HELICOPTER TIME

So after our pit manuevers they took us on a helicopter ride! It was AMAZING! Our first time on a helicopter and it couldn't have been better! Our pilot was the man who picked up that one hiker that got his hand stuck under that rock and had to cut it off a couple years ago if you can remember, cool huh? I asked the pilot if he was going to show us any cool moves and he said no, but then did the whole circle thing where they find the suspect and do circles around him so they can keep an eye out for him! It was kind of scary because the doors were open to the helicopter the entire time! Then on the way back he decided to be way funny and turned the helicopter completely side ways! So you'll notice the picture with Whit where we're looking at the ground......yeah we were looking straight down at the ground! It was AWESOME! We had soo much fun and are so glad that we have had this chance to learn so many great things with the UHP! I'm so glad that Derek hooked us up with this! It's been such a great experience and we have learned SOO much! I have a lot more respect for those officers now, even if some of them are kind of wronchy!

Pit Maneuvers!

So on Saturday we went and UHP showed us their pit maneuvers! Cindy, Julie, and Derek were able to join Matt, Whit, and I for the day! It was SO much fun! We each got to drive a real cop car and had to go through this course that they set up in reverse. Then we had a race to see who could go through the course forward the fastest without running any cones over, and guess who won? Yup that is right Whit!! My hubby definitely has some mad driving skills! We don't know yet what his prize is, but we'll know next week at our graduation night! As for the pit maneuvers, UHP drove with us in the cars and did the J move, and some tactic moves that they do when they're in a high speed pursuit! We have some videos of it, so when we figure out how to make the videos in smaller format then we'll post them all for you to see! But here are some pics of all of us! You'll notice me, Cindy, and Julie all got to arrest our husbands....not everyone gets to do that and trust me it's a blast!!!

S.W.A.T. week

On Tuesday this week we learned about the SWAT team for the UHP! They even showed us their awesome "intimidation" car. This thing weighs about 16,000 pounds, and burns fuel like no other! They told us that they mainly use it to intimidate people and luckily it has worked several times! They also showed us a real flash bang! I know I wouldn't want one of those thrown in front of me by surprise! Well here are some pics of us playing around in the huge SWAT car/truck thing!

The Citizen's Academy

For the past 6 weeks we have been doing what's called the Citizen's Academy put on by the Utah Highway Patrol. We go on Tuesday nights, me, Whit, and Matt. So far we have learned about the diving team, the k-9 units, interdiction, internet stalkers, traffic stops, how to handle a weapon, and DUI's. Here are some pictures of what we have been doing in those 6 weeks! We have 3 weeks left, so I'll post pictures of that too! I also included pictures here of the poster we had to shoot, it was a cross between Paul Walker, and a crazy psycho dude!

Conference Weekend

So for Conference Sunday afternoon session we went to Grandma Colledge's house and had a wonderful dinner, and we were able to watch conference. Well this is what happened during conference...boys wrestling, lots of picture taking, and trying out the color setting on the camera!

Whit's Mustache

So we got a new SD card for me that's like 4GB because the one I had was only like 575mb or something like that, and I guess that is way to small for what we need to use this camera for? (That's what Whit said at least) So, this was one of the first pictures that Whit wanted to take with the new SD card....and he wanted to keep this....

SLACKING!

Sorry everyone, we have been slacking TERRIBLY! But, between my new job, whit's job, and school full time, we hardly have time to ourselves! The next few posts will be of what has been happening the rest of February, March, April, and the start of May! There are tons of pictures so I hope you guys love what we've been up to!