On one of the first beautiful days in March, we took advantage of a rare day-off for Kyle and headed with our crew up Provo Canyon to a nice park and play ground with a great little place for kids fishing (only kids aged 12 and under are allowed to fish there), and we enjoyed a picnic lunch in the grass together- something we had been dying to do all winter long!
Our picnic from a distance (on the right):
While Mommy entertained the little two in the sand box, Daddy helped the older two try out some fishing.
Minnette gets a turn:
Then Aurelle:
Look at that water! So pretty.
Completely unrelated to our pictures, but an interesting story nonetheless:
This park is literally right off of the highway through Provo Canyon (you can see the cars as they drive past), and after we packed up and were heading back to our car to go home, we witnessed a really bad car crash as an SUV turning left out of the park was t-boned by another van going freeway speeds, and it flipped and slid across the highway upside down.
Kyle dropped everything he was carrying and ran over to the scene and was the first person to call 911. He and several other witnesses were able to help several passengers out of their vehicles, but in the upside down vehicle a man had been knocked unconscious from a head injury and they couldn't even get his door open due to damage from the crash. Kyle and another an were able to administer a priesthood blessing to the man, but that was all that could be done for him until emergency help arrived.
The girls were all a little freaked out, but mostly very interested in and curious about what had happened with the cars and the people in the cars. They were very disappointed that I wouldn't let them get closer for a better look. For weeks after the accident they would talk about hearing "the big crash" and about "the man covered in blood" and ask endless questions about why and how it happened and if everyone was alright. We left shortly after Kyle returned form helping as much as he could at the scene of the crash, and were very happy to hear a few days later that everyone involved in the accident had survived!
Kyle and I have together witnessed several minor accidents, including two hit and runs (and thanks to my good eye sight and memory, we were able to call the cops and report the license plate numbers for both hit and runs!), but this was by far the most sever crash either of had ever witnessed, which left us both with mixed feelings of shock over having seen it, sadness for everyone involved and severe driving paranoia as we drove home!
It was definitely an eventful Saturday afternoon for our family!
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