Heading North

So Melissa and I headed north, leaving at 11 PM because her cousin's husband Dennis was coming up with us and he is a night driver. This was great news though because it really makes the trip go faster... especially those big cities.

Our big excitement though was not long after we started. Dennis had to swerve quick to not completely run over a huge tire that had busted in the middle of the road. As it was, we still hit part of it. We didn't think too much of it though and kept on going. It wasn't about a half hour later the oil light came on and the car was smoking. We pulled over and sure enough... we had a bad oil leak. Unsure what was wrong without a good flashlight, we limped to a close gas station where thankfully! there was a police officer... Praise the Lord! He let us borrow his flashlight and Dennis was able to determine that there was a hole in the oil filter. That was excellent news! Easily fixed. The cop was ever so nice to drive Dennis to the nearest Walmart (about 1o minutes away) while Melissa and I sat in the car and waited. It wasn't long and we were back on our way.

We were however thankful for our wise husbands and a faithful God who knew that we would need Dennis along.... and a cop not far away :O) Who knows if we would have been able to figure it out on our own as we joke... neither one of us even knows how to change a tire :O)

~Olive


P.S. The rest of the trip went fast and we made it safely there!

Cutie Pie!!!

This is the darling boy that I now baby sit for a couple times a week. I've only watched him twice so far but I was sooooo sad to see him go. His mom had me take his 7 1/2 month pictures (which is why I have photos of him) but he is such a doll. He smiles almost all the time and that's doing pretty good when you have teefers growing!!! He's such a snuggler too. He loves to bury his face down into your shoulder/neck, especially right after he wakes up. I told Popeye if our little boy is just half as cute.... we're in great shape!


~Olive