On Monday night for FHE, we visited the McCormicks in Ogden. Todd was a mission companion of Brian's in Chile and we get together with our families about once a year. They own some horses and one of their horses had a baby! The kids were so excited to see a two-week old colt. Zoey was a little afraid of the mom horse at first...
It was a fun evening with friends, food, and fun times.
On the way home we were fortunate to narrowly escape a very scary accident! It was nearly 11pm, we were tired and wanted the kids to sleep in the car while we drove home...but our peaceful moment was interrupted! Luckily everyone had seat belts on!
A car a little ways in front of us was following a truck hauling a wooden crate box. The crate box wasn't secured properly, fell off, and hit the hood of the little white car behind it. The car spun of of control, hitting another vehicle and then the cement barrier. We swerved around the crate and slammed on our brakes just in time to avoid hitting any other vehicles and getting hit ourselves. The freeway was pitch black except for a few headlights, so it was extremely hard to see anything at all. Several vehicles were damaged by debris, including ours, so we had to stick around to fill out police reports. Brian hopped out to check the other vehicles to make sure the passengers were OK. Luckily, only minor injuries...a surprise by even the emergency responders! Several cars were totaled and the mangled mess looked like their could have been fatalities! I'm surprised it wasn't any worse.
I'm glad Brian was driving because his fast reactions saved our little family. It was a scary moment and the freeway was completely shut down for half an hour...all 4 lanes were blocked heading southbound. We finally made it home by mid-night, with tired kids and tired parents! BUT at least we arrived home!
So glad you are safe. Horses have rocked out little ones to sleep too making it challenging to steer the horse and hold them semi comfortably.
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