Watch out for that ....deer!??!

No doubt that my title got your attention! Life has been very busy around here and we seem to have one thing after another going on! Last week our dryer kicked the bucket and when you have 6 people that you are doing laundry for that is NOT a good thing! God helped us to get a really good deal on a rental unit. Whirlpool frontloader washer and dryer..my DREAM washing machine and dryer! We actually are getting a few weeks free rental due to a deal the store has running right now! Besides the fact that Danny is out of work and not having success in finding a job, I wrecked and possibly totaled our van last night! I was driving along and all of the sudden right in front of my headlight was a deer! I slammed on the brakes and the deer went flying! Amazingly, my airbag did not deploy and Caleb nor I were injured..thank God! Our van did not fare so well! The whole front end is damaged and the headlight is gone. When I hit the deer, it was on a lone road with not much traffic and it was dark outside and I did not have our cell phone with me. Since I had no way to call and report it and the van was still running, I drove back to where I came from and got Danny. Our church hosted a Missions Benefit Dinner and Concert to raise money for hurricane relief for the Turks & Caicos Islands where Danny went in Sept. We are thankful that God helped us raise a decent amount. Danny was helping clean up when I drove back with the news and my headlight literally hanging from the side of the van! We called the Ins. company and they are in the process of reporting it and getting us a rental while the damage is looked at. Sadly, because of it being the week-end, the rental company is not open, so we have to wait until Monday. We will let you know how this story plays out...

One good, fun thing that happened is that my parents treated us to a fun fieldtrip to the Creation Museum in Kentucky! We left Sunday afternoon and checked into our motel suite and then we visited the Frankfort Bible Methodist Church for their Sunday evening service. We enjoyed our time there and appreciated how welcoming and friendly the people were to us. And it was fun to chat with fellow bloggers ;o) Then we hit the museum at 9 the next morning. It was awesome to see and hear the Gospel message so clearly presented! We really enjoyed the replica of Noah's ark and the Garden of Eden. Very well done! We expected to be there all day and were surprised to finish touring at 1 in the afternoon. We did miss a lot of the outdoor stuff because of it being too cold so that cut our time down considerably. We then visited a Train Museum that had the World's largest indoor train track! Very cool! They had small replicas of towns and countryside as well as bridges over water and almost anything else you can think of! The kids loved it and they had an observation deck so you could go above it and see the whole thing which was HUGE! They also had an entire indoor play area that featured Thomas the Train playsets and big toy trains to climb on as well as a jungle gymn area! This was a BIG hit with the kids as well! The next day we visited Jungle Jim's grocery store. A HUGE market that sells almost anything you can think of food-wise. They had it decorated really cute but did not allow any pics to be taken, so you will just have to visit it for yourself! We found raw peanuts and fresh collard greens to buy. We made boiled peanuts and had cooked collards for our supper one night this week! Mmmm! Two southern dishes that we all LOVE! It is hard to find raw peanuts and fresh collards around here.

Caleb also finally had his 6 month check-up and he is doing well. He weighs around 14 lbs and is 26 inches tall. He had to get his shots and was quite cranky the day after but doing good now. Well, I think that is all our news for now...;o) Here come the pics!

Our wrecked and possibly totaled van.

Patiently waiting while the tickets were being bought.

They were soo excited!

Checking out the display in the main room.

Becca with one of the many cool dinosaurs!

I will post more pics later..Danny needs the computer for his schoolwork.;o)