Minor crash

Our latest news is that we (all of us were in the car)were in a minor accident on the 605 freeway. We were coming back from a dr. appointment and we were driving in the car pool lane. Our lane was cruising with no problems but the lanes to the right side of us started stopping and getting backed up. All of a sudden we saw a white compact car swerve over into our lane. Daniel was driving and tried to swerve over as much as he could to avoid the car but he could only get over so much before we'd make contact with the wall on the other side of us. We ended up hitting the car's side view mirror and knocking it off. It could have been a lot worse. Luckily I have a husband who's been in a few crashes and now drives a big Paramedic van so he's had a bit of training in defensive driving. The best part was when we all pulled over and the other driver came over her first words were "You hit me!" Daniel had to remind her that it's not okay to swerve into another lane on the freeway to avoid hitting the person in front of her. She finally accepted fault after we had a CHP officer come out and let her know that you can't do that. The scratches started at my door and spanned the length of the rear passenger's side door and dented the wheel well. I am glad that I was not driving or we would have probably ping-ponged from car to wall to another car and my car would have been dented on both sides!! But no one was hurt. Just my car. Cody was a bit confused about what happened but after explaining it to him he keeps telling everyone that a naughty person hit our car.
We've been so lucky to avoid any crashes for about 7 years but now we are going through the ups and downs of rental cars, making recorded statements to the insurance, dealing with another person's insurance, and all the other fun stuff. Here are a few pictures of the damages.

Father Son time!

There's nothing like a little Father-Son get away! Marc, Daniel and Cody took a quick little over night er camping trip this past weekend. They went to O'Neill Park in Orange County. This was Cody's first time camping and looks as though there will be many more of these trips in the future. The boys had a great time. Unfortunately, because of the heat they couldn't build a fire which is half of the fun, but they worked around that. Our ward was suppose to have their annual Fathers/Sons camp out but it was postponed last minute and Daniel had already planned for it and told Cody they were going camping. For those of you who have a child around 4 years old, you can't tell them you are going somewhere and get them excited for it and then say you aren't going without a bit of a fuss from them. Cody loved going in and out of the tent and calling it his house. Daniel has been very anxious for Cody to get to the age where he could take him camping among the many other Father/Son activities Daniel has planned for them two. So anyhow, they had a fun night and was awaken by the sun blazing hot, bright and early the next morning. Maybe one of these times they will be able to convince Mommy to come along. While the boys were gone I took advantage of my alone time. I took a trip to the craft store and started getting ambitious again with my painting and other crafts I am working on. I missed my boys but had a fun night to myself.

Cody just hanging out

Cody with his "little house" in the back
Unloading the truck
Getting everything set up
Daniel with his mini-me!