Fire Station Visit

I finally got to go visit Matt at the Fire Station today. I felt like a kid memorized by all the fire trucks and equipment! He has to "fill in" at other stations near his assigned station a good bit. The past 2 shifts he has been filling in at Station 19 and has also filled in at Station 9. Matt really likes Station 19 because it is the Haz-Mat crew. They stay incredibly busy night and day. When I got there, they had just gotten in from a call. I was there about 20 minutes before the next call came in. DeKalb NEVER slows down! Here are some of the shots that I took during my short visit!

The Haz-Mat truck. This truck responds to any fires on the North side of the county and to any hazardous material spills/wrecks. The wrecks alone keep them busy since they are right off I-285 at spaghetti junction!

Quint 19: This is where Matt rides when he fills in at this station.

I took the guys at the station a turtle cake and some redneck caviar! Needless to say, it didn't take long for it to be gone!

Matt's gear in the engine....ready for the bell to ring!

I got a tour of all the Haz-Mat truck. Holy cow....you never realize how much equipment is on these trucks!

My man in his uniform!

A visit from Utah!

Matt's sister, Haley and the boys were scheduled to fly in from Utah onChristmas night like they usually do, but the Georgia Snow didn't allow that to happen! They were able to make a flight a couple of days later though! I know I say this every time they come to visit, but I absolutely love seeing Owen and Cooper! They get so much bigger every time we see them! It is fun to see the cousins get together and play with each other! Hopefully, Matt and I will be able to go out to visit them in Utah sometime this spring!!!

Cooper trying on Uncle Matt's fire helmet!

Cate is such a little ham! She LOVES to pose for the camera!

Cousins: Cooper and Cate!

Another Christmas has come and gone!

I cannot believe that another Christmas has come and gone! It is always makes our house seem so much bigger once all the Christmas decorations are gone though! I can't believe that I didn't take any pictures at my grandparents house this Christmas, so the only ones that I have to post are of me and Matt on Christmas morning! As I said in my last post, Matt had to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. He ended up getting home around 7:30. We headed straight to the Waffle House for breakfast and then to Starbucks for a coffee. Afterwards, we came home to open gifts! Matt went overboard with his gift buying (like he typically does at Christmas!) This year, he bought me a new Apple Laptop. I LOVE MY MAC! He picked out a computer especially for my photo editing. It is awesome! I got him a PS3 for Christmas and he says that it is the best Christmas gift EVER! Men will never be too old to play video games!

Santa came to visit the doggies!

Merry Chrismtas Eve Eve

Growing up, we always had our "Family Christmas" on Christmas Eve. We would go out to dinner then open up all of our wrapped gifts to each other. Then on Christmas morning, Santa would come (he never wrapped anything at our house). Well, this year Matt has to work on Christmas Eve (today). Mom said that she didn't feel right having Christmas without Matt, so she suggested that we move it to the 23rd this year. We had a delicious dinner and then opened our gifts. It was nice having it on Christmas Eve Eve, because I have been able to get the house straighted again and get things put away before we do it all again tomorrow. Please keep Matt and all the others that have to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in your thoughts! It's easy to forget that not everyone gets to be with their family over the holidays! As always, I took 200+ pictures, but here are some of my favorites from the night!

The photo resizing software that I use has put a watermark on all of my pictures for some reason today. Not sure where that came from!
Mom's beautiful Christmas tree