Today is Max's 10th birthday. Happy Birthday Max!
When we went to bed last night we were not aware of any fires in the state, but since we are not regular watchers of the news, how would we know. A new fire in the state started near Yarnell a little town near Prescott. Of course it is being called the Yarnell fire. It will go down in history as the worst fire related tragedy in the state of Arizona. Last night 19 hot shot firefighters gave their lives. Here are their names and ages: Andrew Ashcraft, 29; Anthony Rose, 23; Christopher Mackenzie, 30; Clayton Whitted, 28; Dustin Deford, 24; Garret Zuppiger, 27; Grant McKee 21; Jesse Steed, 36; Joe Thurston, 32; John Percin, 24; Kevin Wayjeck, 21; Eric March, 43; Robert Caldwell, 23; Scott Norris, 28; Sean Misner, 26; Travis Carter, 31; Travis Turbyfill, 27; Wade Parker, 22; and William Warnecke, 25. Each one of these men left behind a story and a life. For example, Andrew Ashcraft was an LDS father of 4. Such a sad tragedy. Two thirds of the town of Yarnell was burned. More than 8,000 acres have burned so far and the fire is not contained.
James and I made a trip to town today. The boys did not go with us. We had lunch at Licano's and then did some shopping at Safeway. I promised the boys I would make them baked ziti for dinner. I am using Dallin's friend Kevin's recipe.
The boys loved the baked ziti and so did James and I. After dinner we had a FHE with the boys. We watched Mormon videos. We watched a blind boy play the piano, we watched Dayton's legs - the video about the Dewitt's grandson Spencer, a conference story video about a scorpion bite and then a video someone placed on Facebook about a man from India who cares for the poor. It was a good FHE.
James and I went on a Ranger ride today and the hood flew up while we were driving. It was quite scary. Later the boys went on a ride and a bird flew into Michael and hit him in the chest. When he came back he was pretty shook up. Not a good day for Ranger rides.
