We decided as a family to trade in the standard Christmas for a trip back to Tucson to visit family. We'd all been so looking forward to it. So on Friday morrning (you can hardly call 0300 "morning") we left home to travel "home" for the holiday. We made it to Jackson, Mississippi, and then all of a sudden, "Screeeech", "Bam", "BANG!" We were involved in a six-car pile-up on I-20. Some junk blew out of a truck several vehicles ahead and everything came to a screeching halt, but not fast enough, because we got slammed from behind by a big F-350 diesel and pushed into the truck in front of us. We are all okay... Melissa, and Kate got banged up, and Lillian was pretty shaken up, but we are all okay. After the ambulance ride, several hours in the hospital, and a trip to the rental car co., we were back enroute to Tucson... arriving late Saturday night.
Here's a couple pictures of what's left of our Suburban:
We are thankful for little Kate's prayer as we left the house in Huntsville... we all made it safely to Arizona. We are blessed that no one was serously injured. As we continued along our journey, we saw evidences of others whom Providence hadn't shined so brightly upon.
Well, it's official. We're now fully qualified residents of Huntsville, AL. We've been to the US Space and Rocket Center. It was way cool. To be honest, we've been twice, but the photos attached are from our first landing there. In the photo above, the girls are standing under one of the engines of the famous Saturn V rocket... you know, the kind that took the Apollo crews to the moon! Mondo Hugoso!
Here's Lilly in front of an astronaut that has a bad case of social anxiety... I feel bad for him. His mother pinning a sign to him and all. He probably got beat up a lot as a kid... nerds usually do... and those are just the type that turn into astronauts.
Here's Kate giving Neil Armstrong a run for his money... she's trying to make it back to Earth safely in the Apollo command module... no don't puch that button Kate!!!! Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!
And finally, here's the girls taking a stab at scaling a wall on Mars! I was going to make some comment about one of the climbers not being able to get back down, but to protect the innocent, I'll refrain.
