Friday, June 27, 2008

"Majestic Skies" ( pics I took from last night's skies)

New Fire




Yesterday another fire broke out. This one was only 5 miles from our house. It looked like a bomb had gone off, and the sky filled with plumes of dark purple and orange smoke. It was a bit surreal. These are some pics from our driveway.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Baby Lincoln

This is a link to my sister's blog. You can see the awesome new gift God has brought to their family. I will post pictures of our kids with their new cousin soon, but until then, here is the link, to see little Lincoln.

http://www.myburnsfamily.blogspot.com/

one more of the strange sky before the storm


picture by Pete...

A storm, fires, and smoke!,




We have been burried in a cloud of smoke all week, due to 100's of fires that started in our county after an entire day of lightning storms saturday. It was an amazing light show, and we sat humbled and awed by God's power all day as we watched lightning strike in our own back yard and all around us. For the first time ever, I saw lightning hit something. It was amazing as an entire roof illuminated when it struck. We were grateful for a safe house. We are safe from fire danger, all though the fires are raging in all of the surrounding foot hills 10-20 miles away. Here is a picture I took coming home to our house. When we come up the hill, the smoke gets so much more dense than it is in the center of town. The other picture is of the sun which appears bright orange all day despite the look of being in a San Francisco fog. The first pic is of the sky before the storm hit. You could tell something was happening. It was a little erie!

One More with Michael and Cooper


Cooper- Our new Puppy






Meet Cooper- our new puppy! He is full of energy at times, but mostly very mellow and very much a lover. He loves to cuddle up in our laps. We have been crate training him and it is going great. He loves his "bed" now and goes in on his own. So far only two accidents in the house which were largely due to Alex feeding him WAY to many "fiber filled treats". Anyways, here he is!