The Last Week of School Started Out

. . . with an unexpected and scary goodbye to our van. Why is it when you know you have an extra busy week in front of you, that something always seems to happen to make it even more stressful? I'm not going to go into details of how it happened, but I got into an accident as I was leaving church 2 weeks ago. Angela and Nicole were not feeling well, so I was taking them home early. Fortunately we are all okay, the girls were completely fine. Those car seats worked well. I had a little bump on my head, a bruise on my hip, and woke up with a sore shoulder 3 days later. But I am pretty much completely healed now. I didn't want to go to the hospital, but Matthew insisted we have the baby checked out. So we headed off to the hospital and they monitored the baby for 2 hours and ran some tests. Everything is just fine. One advantage to getting in an accident right in front of the church is that there was lots of help right away. I don't remember everyone who came out to help, so thank you to the people who went and found Matthew, helped with my kids, took pictures, brought out a padded chair for me to sit on, lent us a car to take home, filled in for the lesson Matthew was supposed to give in Elder's Quorum, offered comfort and support, etc.
I really liked our van, so I was sad to hear it was was totaled. I'm sorry to say, I just don't get why some people give up their minivans for an SUV. We rented a sedan and then borrowed my parents suburban until we found a new van, and I was so glad to have a minivan again. Everyone was happier in it! No more "she's hitting me!" Here's a picture of our new van. And since it is a lot newer than our old one, there are some nice features I am enjoying.