Fire Station Tour

This morning we enjoyed a special treat touring a fire station. Last night before bed I informed Oliver of our plans and this morning he woke up and exclaimed that he was ready to see a big fire truck.

First we took a quick tour inside the fire house and Oliver enjoyed getting to know their dog Spot!!



Then we made it to the garage for which Oliver had awaited excitedly.



The fireman showed us all the parts and equipment on the fire truck.





Oliver took a turn holding the giant sprayer on the hose.



He attempted to climb into the truck but it was a bit too much to make it up the steps.



The fireman showed us his fire suit and put everything on...



...just in time for a call and then they all had to rush off with lights flashing.



Fortunately it wasn't a real emergency and they came back shortly to finish up the tour.



It ended with a group picture aboard the fire truck.

Our New Place

After finding out in Sept that our apartment rent would be going up significantly if we renewed our lease, we started looking around at other options. We found the perfect place, an older rent house with twice as much space for less than what our renewed monthly rent would be at our apartment. After much prayer and thought we put in an application and after being approved we promptly paid the deposit and signed our new lease. Three weeks later on Oct 1st we officially moved in and now a little over two weeks later everything is finally in place and all the pictures hung and we are just loving our new place. So now for a picture tour:

Here's the front door:



The Kitchen/Dining area:





Hallway:



Master Bedroom:



Oliver's room:





Owen's room:





Downstairs:





Play Area:



Living Room:





Music Room:



Office/sewing room:



And here is a video tour by Nathan and Oliver: