Saturday, September 15, 2007

A change of plans

Tomorrow, Curtis' and my niece is being dedicated. Curtis and I really wanted to be there to share in the special day with Chris and Terra. So, we made plans to head up to Wichita Falls, spend tonight with Curtis' Dad, then surprise Chris and Terra at church in the morning.

Surprise is on us!

We were driving down Hwy 6, just about 200 yds from our exit in Waco. I was in the back trying to help the kiddos go to sleep when I hear a terrible noise. I quickly tell Curtis to pull over, but he can't, we're on a bridge. Then there's too much stuff on the side of the road. Finally we get off, and just as we suspect, our back right tire is flat. We call our insurance, and have someone come out to help us.

At this point, it's about 8:20 and there are so tire places open. The road side assistance gets there, and put our donut no, but we can't go more than 50 miles on it. We're 90 miles from home. A very nice man at Pep Boys was staying late to see if we could patch the tire. But, when we got the tire off, we quickly learned that there was no patching that could fix it, we would need a new tire.

So tonight, we are staying at a hotel in Waco. Tomorrow, we will go buy a new tire and head home. Even though we are very disappointed to not be able to join our family for Charleigh's dedication, we are very thankful that we are safe and sound. Oh, and thanks Mom for your help finding a hotel and getting in touch with the nice tire man!

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