My knight in shining armor on a white horse. . .

My knight in shining armor on a white horse. . .

ok so more like my husband in a red t-shirt in a 1989 white 15 passenger van

So Today I decided to take Zeke and travel to Hutchinson, MN for him to meet my Great Uncle Orville and Aunt Harriet. Danny was unable to go as he is driving bus tomorrow to an amusement park for a school in town.

I was proud of myself as I had everything packed and a sleeping child in the car seat as we took off about 1pm. At about 1:30pm, I start noticing an increase in shaking in the car and a weird noise. Then, it sounded (at least to me) like the entire underside of the car fell out on the interstate. Not to over exaggerate, but, I freaked out and called my husband panicking on the side of the road. In describing my difficulty on the phone, I came to realize I had a flat tire. My first thought was: "Awesome, a flat tire only 30 minutes into the trip with a newborn. How fun." Ok, so that wasn't my first thought. I climbed out the car and with the instruction book in hand starting changing the tire.

Thankfully, I had changed quite a few tires while living in the mountains in MT for a bit. But, this was a bit more exciting as the semi trucks flew by me on the interstate and with my baby asleep in his car seat. To make an already long story shorter, I was only able to get one of the five wheel nuts loose by myself. I guess I really need to get back in shape after having a baby. So, I called Danny and out he came to save the day in this: Our 15 passenger van :)

He changed the tire and calmed me down (I'm not sure what was the harder job). I decided to forfeit the trip to Hutchinson for another weekend, and back to Fergus we headed. Overall, it was a very exciting four hours that I traveled 37 miles away from out house and 37 miles back to our house.

And, I am really thankful Zeke and I are ok as this is what the tire looks like. I guess it was more of a blowout than a flat tire.

I prayed for safety for Zeke and me as we left on this adventure and God provided that. Thank you God! And, as you can see from the picture below, Zeke was pretty chilled out through the whole adventure as he slept through it. I love my husband and I'm so thankful!