Well, where do I start? As we were approaching our freeway entrance to get home after church we noticed the traffic slowing. We also noticed a police officer flagging cars to turn around. So when got up to the front the officer told us the freeway was closed because of an accident we asked him how long it would be closed and he snapped back "there is a 40 car pile-up it could be closed for 8 hours". What 8 hours? You have got to be kidding me. Nope he wasn't kidding. So after calling some friends from church we ended up going to lunch, going to Target and the Mall and than deciding to go back to church to let the kids play in the nursery. Well around 7:00 (we got out of church at 2) we heard that some people had made it home through an alternate route which takes about 3 hours, So we decided to try the same thing since the freeway wasn't opening up anytime soon. So we did and we rolled into our house a little before 10:00 Pheww what a day!
We really are counting our blessings today because that is the road we have to take every single day to get to and from home. Also we didnt realize how much we take for granted. A road to get home, a home, food, extra clothes. So we are looking at life a little differently today.
Come to find out it was actually around 100 cars involved along a 4 mile stretch. (Glad we didnt leave church early that day, thank goodness for callings.)
Oh yeah and did I mention I had BBQ Chicken in the crock pot waiting for us when we got home.
mmmmm!
mmmmm!
6 comments:
I think it still looks good enough to eat! I hope you at least saved it for some leftovers!
P.S. I am so happy that you guys got home safely! Even if it was 7 Hours later!!!
That is so scary! I'm glad you made it home safely. :)
i love that you took a picture of your burned dinner! what an ordeal that was. i'm so glad for friends and cell phones and people being okay.
We heard about that on the news! Bad stuff! I'm glad you guys are alright...was it kind of fun shopping on Sunday?! = ) Oh, and you have to give me that chicken recipe...looks delish!
I was thinking about your crockpot fiasco yesterday as I was putting our brisket in the oven. I had to let it cook through church. Good thing I was able to make it home on time - I left our back door unlocked, just in case.
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