Happily Ever After: Blowing a tire on the Interstate....

It's hard to believe but tomorrow is our 5th annual Ladies Tea! I have so many memories attached to each year's event- all the learning, meeting new friends, singing, and having a blessed day with other like-minded women. But I think this year will stand out in my mind for a couple reasons. #1- This is my first year attending the Tea after being married. I think it will change my whole perspective on the talks and the lessons. #2- I will always associate this years Tea with me blowing out my first tire. lol I went to church on Thursday morning to help out with food prep for this weekend. I had a lovely time talking, laughing, and cutting up veggies with all the ladies who came to help. Around 1:30 Justin calls and says he is home from work but the door is locked so he can't get in. Of course this happens on the hottest day of the year when it's 100 degrees outside. :P So anyway, I left the church heading home when all the sudden the truck starts to make funny noises, lean towards the left, and gets really hard to drive. I pull to the shoulder thinking, "I think I just blew a tire... joy". lol I called Justin who had no way of getting to me since we only have the truck. So he called the guy from work who had just dropped him off at the house. They both came to my rescue and saved the day! :)

Here are some pictures of the event...

Doesn't the tire look like it was shredded? Well at least the rims didn't bend.

Dan Wagenbach, who we all call Boone, and Justin arrived shortly after I called. Here Justin is trying to get the itty bitty jack they give you in the back of the truck to prop the truck up. After awhile of trying to get it to work we realized that it was no way near big enough to even lift the truck an inch.

Shortly after Justin and Boone got there the Chief of Tremont Police stopped by to make sure we were okay and to park his car out a little on the road to protect the guys as they worked. I had a lovely time talking with him while the guys did all the work. :)

Here the guys are still trying to figure out if it will get higher or not.

Getting the spare out from under the truck. Turns out the spare we had under there was nicer than the other tires already on the truck. lol

After deciding the jack we had wasn't going to work at all. We took the company truck back to where Justin works to get a much nicer jack that their mechanic uses. Once at the shop, Boone had to leave so Justin and I took the truck back to ours and fixed the tire in record timing. The Chief kept trying to get out of the way when I was getting pictures but I finally got one when he wasn't paying attention and he just laughed saying I had "caught him".

All-in-all it was a neat experience for me to witness, although Justin isn't too happy about having to look into getting new tires really soon. lol

I had full confidence in my husband and I was proud of the way he just went to work on fixing the tire. I'm also thankful for Boone being so willing to help us out and for the sweetest police man ever who stayed the whole time and even gave us an escort to the gas station to put some more air in the spare/new tire. I'm also thankful that no one was hurt and that the Lord protected everyone even while we were on the side of a busy highway. :)

In other news: Josh, Jen, and Jael have finally moved into their new home!! After six months of them living with my parents they are ready to have their own space. Josh is happy to have his own place after spending 6 years in the Air Force. Jen is happy cause she grew up in a Air Force family which means she moved a lot, now she can put down some roots and stay in one spot for awhile. I'm happy because they only live about 25ish minutes from me now! *grins* It's a nice change after having them in Italy and then Oklahoma.

Here Jael and I are playing in her new playroom while the guys brought in all their moving boxes and furniture.