Enjoy It While It Lasts

I promise I will do some updating about our Holiday adventures, but I just haven't had time yet to sort through pictures and figure out what to post. In the meantime, here's a small tidbit that will hopefully satisfy you until then:

This happened last Sunday as Ben and the first counselor in the bishopric were taking the tithing to the bank. Ben was driving our Santa Fe and was waiting for on-coming traffic to clear so he could make a quick U-turn to park in front of the bank on the other side of the street. That's when a drunk driver rear-ended him, going approximately 30mph. Thankfully, no one was hurt!! Our car, on the other hand, received about $5,000 worth of damage. The drunk had insurance, luckily, and they have picked up the tab for the repairs and a rental car. Needless to say, the police did a sobriety test and then arrested the drunk.

The rental we got is so nice! It's practically brand new and only had about 980 miles on it. It even still smells like a new car! Ben drives it every chance he gets, and I even find myself excited to go to work because it means I can drive it! It is a pretty smooth ride and has lots of nice features (Ben's favorite is the back-up camera). We are trying to enjoy it while it lasts!

Here's is Ben's re-enactment of what happened. He is the tan car and the drunk is the black car.

We are thankful that Ben and Brother Eppich were protected and uninjured, despite the fact that the accident happened.