Gillette: Final Day of Competition

On the last day of the competition Todd's team had to be at the fire station place at four in the morning and they went into lock down where they had to stay till it was their turn to go on the final scenario. When it was their turn they would get on a bus and they bused them to the location for the final scenario. Luckily they were the second team out that day so they only had to be in lock down for about three hours. All the wives and the trainer followed the first bus out to the location so we were there before the team got there. And I got so nervous for Todd's team when I saw them pull in. The last scenario was pretty intense. There were two welders who were welding inside a water tank and there was an explosion. A supervisor saw the explosion and went speeding over to the site where he hit a fork lift and sent the driver of the fork lift flying through the air. So they had to assist to the driver of the fork lift the two workers inside the water tank and an attendant who was on top of the tank when the explosion happened. They had 35 minutes to get as much done as they could. As you can see by the pictures they make things as real as they can. The attendant that got thrown off the water tank had his eye hanging out and the driver of the fork lift had a broken femur and they made it look like her bone was sticking out. They of course had more injuries than these but these were the injuries that were very obvious. Todd's team did good and I am so grateful that I was able to go with him and support him.  

Gillette: First Day of Competition

The very first day they just had to go take some written tests and things like that and then on Friday is when they started in on the scenarios. Todd's team had to be there by Five and I was there by six. They had six different scenarios that they had to do. The first one that they did there was a bus that had crashed and there were ten people inside the bus and only three of them could walk out. They had thirty minutes to asses all the patients. Their next stop they had to tie all different kinds of knots, take a written test and do CPR on a baby and adult. When Todd got to the part where he had to tie knots he realized he forgot his rope so he used an extension cord:) Leave it to my husband lol. The next station was a house that was on fire. There was one guy stuck inside. Todd and another guy from his team were the ones that got to go in and find the guy. But as soon as they got through the window they had black garbage sacks put over their heads so they couldn't see anything it was a challenge to find the guy. Then they went to a station where they had to work on their teamwork. The fifth stop was a tower where they had to get their captain up to the second level by using Ropes and then they had to go up seven flight of stairs and to the top of the building where they found that a guy had fallen off the top and they had to repel down to him and stabilize him and get him back to the top of the tower by using ropes as well. The final station they had to do patient assessments. It was a very long day but it was a lot of fun to see Todd in action and see how much he has learned. I am so proud of him and all the hard work he has put into this.

Gillette Wyoming

This last week we got to go to Gillette Wyoming for Todd's work. Todd became an EMT back in March where he was able to be on the Mine Rescue team. He then was able to try out for the Mine Rescue Competition team which he made. So they had a competition in Gillette and I got to go. We left last Tuesday and it took us a little over 12 hours to get there. We went with another couple so that was nice. The first day that we were in Gillette we got to head out and go to Deadwood. This little town is so awesome. This is the town that Wild Bill was shot in. They haven't done a lot with this town they left all the building like they were and have just made all kinds of different businesses in them. After we left Deadwood we headed up to Crazy Horse. I didn't know all that much about Crazy Horse but it was so cool. It is going to be amazing once it is completed. We then headed to Mount Rushmore. I have always wanted to see Mount Rushmore and I am so grateful that I got that opportunity. It was an awesome experience. After we left Mount Rushmore we then headed to Sturgis. The BIG BIKE RALLY. WOW!!!!! This was quite the event. This little Idaho girl was a little out of her comfort zone. All I can say is I am glad I live in Idaho and have been raised the way I have been. My mother would kill me if she saw me doing some of the things that some of the girls were doing there.

Happy 3rd Birthday Madison

I can not believe this little girl is already three years old. She is growing up so fast. I am so thankful that we all live so close and we get to spend so much time together. We had a fun little birthday party for Madison so loves Minnie Mouse so that was her theme this year. Lindsay and Chase had worked with her all day to get her to be able to hold up three fingers to show how old she is. She finally got it down by the end of the day. Happy Birthday Madison you are truly an amazing little girl and I love you so much.

Madison's First Rodeo

During the Rupert Fair they have a little Rodeo for little kids so this year Lindsay and Chase signed Madison up and I was lucky enough to be able to go. I love being able to go and watch my cute little nieces. Madison ran the barrels on her purple stick horse and then she also ran down a pulled a ribbon off of a goats tail. She was so cute and loved every minute of it. At one point during the night she got so hot that she tried taking her shirt off and just running around topless.. LOL this little girl is growing up so fast and has the funniest personality.