Weekend Adventure

Last weekend we made a spontaneous trip to Utah. Spontaneous as in we decided to go around 9pm on Thursday night and come 9am Friday morning we were on the freeway heading south. We were trying to make a lunch appointment with AJ's siblings at Tucano's. We had to make a couple stops before we actually left. Things were going pretty well until we hit Ogden area. We heard a loud thump, but couldn't see anything we'd hit and the road seemed pretty smooth so we kept going. A couple miles down the road the car started to wobble a little. AJ merged over to the right lane so we could figure out what was wrong. I looked in my side mirror and could see the rear tire was flat. We were trying to make it the last 500-ish yards to the exit ramp... No such luck. The car started to really wobble and vibrate and sound like a helicopter was landing on the roof and then there was a loud pop! We pulled over and stopped amid a smoking tire on the side of the freeway. The entire wall of the tire was totally shredded. AJ turned into our he-man, warrior daddy and changed that tire quick. It only took him about 20 minutes to get the spare on, but it was a little low so we had to stop and put some more air in it. However, we were only a few minutes late for lunch and a delicious lunch it was. I'm definitely glad I wasn't driving when we had catastrophic tire failure... It would've freaked me out and I wouldn't have been able to change the tire, especially with a little baby in the back seat. Whew! Thank goodness for my amazing husband hero.

The spare on the car and the flat, very popped tire.

After lunch we went and unloaded the car at Tavia and Seth's. Then we went and got our tire replaced. I got a few things for Joseph's Halloween costume. I'm not gonna spill the beans on that one yet... you'll just have to check back. After that we went over to Chris and Jewelia's house and hung out with them and their kids. They had quite a house full when we got there but the more, the merrier. Tavia and Ruby came over and we all got to visit. It's always fun to get to spend time with them.

On Saturday, we hung out with Tavia and Ruby until Seth got back from work and then while he took a nap. We then were able to go with the three of them up American Fork Canyon. The trees were all starting to turn orange and yellow. It was gorgeous. AJ and I were able to go up there last year, almost a year ago exactly, and it's definitely something I enjoyed both times.

This year, we got out at Cascade Springs and made the little hike down and around the springs. The foliage was all fall-colored and very pretty.

Tavia took some family pictures for us. We really needed to get some done with Joseph. The only other family photo we have we took on our back patio. It was alright but these ones turned out much cuter.

We went to Sacrament Meeting on Sunday with Seth and Tavia. After that we went back and packed up the car. We left around 3pm and had far less excitement on the trip back home... all our tires stayed intact. It was a fun little adventure, our weekend trip. Hopefully, it won't be too long before we get back down there.