Monday, March 23, 2009

bad luck


We just can't seem to ever get ahead. On Feb 13th, of course it was fri the 13th, Alex and I went to Salt Lake for the weekend to go to the Monster jam. I drove the red car from Afton and Al drove the silver bullet (Nates old car) from work in Pinedale. Well he got almost to Evanston when the P.O.S broke down. So after 3 hrs of driving I had to turn around and drive back to evanston and pick him up. I have a point and I will get to it. So, Natalie took a trip to my house so that she could bring me and the kids home because Al had to drive the red car back to work. So now we were down to one car. We decided to buy Tom's '74 ford truck and fix it up for al to drive to and from work so I could have a car. Well, an hour after we got it out of the shop Al and I got into a roll over accident! We were passing a tractor going 25 mph and the roads were slick and it just spun us around 180 degrees and we landed in the ditch and onto the hood. We (stupidly) were not wearing our seatbelts so thank heavens for padded roofs. I thank god everyday for not letting it be our "time" because I can't imagine our kids not having either of their parents.BTW we weren't hurt just the truck. Point of the story: we're down to one car again!
Needless to say, our tax returns has to go to buying a new car. We were going to get a new tv. Just add it to the "want" list. (sorry the photo is so small its from my phone camera)

Thursday, February 26, 2009

long time no....write?

Wow! Alot has happened in the last 4 months. Of course we had Thanksgiving. Which we celebrated with Al's family this year...or I should say the kids and I did. Alex had to work. Mom took us all (18 of us) to Disneyland for christmas. It was really fun. Although, it would have been better had Alex been there (he had to work..again). Christmas was good. It felt great being able to buy everything ourselves this year. In the past we've gotten help from al's parents. Its a good feeling knowing that you'll have money for your next meal. Im trully grateful for Alex being able to have such a great job and sacrifice his family time for a job. I'm very proud of him.