Thanks be to God!

This isn't really the post that I thought would be the first after vacation. Yes, I'm definitely slacking on that one, but I will get to it.

Rob had a race last night and thirty laps into the fifty lap race, as he was running in either 4th or 5th place, he had the most horrific accident that I've ever seen in person. He came out of turn 4, on the inside of another race car. The other driver essentially turned left on him and Rob's right front tire caught the other car's left front tire. This caused Rob's car to be launched over the top of the other car and it started to barrel roll. He hit the wall on the front stretch, bounced off (still rolling) and continued to roll as he slid across the asphalt into the infield in the center of the track. His car was still moving forward and then it finally stopped. It was crushed and Rob didn't put his door net down to indicate that he was okay. I saw the whole thing and as he was launched into the air and until he got out of the car, all I could do was scream, "Oh my God! Oh my God!" I know that my God heard my anguished scream because Rob did get out of the car on his own. He is okay, but we went to the hospital last night to make sure he got checked out because he blacked out and did not remember parts of the crash. I want to thank our friends who were there with me and took care of Cody when all I could do was pray that my husband wouldn't be killed. I've never been so scared before when he was in a wreck. I am thankful that he and his crew spend so much time and effort making sure that the car is in the best shape it can be in. Yes, the car is totalled, but all of the safety features did their job. The halo, or roll cage, has a crack in it so I know that it hit hard. I also want to thank Spleeve and Steph for watching Cody when we went to the hospital. It is such a blessing to have friends who will drop everything to come to our rescue. Spleeve came over to our house so that Cody could go to sleep in his own bed. Thank you!

Before we went to the hospital (because it wasn't life threatening), Rob came home to take a shower and I put Cody to bed. Before he got in the shower he was telling me what happened as I hadn't had a chance to talk with him one on one yet. He went through the story and said that while he was rolling over he saw a blinding flash of white light and at that point, he thought he was going to die. So I say, thank you God for not taking my husband and Cody's father yet. I guess He just knew that I wouldn't be able to go on without him. If you pray, please thank God again for me and my family. I would appreciate it. Peace to you all!

Goin' on Vacation!

Yea! Cody and I leave for Ohio in the morning. By the way, it's 11:24 pm and I'm not done packing , but I'm blogging! Did I mention that we leave the house at 5:30 am? What is wrong with me? I know, I know, I am the Queen of Procrastinators! We'll see you next week with lots of pics... we'll have chili dogs at Netty's, hang out in Lake Eric, do our annual bar crawl at Put-in-Bay... see you soon!!!

Cody's new game

So my son has finally figured out just how much fun it is to dump all of the toys out of his little toy basket all over the floor! And he realized he's still small enough that he can sit in the basket! I didn't get a picture of him trying to stand on his head in the basket- I was laughing too hard!

Fun at Shauna's house!

On Tuesday night, Cody and I were lucky enough to be able to get together with two of my best friends, Jenni and Shauna, and Shauna's adorable daughter, Makayla. We had such a great time catching up! The best part was that since we were at Shauna's house, the kids could run around and play and we got to sit and chat with minimal interuptions. Okay, I had to put Cody in time out like three times! It was really great because we don't get a chance to get together all that often and it was so much fun watching Cody and Makayla play together. He is such a boy and she is all girl! She wants to hug on him and hold his hand and he wants nothing to do with that! However, he does love Makayla's doll stroller! He loves pushing that thing around! I guess he figures that since it has four wheels it must be some kind of car! I actually remembered to take some of Cody's toys and apparently he thinks that he's supposed to put his truck in the stroller!

What can I say?
Here's Jenni with both of the kids. I tend to think of two crazy toddlers as being the ultimate form of birth control, but Jenni loved it! She put up with Cody running and dive bombing her, trying to tickle her, jumping all over her and more! And this was at the end of the night! Jen, you're going to be such an awesome mom one day! Thanks for putting up with my out of control son! He is pretty hysterical though! "Hey bebe!" Shauna (and Omar), thanks for having us over! Dinner was delicious and, as usual, Cody and I had a blast! When are we doing this again? P.S. Happy Belated Birthday Pick! Lots of love! <>

Oh so "Wicked"!

This past weekend, I finally did what so many of you have already done... I finally saw "Wicked" in LA at the Pantages Theatre. It was awesome! I've never really been into "The Wizard of Oz", in fact, I've never seen the movie, but I loved the show! Stephanie was good enough to take me as her date, although she still can't believe Spleeve (her husband) didn't want to go! We had a great time!

We had a crazy adventure at the McDonald's on Hollywood Blvd. It's on the corner of Hollywood and Highland and it's nearly impossible to find parking on a Saturday. So, I just jumped out, crossed the street (as Steph drove off down the street to try and find somewhere to turn around), went in to Mickey D's and placed our order in the busiest McDonald's I've ever been in! It was out of control! They were very quick and in about 10 minutes (waiting in line AND getting food) I was out the door into Steph's car which was waiting (parked illegally) ever so close! We were still early to the show so that Steph had time to shop for "Wicked" merchandise... and did she ever! :) I had a wonderful time and can't wait for the next show!