When it rains, it pours

This morning I woke to a text from Isaac saying, "honey, I think I lost my car. I am stuck between Wendell and Gooding. Greg was right behind me and is going to help me get the car back to the house. Do you want to get a van." Honestly, I thought it was a joke. We have been looking at vans for awhile, and I thought he was kidding. Well, I was quickly thrown into reality soon after calling him and hearing his panicked voice. He had heard a clanking sound and then saw smoke rising from the engine. He immediately pulled over. When he popped the hood the engine was on fire! The car is toast. However, I would be very ungrateful if I didn't recognize the blessings. For one, Isaac stopped just in time. Come to find out there were several birds nests in the making sitting on the engine (common problem here, not enough trees I guess) that if they had caught fire could have resulted in a much larger problem. Secondly Greg, a member of our ward who also happens to be a mechanic, saw the whole thing and pulled in right behind him. He was able to give Isaac a ride home and tow our car back to our house. We are so grateful that it wasn't worse and that Isaac didn't get injured.
So it kind of would have been a crappy day (for lack of better words) with just that, right? Well, while Isaac was waiting for Greg to get back (he had to go drop something off before he could give him a ride) one of Isaac's coworkers saw him and pulled over too. Isaac reassured him everything was being taken care of and that he would be to work shortly. A short time later that same coworker told him that there had been an accident that requires that Isaac, due to his job, either transports them to the hospital, or meets them there. The person who was injured was taken in an ambulance, making it priority that Isaac get to Twin as soon as he could. All of this happened before 8:30am this morning. Yikes. It made for one crazy stressful day for Isaac. We are so grateful that his coworker saw him and called to let him know what was going on. Isaac may not have known until he arrived in Gooding, turning a 20min. trip into a 45min one.
So all in all a lot of frustrating things happened today, but we were also blessed immensely.

I know I'm kind of a sap, but here is our little CRV that got toasted today. I have to admit I'm totally sentimental and I shed a tear or two recollecting all of the memories that we have with this vehicle. I don't think I was quite ready to part with it. It was actually because of this car Isaac and I met. I still remember the first date Isaac and I went on. He was driving this car...

To finish up this post, When it rains, it pours- but without the rain, the flowers wouldn't grow.
Now, we just wait for the flowers :)