Sunday, May 16, 2010

Guess Where


Any guesses where this picture was taken? Be sure to note where the baby seat is. It won't help you guess, but I will tell you that we drove down the road like that. That would be the center console between the 2 front seats in case you can't tell.
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....Still don't know? Let me give another hint.

Again, note where the baby is. Oh my word. I was scared to death!!!! We were about 80 plus miles outside of Phoenix. Our car is still there. This was just a couple hours after picking it up from the shop "all fixed up". Same problem left us stranded, with all the kids, miles and miles from home and NOTHING open all weekend. We survived. Just another adventure for the adventure books!


Brendan and Wyatt thought the whole thing was a blast. Even waiting in the car for over an hour for the tow truck on the side of a busy road didn't phase them. Of course having Nintendo DSi(s) to play with helped pass the time like it was nothing. (Um, have I thanked Aunt Joanie enough for those lifesaving devices??? Actually I have. Sometimes I text her out of the blue when they save us in similar situations and I imagine what it could have been like without them!!! THANK YOU AUNT JOANIE!!!)
So, yes. it is somewhat laughable and a lot regrettable and well, what can you do? Such is life. Ups and downs. We are safe, our car will get fixed somehow. We will recover.
In case you were wondering how we got home.... We rented some crazy Cadillac (the only car left at the only open car rental place and we BARELY fit in the thing) and drove back down the mountain. I told the tow truck driver to just drop us off at the closest car dealership so that Rand could buy me a new minivan, but Rand refused. (Just kidding, he would if we could. Impulse buying is never a good idea) I will say that the Caddie was a pretty nice ride. It was so quiet Rand and I could whisper and actually hear eachother! So what if I felt a little like I should either be wearing a lot of gold chains or be driving to my retirement home in Florida. (don't ask why those are the associations I make with Cadillacs..or town cars in general) :)
Monday they will get back to work on our car and somehow we'll drive up and pick it back up...hopefully getting home with it before it's toast.
Fun times, eh?

4 comments:

rachel said...

oh.my.gosh. i still can't believe it....

Jessie said...

When I was on my mission, we were at the dinner table talking about what a sense of adventure one must have to spend two weeks working in a third world country and love every second of it. I was all, "when I was little, this one time we broke down far from home. I totally loved it! It was so fun!" Then the other hygienist was all, "I KNOW!! Me too!! I loved breaking down when I was a kid!!"

Good job making memories, Kay.

Anonymous said...

At least the boat did not break down while you were on a fishing trip, that is a real bummer, nothing ticks me off more.
Uncle Bubba

Anonymous said...

An adventure!! One more to add to the list of other adventures that make up our lives. I truly belive that when we realize God is in control can look upon these things as an adventure and just enjoy where we are at the moment. Which direction out of Phoenix were you going? The Great Marshmellow