Blog Tutoring Please!

I have been getting lectured by Ashlee Charles about what a horrible blogger I am. So I don't have any pictures up, I don't post much...but bottom line is I need a Blog tutor. I wouldn't consider myself technologically stupid, but I can't get this thing figured out. It is kind of embarassing to admit it, but I am really struggling. So, for those of you that have been checking up to see what is new with our little family, I apologize for the lack of posting and pics, but it is in the works...I promise.

We did have a pretty exciting weekend though. It started on Friday as we were headed down to Orem for my mission reunion. Josh was driving and we had just passed Malad when we were about to pass a big truck pulling a camper trailer. I was reading, but Josh was being a very attentive driver, and saw the trailer start to shift with the wind. He slowed way down, but the truck lost control right in front of us and jack-knifed in the middle of the freeway then flipped clear up on its side. It was really close to falling off the edge into the oncoming traffic lanes. There was just one man in the truck and he was ok. It was front row real live seats to a scene from a movie...it was crazy! I am just so happy no one was hurt and that my husband is such a good driver.

We finished the drive out to Orem where I got to see and spend time with some wonderful missionaries that I served with in Guatemala. It was so fun to show off my cute husband and the upcoming addition to the family. The highlight of the whole evening though was seeing my mission president and his wonderful wife. They are such amazing people and I have missed them so much. They just finished thier mission in June, so this was the first time I had seen them since I left in April of 07. It was so great! I love them so much and it was so fun to reminisce with friends about some amazing and fun experiences I had as a missionary. I have some good pictures, but I will post those once I figure this thing out!

THEN, On Saturday we went to my family's cabin for the conference weekend. It has become a tradition to go there as a family every October, so we went to join everyone. On the way there, just like 3 miles before the square ice cream store in Swan Valley, another close call happened. We were about 15 yards behind a big truck...once again...and saw that he passed over top a really big rock in the middle of the road. Well, Josh had a choice to make, either swerve us into oncoming traffic, swerve into the river on the other side, or hit the brakes and hope the rock didn't do too much damage. He chose the obvious one, and since there was very little time to react, we hit the rock straight on. Immediately white smoke started coming up from the car and everything seemed to jam up. We pulled over, called for help and tried to figure out what had happened. I started crying, of course, and Josh went to work figuring out the problem. I was just praying it wasn't anything too serious and that we could have a little miracle happen. A cop showed up not too much later. He and Josh looked everything over, and he spotted the rock lodged up underneath the tire somehow. To make a long story short, he pulled the rock out and our car is working just fine...MIRACLE! We thought for sure it was going to cost a pretty penny for the towing and repair, but it all worked out in our favor. We felt so incredibly grateful. It was quite the weekend.