When it rains, it pours!

Well, it's been awhile since the last blog post...so I'll try to be brief and give a quick update.

James just got back into town after being gone for 4 weeks, and boy, am I glad to have him home! He went to a bicycle mechanic and bicycle frame building school and is now officially certified. He loved it and it was worth having him gone for him to get the certifications, but it was hard being a single-mom for 4 weeks. I couldn't have done it without the help of my family and friends. My mom and brother flew out to help for a bit and friends pitched in after they left. Thanks everyone for being so supportive.

The Friday before James came home, I went on a youth temple trip and ended up getting in a car wreck that totaled my car. Elise and I, and the two youth in my car, are all okay--no serious injuries, mainly bumps and bruises. We were very lucky since the accident could have been a lot worse. We were stopped in traffic, the car behind us saw a car speeding towards them and were able to move into the left shoulder, so my car was hit at about 50 mph. We flipped onto our side, but didn't roll all the way over, it ripped off the roof rack, and sent us into the median guard rail. Lucky for us there was a trooper across the way who saw it all and caught it on his dash camera, so help was there really fast and we had a reliable witness. Some of the other drivers for the temple trip came back to help and were able to drive us all home, which was so nice since we were still about 3 hours away from home. Everyone in the ward has been great offering to help. Now we're just waiting to hear back from the insurance company about being reimbursed for our car.

I picked James up from the airport on Sunday and we went to the last part of church. It was so good to see him again! Elise was so happy to have her daddy home, she just kept smiling and holding onto him. After church we started to drive away, and the brake line in our car (our only car, at this point) busted. Luckily we were still in the parking lot. We borrowed a car to get home, got our car to a shop to be fixed on Monday, and finally made it home. I was glad James was driving, otherwise it might have been enough to keep me from driving for a long time! No brakes and a car wreck in one weekend...I hope the bad luck is over!