Firehouse

This weekend we were invited by our friends, the Shipmans, to go to a fire house in Oklahoma City. Devin's dad was retiring as a fireman and so they were throwing him a surprise dinner and party. They invited us to come along and have Nate show us around the fire house before the party. I've never seen some of the rooms we were able to see! He took us in to every room there! Kolton was a little afraid of the fire trucks but still enjoyed looking at them. He's so funny--he loves to see them from afar but was really hesitant in person. He just kept saying "no drive--firetruck no drive." While we were there, though, they got a couple calls they went out on and so Kolton got to see the firetrucks light up and the sirens go off as they left. He actually enjoyed seeing it drive away even though he kept telling us he didn't like it. :) Dalton even went down the pole with one of the firemen a couple of times. We kept asking Kolton if he wanted to but he never did--he just wanted to watch Dalton do it.
below: (He's saying "hi mom!")



Nate took us all around and showed us where they slept, the locker room, where all the equipment is kept, the offices, the classroom, the kitchen and let us get in or on any of the trucks. It was awesome!!
Kolton was a little nervous to wear the hat and Brady had to help hold it on him because its really heavy--but I thought it was cool!


We finally got him to get in the firetruck after I got up there and he saw that it was actually pretty cool in there. ;)
We had so much fun and I'm so glad we were able to go! We had the best dinner ever with some of the nicest people. All the firemen were very welcoming and enjoyed playing with the kids. Kolton's favorite part of the whole thing, though, was probably the basketball goal they had there and let him play with. They were all impressed with his shooting skills! :) Seriously, though, that 2 year old can shoot! And well!!!