Thursday, August 13, 2009

Fire scare at the Turkan Cabin!

These are just a few of the fire trucks that were on the scene at the cabin today...
Around noon we saw the neighbors out in the street and heard FIRE!!!!
It was up on the hill behind us... pretty scary stuff....
Trucks began to roil in with a few Sheriff cars to keep the traffic up the hill down...
The fire was very handily put out and not allowed to spread. It was contained to a wooded area and no homes or cabins were in danger... No one was injured either witch is really a good thing all around.
So that was our excitement for the day,,,,
We had a spontaneous lunch of egg salad sandwiches, chips and soda with the neighbors while watching the helicopters fly over from the Russian River to the fire....
I hope that the big fire south of us is contained soon, and no one gets hurt...
I hate the summer fire season...
I can't take credit for the great pictures...
That goes to niece #2 Laryssa!














Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Postcards from the Cabin


















I have been lucky enough to spend the last few weeks out of the searing heat of Phoenix, in the cool sweet pines just south of Flagstaff. I took alot of pictures, got some knitting done and spent lots of hours entertaining the grand kids....
We went Geocaching (http://www.geocaching.com/) with the kids, we took two of them to the Highland games (http://www.nachs.info/) and let them run around crazy in the woods....
All in all we had a great time......


















Fort building 101
Taking a break



See, I'm having fun!








Twilight reading marathon and sleeping on the deck......






Face painting at the Highland Games......





































Sorren likes Alex Beaton.... she know lots of his songs... Nana sings them to her.....








Not too sure of the Wicked Tinkers.... they are really wild and loud... but she likes them!









Grandpa's favorite part... Belly Dancers!













Baby Belly Dancer!






Garbage Bag Swiming????? I don't get it, but they had fun and played for HOURS!!!!!!!














My best freind Linda and the giant thistle!

































Geocaching finds!












































































Bubbles on the deck!
















Crafting.....

















Siblings Hiking........
















Can I get lost now Nana? I have the GPS!!!!!!!