Yesterday . . .

 . . . we had quite the adventure! We had to run into town to run errands and meet some friends at a park, so dad drove there directly from work while mom took all of us in the van. She had to pull our trailer because we were going to ride our bikes at the park. We drove to town on the highway, and everything went fine (well, except for a near accident when mom couldn't see a car coming). But THEN - when we got into town - we went over a bump at an intersection on Broadway and THE ENTIRE BACK AXLE OF OUR TRAILER WENT FLYING!!! Not just one or two wheels flew off (which is all the trailer had) but the WHOLE heavy, metal axle - wheels and all!! As we went over the bump and heard the noise my first thought was, "Oh wow that was a big bump, I hope it didn't hurt the trailer" and I looked back to see the axle bouncing across the road and landing past the sidewalk on the grass. Immediately mom pulled over - we were all very surprised and scared. THANK GOD nobody was hurt, and some good friends of ours lived close by so we were able to ride the bikes over to their house and Mr. U. was even able to fix the trailer for us!! SO MANY THINGS could have gone wrong (and I don't even want to THINK about what could have happened) but God was with us and there were no cars or pedestrians in the path of the axle, and right where the accident happened there was a perfect parking spot on the side of the road for mom (van, trailer and all) to pull over into. If it would have been just a few yards further we would have been stuck in the middle of the road and backed up traffic for miles! We are just so glad that no one was hurt, and we are SO THANKFUL for our friends kindness in helping us out!! Praise the Lord for His graciousness in watching over us!!!