Adventures in Farmington

This last weekend we went to Farmington, NM to visit Ryan's parents for spring break. Ryan and I were able to basically fall in love again.. we went on dates and had lunch together and it was a ton of fun. One day we went shopping, another we went golfing and it is awesome to find things that we both have in common and like to do that we don't normally do.

We also spent time with Ryan's dad's horses and Kate loved it... I think we will have to start calling Frank old mcdonald because everytime we went by the horses kate would say e-i-oooohhh. it was really cute.

And of course we had to spend as much time in the hot tub as possible...





And what's a good trip without a little drama right... we were supposedly leaving for home on Wed for a number of reasons but mostly because Kate seemed really sick, so we packed up said a prayer and drove off... about an hour later we got behind a slow truck and finally passed him. once we started picking up speed, the steering wheel was shaking like the alignment was off, so we kept going thinking it would correct itself but then the tire started to clunk.. clunk... so we hurried and pulled over thinking we had a flat. we didn't have a flat, instead our tire was being held on with 1 bolt and nut. there should be 4... the other 3 bolt were completely sheered off so we couldn't even tow the car because the wheel would fall off. Here's the part of the story that is a miracle in my eyes.... If this would have happened going 80 miles an hour... I think the whole wheel would have popped off and I don't want to know what would have happened then... also this happened directly in front of some random visitors center for indian tours.... there was nothing else but desert for miles either way... luckily there was someone inside the visitors center and had a phone we could use because we didn't have reception to call ryan's parents... again luckily they were home and answered the phone because Kim was supposed to be in a class and Frank wouldn't have answered... but she decided to not go to class. Anyway I don't doubt that we have guardian angels watching over us and that heavenly father hears and protects us.

So we waited for an hour for kim and frank to come rescue us... so meanwhile Kate was feeling better and enjoyed being out of her car seat and eating granola bars and pretzels... she also spent some time making angels in the dirt (dirt angels ???)


Once they got there we finally got the car on the trailer (it was quite an ordeal) and the thing fit by inches...which is a miracle too i think. The front grid was sandwiching the bar of the trailer, and the back wheels were pretty much just hanging on enough to stay on the trailer.

So while crossing our fingers and after saying another prayer we made it back to farmington and saw this. which was sad but kind of commical... if you can't tell what's happening, click on the picture to enlarge it and you'll see in the background a hay truck completely on it's side... it came around the corner and tipped completely over...Ryan's mom said quick take a picture, because that is another one of what she calls "farmington moments" meaning basically only in farmington would you see something like this.

Anyway we got the car fixed and made it home safely the next day, Kate got feeling better and I will remember that trip because it helped me come out of a tough rutt that I was in. and I feel like I got some good laughs, had some bonding time, and now I'm back on my feet again.