AAGGGHHHH!!!! or ahhhhhhhhhh.....

This post was originally intended to be put up Sunday, was having trouble loading pictures and then ran out of time to work on it.

Talk about a crazy roller coaster ride of a week. This is the epitome. Monday we trekked over to French Lick Indiana for a long overdue daytrip. We started out our trip with a two hour trip on the train.

Andrew's dad was visiting, I think he enjoyed the trip too.

 We saw some absolutely beautiful countryside.

Then we met with some excitement. A group of train robbers.

Yes, they robbed us, at gunpoint if you asked them too. (They were taking up donations for local charities).

Then we decided to check out the hotels. Someone asked which one we stayed at, neither of them THIS time. I am planning on Andrew and I going back by ourselves for a day or two though. This is the French Lick Hotel, it has the new casino attached to it.

The following picture is the closest I will ever get to a casino. Andrew absolutely forbids it. There was a sign that said no pictures but this picture was at the security guard's suggestion. Guess she thought it was funny :-).

So when we go back, I will choose to stay at the West Baden Hotel. It is WAY more laid back and relaxing as you can see below. Both have spas and I will want to take full advantage but French Lick is the exciting one (it reminds me too much of work though, these are the kinds of places we get to stay when we go to national conventions--lots of activities and lots of busy-ness). West Baden, I could sit out on the porch and watch the fountain and the gardens and be perfectly content.

So, life gets back to normal a bit and then this.........

Yes, it is Robert's new car. Last Thursday morning he was headed to a friend of ours to buy tools for school. People think it was a joke, but he really was stopping to save a turtle. The turtle was hit by a semi while Robert was falling into the culvert. We have a lot of good people in Jasper county. One of those "Catch the Spirit, Live the Dream" days for me. The guys with the towing company were so very careful. You cannot tell there is anything wrong with the car just by looking at it. Underneath it, there is some cosmetic damage but had Ron Slane and his company not took the time to get it out, they could have pulled it straight out and totalled it. They had to hold the front end down with a second truck to keep it from flipping. It will be fixed but I am so very thankful to God for watching over him that day and for saving the car that he absolutely loves. I only had my own "first car" a couple of months when I totalled it.

So, this week hopefully will be more calm and relaxing. I hope!