What a day!

We had quite the day this yesterday. It was one of those days were everything that could go wrong, did!

11:00 drive to the Findleys to go swimming
11: 15 van dies while turning onto the Findleys street
11:30 make it to the Findleys house (via walking)
11:40 start making phone calls to get the car towed, and try to get a hold of Curtis, who was in meetings.
12:10 kids are done swimming, so Christi fixes lunch, while I walk to the van to put the key in it so that the tower can pick it up.
12:30 it starts raining, ruining the kids' picnic
12:45 van is towed
12:50 we realize I have no way of getting home.
12:55 finally get a hold of Curtis, who comes to take us home. We have to go in shifts, since we were in the little white car, and only had two carseats.
1:10 I get home with the boys.
1:15 Curtis leaves to get Elizabeth, and I lay down since I feel terrible.
1:20 I decide to take my temperature. 100 degrees. I call the nurse.
1:45 Curtis makes it home with Elizabeth. My temp is now 101.7 degrees. The nurse has told me to go to the lab to get a urinalysis. About this time we figure out that we aren't going to be able to get a rental till the car place call our warranty place and tells them what's wrong with the car, and a rental is approved by our warranty company.
2:00 I feed Benjamin and leave. Curtis is on the phone trying to figure out a way to expedite the process so that we can have a car that can fit all the carseats.
3:00 the nurse calls to let me know that I have a severe bladder infection (caused by the c-section) and calls in antibiotics.Curtis has worded with the car place, and the have graciously offered to go ahead and diagnose the problem.
3:30 I', feel really bad, all three kids are a mess.
3:50 we call Lindsay to help Curtis so that I can sleep.
4:00 Lindsay gets here right as Micah is chocking on the top to a bottle of soda, and throwing up.
4:30 we hear from the car place, the fuel pump has gone out. They get everything figured out, and we're able to get the ball rolling with the warranty company on our rental.
5:30 Our friends the Ackermans arrive with dinner, and more help.
6:40 Charles and Curtis go to pick up the rental, Elizabeth has been asleep for over an hour, Benjamin is screaming, and Micah is getting sleepy. Thank goodness Laura was here!
8:30 All three kids are asleep, which is good because my temp goes back up to almost 102. I'm a shivering, weeping mess.

What a day! But we were so blessed in all the drama. We had Christi who was able to help me with the kids while I got things figured out with the van. We had Lindsay who came over to help out. The Ackermans brought dinner, and helped out too. The car place worked with us, insuring that we got a rental for the weekend, allowing us to be able to make it to church. My doctor was able to quickly figure out what was wrong so that I could get treatment before the weekend. Isn't it amazing how gracious God is, and how blessed we are!

I am feeling better, but not great. We have a rental, but realized that the carseats were still in the van, and we had no way of getting them. Yay for the Arnolds and the Findleys who have extras that we can borrow!!

We feel so blessed by all our wonderful friends who have helped us through our crazy day!