"Change of Plans"

Recently my dear friend Angie reminded me that the words "change of plans" seemed to have been used quite frequently in our family of three. Well Angie, I have to agree...and now perhaps I will be more leery of "making plans".

We had everything set to go. Good news from the doc, clearance to go home, finished with a great birthday party for Jax (that blog to come soon), and the car was loaded. We decided to spend a few days with Jacob and Amanda Henderson. We had a gift from the Benito Juarez congregation to deliver and we couldn't think of a better way to end things here. We also thought that this would work out perfectly because we could drive into the city on a Sunday where there is lighter traffic and such.

So we pulled into Childress Wednesday afternoon, had dinner with the Henderson clan, and even worshipped with the Church there. That evening a terrible storm came through (insert tornado scene music from Wizard of Oz here). With 102 mile winds...the entire top half of Jacob and Amanda's sycamore tree landed on our van.

Altough unquestionably frustrated, we can laugh about it now. When Jacob looked out the window and then looked at us and relayed the news that there was a tree on our car, we for sure thought he was joking. However, just like a scene from a movie, we were looking out the window, a crash of thunder and then a bolt of lightning lit up the sky and there we saw our 6 month old van, covered in branches and leaves. It wasn't ten minutes later when Jacob hollered again that there was more tree over the van.

It was undeniably something. So, what could we do? Nothing. We stayed up late laughing and saying, "What are the odds?". Definitely some memory making going ont that night. We woke the next morning, took some pictures and filed the claim online.

Progressive Insurance is amazing so far. They called us within the hour of filing the claim and got everything set up. So, since our car can't go into the shop until tomorrow (Monday) morning, Jacob and Ryan taped up the hole in the windshield and we left Childress and went to the H5 farm. H5 (Henderson Farm) served us well and took our minds off of everything. The fact that not only are we going back to Lubbock, but we will be here longer, AND have to unpack the van.

We enjoyed our time there. Spent time onthe four-wheelers, the kids played in the river, and Jax even fed some cows. Just some time to escape and make some more memories with our beloved friends.

So, that's the latest...Packing, loading, and driving to Childress. Visiting, eating, and worshipping in Childress. Thundering, lightning, and trees coming down in Childress. Scratching, breaking, and shattering of our van. Taping, mending, and driving back to Lubbock. Waiting, waiting, and waiting in Lubbock.

To be continued...