Nice to be home....

I will try not to get too cheesy in this post BUT you see these 5 people (and dog).....

 

 

 

THEY ARE MY EVERYTHING!

 

 

On Wednesday night, this is what happened to our van. 

Wednesday night: after accident

 

Thursday morning- day picture

A deer ran out in front of us in Salt Canyon near Afton, WY.  Jim was absolutely amazing and kept our car on the road.  I don't even want to think about what could have happened considering a cliff and big mountain were on each side of us.   Once we stopped we both grabbed our cell phones. We had absolutely no phone reception.  We flagged down a VERY kind, nice generous man who took Jim to the top of the canyon so we could get phone reception to call his parents and a tow truck. I meanwhile sat in our van with our children in a very dark canyon hoping this man really was a nice man and that they would be back soon.   They came back much faster than I had anticipated and he was gracious enough to wait with us for the tow truck.Our family of 6 and dog would not be able to fit in a tow truck. Lilly and I rode in the two truck.  Jim, Ethan, Liz, Afton and Lucky got in the generous mans car.  Jim's dad was so nice to come meet us at the tow place.  We all crammed ourselves and as much of  our stuff as we could into his Buick LeSabre (a lot of room in those cars). We then headed up to the comfort of the cabin with very thankful prayers in our hearts.  

 

But wait.... our unplanned adventures weren't done.  Jim's dad got really sick Thursday morning.  He ended up going to the hospital and was admitted for 2 nights.  Although we really missed him being with us at the cabin, he was taken care of so well by the incredible people at the hospital in Star Valley.  He is doing just fine now :)

 

So many tender mercies from the weekend....

-Grateful Jim's parents decided to come up with us. 

-Jim handling the car so well

-A pull off appeared on  the road just a few feet from where we hit the deer. 

-There are still kind, generous, thoughtful people who stop and help strangers

-My family is safe

 

We ended up having to go up to Jackson (about an hour away) to rent a car.  In case you need to know, Star Valley has an amazing hospital but no car rental places :).  We drove our rental home and will now need to figure out a new car for our family.

 

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 Here are a few pictures of the rest of our trip. 

We still enjoyed each others company, relaxed and were grateful.

I also taught Ethan how to play Solitaire. 




Went on a walk with Grandma. 

Our absolutely adorable Afton.

Ethan, Lizzie, Afton and Lilly. 
We are honored to call them ours.



Cute Lizzie

 

 

 

 

Jim, and kids at the camp spot Jim hung out at many times as a kid.

 

 

Our mud walk. 
We seriously had layers of thick mud on all our shoes
but the kids wanted to keep on going.
It was fun!



Seriously, can he please stop growing?

Lucky the Hero
- I am sure all the rocks he saved from the lake are extremely grateful :)

Jim still got a little fly fishing in.

View from our cabin!  Gorgeous!

It was still a nice vacation despite the few really weird, random happenings.  It was nice to feel the comfort of peace, be thankful and spend time together.