Yes, ANOTHER fire @ Camp Pendleton

Taken in our cul-de-sac, to the left of our house. Our first site of the fire...

Here's one of the plane's we heard fly over our house several times -

those guys were working hard dropping flame retardants!

It's a little small, but if you look to the left you can see another plane...

We really thought we were going to get evacuated when we saw this...

Who could sleep with this going on???

Yesterday was a crazy crazy day. All afternoon we watched the fire from our bedroom window and on the news - literally at the same time. It was crazy - We could see and hear the airplanes dumping water from our window. Rob went up on the hill to take photos (I know, he's crazy, huh!?)

Thankfully the winds were calm and we didn't have to evacuate. The neighborhood 2 blocks over from us was evacuated. Our intersection has been blocked off from any incoming traffic. We watched the news all night and were on alert if we received a reverse-911 call. What was so annyoying is that we kept getting pre-recorded soliciation calls - argh!!! To make it worse - one was from "OFD", which we thought was "Oceanside Fire Department" - it was a pre-recorded call for votes - what the heck!!??

I am so thankful for the many many phone calls and texts that we received from friends and family. We are so very blessed to have these people in our lives. Many have called to check in on my parents because they weren't sure if I was home or not - and many have called to offer for us to stay at their homes. I am so thankful for the love that we are surrounded with.

Thank you Dulia, Tita Edna, Eddie, Jeffery, Nini, Magi, Matt & Kim (with Matt's bum leg and all he offerred to help us if we needed to load up our cars!), Dana, Heather, Stephanie, Jim, and whoever else I may have forgotten - thank you thank you thank you!!!

Fire @ Camp Pendleton 10/8/2008

Wow - it's that time of the year again. Fire season. About one year ago today we had some terrible brush fires. Thankfully we didn't have to evacuate. Last year we could see the fire at Camp Pendleton from our bedroom window and helicopters with water flew right over our house. It was crazy.

So another fire started at Camp Pendleton this afternoon. It's getting close - but we're not concerned - at least not yet. Here are some pics that Rob has taken of the fire... yikes!!!

Miss Jackson if You're Nasty

We saw Janet Jackson in concert on Saturday. It was awesome! The last time I saw her we were so far away we needed binoculars to see her. This time we were super close to the stage and could clearly see her sweat. Wow. Good times :)

From Miss to Mrs. - Em

After writing that last blog, I'm at a loss for what to write next. Seriously, wasn't that an awesome blog? How the heck do I top that?

So in honor of my girls, I decided to share some pics from bachelorette parties and weddings. Let us begin with Emelyn. Hope you enjoy!

BU Days, circa 1992 & 1994

Em's Bachelorette Party - San Diego

Memorable moment: Stopping at Starbucks, in the Gaslamp, with the large you-know-what-shaped-bacehlorette-paraphernalia (courtesy of Eileen). The barrista was a short, older, Indian man - he took one look at the, ahem, and said "Oh! Right size, wrong color!"

Sadly - the only group photos I have of us from Em's wedding.

(The B.R.C. era - Before Rob's Camera era)

Memorable moments:

(1) Walking through Chinatown and NYC with Denise as our tour guide, "It's right there!" and "Run!" Uh-huh, yeah.

(2) All of us together and singing karaoke at Em's parents house the night before the wedding.

(3) Rob & I hanging out with Eileen & Bobby for the first time.