Aaron's Run In...Literally (and getting ready for BYU FOOTBALL! GO COUGARS!)

Yesterday afternoon we were trying to get ready to head to the BYU Fireside that the football players put on before out of town football games. Jocelyn and her friends had to be picked up from school at 4:15...we were supposed to meet Papa at 5:00...it was 4:00 and I still wasn't ready to go; I asked Aaron if he would take the 3 younger kids and run to pick Jocelyn up from school so that I could finish getting ready... Well... I had just finished getting ready when I got a phone call from Aaron..."I just got in an accident"! He had 7 kids in the car...of course the first question was...is anyone hurt! Thank goodness nobody was hurt...everyone was fine. I ran next door to let the neighbor know their kids would be late...she and I ended up going and picking up all the kids so they didn't have to sit there while Aaron waited for the police to come. When we got there Addison started crying and I could tell that Taylore had been crying...I think it scared some of the kids pretty bad! We were REALLY lucky that they were all okay! They were hit hard enough that the guy's airbag came out; but we hope the damage isn't too bad...it doesn't look too bad; but you never know until you get it in to have it looked at. The guy that was driving the truck that hit them was uninsured; had no driver's license; had a passenger taht jumped out and took off; and it wasn't his truck...LOVELY...thank goodness for uninsured motorist insurance! (BTW...nobody in the other car was hurt either.)

We were able in the end to get to the fireside! It was really cool~! Mat & Emily kept Addison for us...which we were REALLY grateful for because it would have been crazy if Addison were there. There were so many people there...this was the biggest stake center I've ever seen...there were SO MANY PEOPLE...chairs totally filled the overflow, gym, and the stage...there were people standing around all the edges, people filled the hallways, and people in just about every room listening to it over the sound system. Haden LOVED that Fui Vakapuna spoke...I think he's probably Haden's favorite player (either that or he just likes saying his name)! It was pretty cool to see all of the players that we watch on TV every Saturday in this setting! Bronco Mendenhall and his wife both spoke, a couple of other players spoke, one of them played the piano, and they all sang the "Army of Helaman" song. I'm really glad we ended up going! And now we can't wait to go see them play some rough and tough football tonight...I am most excited to see them do the Haka before the game! I remember watching Bryce Mahuika's Dad do the Haka at a Relief Society function in Vancouver...I've always heard the story of this ritual that they do; and the story behind it; I've always wanted to see it done! Anyway...GO COUGARS!!!!!