Just Four Short Months Ago......

We were so excited to have a new van! We LOVE our van! It is so nice to have so much space! We can take Beckett and Helen's friends with us when we go places! We take good care of it and try to keep it vacumed and cleaned out! Did I say we LOVE our van? Well, on Sunday we left church and went to Turkey Creek because I needed to run in to Target to return a couple of items and to buy two strands of lights for our Christmas tree. It was going to be one of those "in and out" trips while Sean and the kids waited in the car for me. Before we could get to Target, we had an accident. I won't go in to all of the specifics, but we were "rear ended" and the back of our van is now crunched up pretty bad! Everyone is OK (even though my neck, shoulders and even my collar bone (seriously!) are really sore!) but the van took it pretty hard! We were able to avoid hitting the crazy driver who caused the accident, but the man behind us was not able to avoid hitting us. Some people have asked me if I'm sad about my new van being all smashed up, but I'm really not. I'm so thankful that no one was hurt! It is just a car! We are blessed to have two other vehicles that we will be able to drive when the van goes to be repaired! So, just as a reminder...here was the big day just four short months ago............

And here is what it looks like today! (Along with some dramatic poses from Beckett and Helen!)

If you happen to live in this area and you plan to drive in Turkey Creek area between now and Christmas, please be careful! The police officer told us that he had written up 10 similar accidents over the past 3 days on the same stretch of road. The traffic in there seems to have trippled in the last few weeks! Please be careful no matter where you are driving!