We got side-swiped by a drunk driver!

So we were on our way back from CAL Ranch's grand opening in West Jordan yesterday at around 5pm. Now anyone living in Utah County knows that 5:00 is not the time you want to be on the road. Not because of drunk drivers, of course not, but because of the horrid traffic jams! We finally made it down I-15 to our Alpine/Highland exit. We took it and were merrily on our way home. Makell was asleep, Macey was crying and I was trying to console her and the other girls were just hanging out. We were completely stopped in traffic when out of the blue this big white Pella van coming the other way swerved right at us. Luckily he only broke out our driver's side mirror but by the sound of it you'd think he ripped off the entire side of the van! Aaron made an instant U-turn and we were in pursuit! I figured the guy would pull over but he didn't. We got up on his passenger side and motioned for him to pull over. He saw we were there and then just kept going. It was obvious that something was wrong with him. He was totally out of it, nodding off and swerving all over the road. I gave him the benefit of the doubt and said he was probably in a diabetic shock or something. I thought for sure he'd kill himself or someone else. We called 911 and reported the incident and were told to follow him until the police pulled him over. He got on I-15 southbound and we followed but he had run a red light so we were a ways behind. He took the Lehi exit and so did we but got stuck at 2 red lights and lost him. We kept driving for a while but couldn't find him. The police called and told us to meet them to fill out a police report. When we met the officer he told us they'd finally caught him in Eagle Mountain!! I can't believe he got that far and I can't believe he didn't kill someone. They found him intoxicated. What a LOSER!!!! How can people do that?! He could've killed a father, a pregnant mother and 4 small children! It just makes me so mad and sick! He'll probably get off easy too. Piece of crap!!!
I called Pella (he was driving the company van so I assume he works for them) today and left a message. I told them that I want to bring my entire family in and I expect to get a major apology from the LOSER himself. I do not hold Pella responsible or liable in any way, (other than they obviously need to screen their employees better). I hold this jerk totally responsible for drinking himself into an idiot and then taking other people's lives into his hands. If you know anyone who drinks and drives, do me a favor...punch them in the face (and then the cajones) for me!

Soon to be Seven Strong!

Well, I guess it's finally time to announce that we're having another baby. It wasn't something we planned but we're very excited to be bringing another special spirit into our home. Before I knew I was pregnant I kept feeling like someone was missing. I would have all my girls in the room and kept looking around for someone else. So I wasn't too surprised to see 2 lines on the pregnancy test. I went in for my first doctor's appointment last monday. The midwife wasn't able to find the heartbeat and had to go get the ultrasound machine. While she was gone getting the machine I realized how much I already love this baby and was praying we'd see a heartbeat on the ultrasound. It took a minute (one of the longest of my life) but we did finally see the little flicker of a heartbeat. We can't wait for June to be able to hold our little one in our arms!