The Furious Herriman Fire

So, I was on my way to Brandts families house for Sunday dinner when I saw a pretty decent size plume of smoke hovering over the southwest end of the valley. A huge fire broke out at the army base from a bullet that created sparks and ultimately ended up in a huge wild fire that evacuated 1,600 homes and about 5,000 people. The border for the evacuation was close to Brandts home. Their neighbor knocked on the door asking us to help him help his friend get their cars and as much stuff as they could grab out of their Herriman home up in The Cove at Herriman Springs where all those big nice expensive homes are up the mountain. We got over there too late. They weren't letting anyone in and they were evacuating everyone. We couldn't help this guy out. He grabbed his dog and jeep and left. We're not sure if his house was one that burned yet, but his home was apparently one of the highest on the hill, so it's quite possible. Brandt and I wanted to go up by our hiking spot to see if we could get a better view. The area hadn't been evacuated yet, but probably should have been. The fire was quite close. The wind was so strong. We got some good pictures and video of it. Three different times, we saw embers fly from the fire about 200 or so feet and start more fires down the mountain. It was pretty intense. We left just as the police were coming around to evacuate people. We saw people in their homes running around getting things, with garage doors open to vehicles with open trunks and people ready to go. It was a surreal sight. The flames were incredible!

So we took this picture and realized it was FAR TOO INAPPROPRIATE for the circumstances, I mean it's not like it's a sunset or anything.... so we decided to retake the picture and this is what we came up with... probably still inappropriate.

HodgePodge of July & August

Well, it's been a while and I thought I would post a few random things! 


The new little kiddo was born.  We are so excited to have him in our lives. 

Jacob Theodore Bailor was born at 1:46 pm. He weighs 7 lbs 5 oz and is 20 in long.  All he wants to do is eat and poop. Michelle says labor was a breeze. Thank you to Scripps Memorial in LaJolla for making her labor a much nicer experience than last time!!

Check out this picture between Jacob and my mom....I think Jacob has more Whittle in him than any other side of the family.  He looks just like my moms newborn picture!  Ha!!!! 

Such a cute newborn baby!  I know that ALL aunties think their nieces or nephews are the cutest, but dang....I really think my nephews are the cutest little guys I've ever seen!!!!  They are both so perfect and handsome and beautiful!  I can't wait to have my own babies someday!

He was the perfect baby!  No cone-head!  He was small and super good natured.  I wish I could have been there to meet him!  I'm heading out to see him October 1!  :)

This is Jacob at 6 weeks!  Someone at the grocery store thought he was 6 months!  Ha!!!!  Check out the size of that fist!  

 Noah wanted to be a good big brother and make sure Jacob was eating healthily by feeding him broccoli.  After that he and Jacob got into their first sibling fight.  Noah threw something at Jacob and Jacob belted out a squawk to let Noah know that he wasn't going to tolerate that!  haha!

This was Noahs first big spill!  He got too excited and took off chasing after a bunny!  He wanted to run faster than his little feet would go and he fell right on his face.  Poor little guy! 

 

Well, I've been doing some hiking and playing and just enjoying life!  Here's some of the things that put a smile on my face!  

This was our 311 concert!  We got kinda goofy!  :)

We went hiking up to Red Pines lake.  It was such a tough hike, but I finally made it!  We actually started up this trail when we first started dating but because of the high altitude or whatever, I couldn't make it and crapped out!  I was so embarrassed, but Brandt was nice not to judge me by my weakness!  haha!  We tried it again and took our time and made it to the top!  I later found out that it is considered "very strenuous" compared to all the hikes around and rated by avid hikers!  So I didn't feel so bad after that.  But it was beautiful and we had fun!