevin made him a FOOTBALL cake.

Summertime

So I didn't really start blogging until after the summer was over so I thought I would let you know what we did this summer.

We went camping at the end of June. Clay, Tyler and I with the Grandpa and Grandma Archuleta, Aunt Amanda, Porter, Lydia, Aunt Malinda and Katrae. We all went without our husbands. And the extended Archuleta family came, Uncle Lynn and his clan. . Clay learned to ride a 4-wheeler for the first time.

And we did a lot of fishing. Well I mean the boys with Grandma and Grandpa's help, because I don't have a licence to fish. Tyler and Grandma are pros's, they caught 8-10 fish each. Clay caught 1, and Grandpa caught 2or3. And Porter on his first time fishing caught one. He put his pole in and 2 sec. later he had a fish, he was so excited about it that he kept saying my fish. We all had so much fun.

Then the next weekend the 4th of July.We went camping up tucker, everyone but Grandpa Archuleta. And we invited Kevin and Carie. They all but us and Kevin and Carie had gone up the day before, and that night mom had called me and asked if we could bring up some extra water and a rake, so we could rake a spot out to put our tent. So I told her I would. Well its the 4th of July and I want to be up to the camp spot by noon. But by the time we get the car loaded stop by the store, meet up with Kevin and Carie to fell up the extra water jugs up at the peterson's, put them in the car and leave it is noon. So we start driving up the canyon and turn towards tucker and start heading to where we are going to camp. About half way up I notice so smoke and I turn to Randy and say, that sure looks like a lot of smoke, do you think the mountain is on fire? So I keep on driving and as we go along the smoke is getting bigger. Then we come around a bend and we notice something in the middle of the road on fire. what is it I ask randy? He thought it was a couch. So I pull the car over and we get out and walk closer and then we see it is a truck in the middle of the road fully engulfed.

And then we notice that the mountain is catching on fire. A couple of guys following behind Kevin and Carie asked if we had shovels and I told them no but we have a rake. So we get it out and they take it, trying to put out the fire on the mountain. I told them that we had a whole bunch water in the back of our cars. We had 2 7 1/2 gallon containers and couple3 gallon containers so we hand them up to then and they start poring it on the mountain. I the mean time people started showing up with fire extinguishers and shovels the try and put the fire out on the truck and it goes down and then it comes back. After we think the fire is not burning on the mountain anymore we start throwing dirt on the truck.

After a bit we get all but the engine out. So a couple of guys try and open the hood up with shovels and it won't open, so some else comes with a crowbar and they try and open it, just about when they have it open the guy with the crowbar, the crowbar slips and he fell hand first on the hood. he rolls of the hood to his left but it wasn't fast enough. He said he was fine, but i was thinking he has to have 2nd or 3rd degree burns on his hands and arms. A few minutes later it started hurting him. I asked everyone there if anyone had a first aid kit and no one but Carie and I had one. I asked Carrie if hers was easy to get to, because mine wasn't. She got it out but didn't have anything for burns. I knew at one time I did so I dig through the car and got it out. But the burn cream I had was gone. But I had ointment that said it was good for burns and cuts so we cleaned his hands and then put the cream on then and then I started to put a bandage on it. This lady cursed me out about wrapping them up so i lightly covered them. Well your probably wandering where the fire and rescue are. Well when the fire and first started someone went down the mountain and called and told them it was up starvation side and some else told them it was up tucker. We could her there sirens on the other side of the mountain, they had gone up starvation and then realized it was on tucker so they had to turn around. By the time they showed up the fire was out on the mountain and in the truck. It had taken them 1 1/2 the get there by the time we had gotten there.

Did I mention that we where the first ones on the scene. They pulled out there hoses and made sure there were no hot spots and to cool the truck down so a tow truck could pick it up. The water from the hoses tracked a lot of butterflies and Tyler caught one.

The whole time this was going on I was wandering if Mom or Amanda was going to come and see what was going on. Amanda and Steve showed up after the fireman had came. But the couldn't let anyone up or down the mountain tell the tow truck picked up the truck. So it meant we would have to go to the rest stop and wait and we fill our water jugs. So Randy and Kevin and Carie went back down, and the boys and I hoped into Amanda and Steve's car and went to the camp spot the make lunch. While we waited for them to come up I was able to tell them my side of the story and come to find out the guy who's truck was on fire was camping next to us. So they told me there side.

It took Randy and them longer to come back up then what i would have thought but come to find out the story did end. They get down to the rest stop and ask the park rangers if the have a hose they can use to fill up the water jugs. They told them they didn't and the closes place to fill up is 7 miles up the road at a gas station. They continue to tell them that they used all the water on fighting the fire on the mountain, that they said well for you we have a hose you can use to fill up your jugs. They aren't for public use, but because we use or water on fighting the fire, it would be their honor to fill up the jugs. I think that my Mom was touched by the spirit to tell us to bring water and a rake, and that us running later than planed was part of us being in the right place at the right time. Because everyone else who was up there was not prepared to fight a fire to help a burn victim. Randy meet up with he at the rest stop while he was getting checked out by the paramedics they told him he had 3rd degree burns on his hands. I hope that we can all remember to take the Lords counsel and be prepared. For what ever may happen in the future. I know that We are trying to be more prepared. We recently got 4 55 gallon containers for are water supply. It makes me fell good to know that we are trying to heed the Lords commands. I am thankful that he kept us all safe that weekend. And let us have a new kind of firework show. We all Had a great time relaxing and camping The boys built a Hut like they have learned from watching Bear Grilles from Man vs Wild. It was really neat.

I hope we all can do some more camping next summer.

I will post more about our fun summer later when it isn't so late. So tell next time.

Clay socres his first GOAL!!

Clay Scored his first 2 goals of the season tonight. His team won 5-0 his friend Hunter scored 2 and Amanda 1. He had three other attempts but either the goalie got them or the were just a little wide. He did a great job.

Tylers First soccer game

Tyler had his first soccer game today. Randy took him and I took clay to pack meeting. so when Tyler got home he was really excited to tell me about his first soccer game, he scored 3 goals, blocked a couple, got almost every ball that was thrown in by his team or the other team. The other team had 0 goals. He said he is the very best player on his team. I think he is really going to like soccer this year. And for all of you who know Ron Cottle his daughter Amy is Tyler's couch.

clays first day of school

Today was Clays first day of school, and it didn't start or end very well. He first woke up at 4:00 am throwing up and not feeling well. So when Randy came home from work he got Clay up gave him some medicine and then by the time his best friend came to pick him up for school he was feeling well enough to go, so we made his lunch quick he got dressed and off they went. Well at noon I took Tyler for his kindergarten testing and around 12:30 the school calls my cell and they tell me Clay has a rash all over his arms. I told them I was already at the school in Mrs. Mitchell's class and I would be right down. I get down there and check him out, he has hives all over. We get home and I have him take his clothes off and they are all over his arms, legs, back, chest they are everywhere. I will take him to the doctor in a little bit, but poor Clay what a way to start his first day of school off. I hope tomorrow will be better for him. Tyler starts next Wednesday yeah!!

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Randy and i are going to give this blog thing a try.