...Are You Kidding Me?...

So Tuesday afternoon I headed home from work at about 4pm to meet a friend that wanted to look at our house. Nothing special about the day, just another day. Well, until about 30 seconds later.

I stopped at the stop-sign just on the corner of the property of the greenhouses, looked left, looked right, didn't see anything so I hit the gas to go across the highway and take the back roads to our house. A second later, DAMN! I didn't see car coming down the highway at 55-60 mph and I pulled right in front of her.

After impact, I spun a 180 and then rolled twice, (I think), I couldn't keep track with all of the glass flying all over the place and bouncing around the inside of the truck. I ended up in the passenger seat, sitting upright. No, I wasn't wearing my seat belt. I never forget to put the stupid thing on, but I was in a hurry and didn't remember. To be honest, I think that this was 1 in a million times when it was better that I didn't have my belt on. As you can tell from the pictures, the entire drivers side of the cab is crushed so I think I'd be a lot worse off if I was sitting in that seat the entire time.

After everything stopped, I climbed out of the passenger window as fast as I could to make sure that the other driver was OK. I was scared that I had just killed someone. I ran over to the lady's car and she was conscious and said she was OK, but she waited until the EMTs got there to move from the position that she was in.

All I can say is that I'm LUCKY! I feel humbled to be alive and not injured badly. All I got was a couple scraps on my face and some cuts on my hands. I haven't heard how the lady is, but I hope she's OK. Thank goodness for trucks. I've always believed that if you're in a bad wreck, you're better off in a big truck then a little sedan. I loved my truck, but I guess I'll have to start looking for a new one. Anyone know of a sweet deal on a new GMC Duramax???

My Sweet Boy's 1st Birthday!!!

I cannot believe it, my big blue eyed baby boy is ONE. Where has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday I held him in my arms for the first time. Brooks has been such a joy to our family, he is the happiest baby and he is so stinking cute. He is walking and has been since he was nine months. He is learning to talk and everytime I give him something he wants he says Thank You Mama. When he drops something he says Ah Oh, and when I say his name he says What. The past year has been so much fun with him and I love being a mom. I wish they could just stay little forever and snuggle with us. Happy Birthday Brooks we all love you so much.

We kicked off his Birthday a few days early with a combined B-day party with his cousin Linken at Grandma Barker's house where he loved the frosting on his cake.

On his birthday we took him to Chuch E Cheese where he was fearless and wanted to ride all the rides. He got lots of fun presents, and I think his favorite are his 4 Wheeler and his Lightning McQueen car. He had so much fun playing with all his little cousins and he gets so excited when all the kids get together. Thanks to everyone who came and made this day so fun for Brooks. Oh yah and along with the help of Aunt Summer I made the birthday cake. Not to shabby.

Finally pictures of Hawaii

Hawaii was a blast, it has to be the prettiest place on earth. We spent 10 days in Maui in 80 degree weather. We only got rained on the last two days and let me tell you it poured so hard we could hardly go outside. My favorite part was probably the Whale watching that was so much fun. It was peak season for whales so they were everywhere, one actually swam right under our boat. We ate at the best little cafe every morning for breakfast it's called the Kihei cafe so if you ever go to Maui and stay in Kihei you have to eat there. Our hotel was right on the ocean so we had a great view all the time. We had lots of fun and hope to go back someday.