Grandparents

March 30 - My Dad's Birthday!

We have this great tradition in our family that the birthday person/people get to bite the cake first.  Here's a great demonstration.

Dad taking some time to decide the best spot . . . 

Still looking . . . 

And diving in!

Sammy put red pepper flakes on his ice cream.  He said it was awesome - hot and cold at the same time.

April 7 - My parents have been going through CERT training.  They mentioned one day that they need to check their fire extinguishers because they are old enough that they might not work anymore.  A couple weeks later we were over visiting and my dad decided to pull them out.

It worked!

Since once you check they leak air and won't be good much longer, my parents took at as a good opportunity to teach our family how to use a fire extinguisher.

Point it at the bottom of the fire . . .

Each of the kids got a turn.  Pretty cool stuff!

Little Miss M even had a turn, but since I was helping her, I didn't get a picture.

Then we got the real how-to.  You're supposed to have a partner.  The person in front with the extinguisher just watches the fire, and the person in back guides them backwards away from the fire after it gets sprayed.

Carolyn got one more turn, the last little puff of powder.

A great experience.  None of us had ever used one before, so now we have a feel for what it's like.  One of those skills you hope you never have to use.