Fishin' the Salmon River

So the guys went fishin and had a blast! Last week, Chris, my dad, Trent Ledeboer and Josh Smith went to the Salmon River (central Idaho) to go steelhead fishing! Apparently steelhead are really fun to catch (kinda like ocean fishing but in a River) The scenery was beautiful, the weather freezing (literally) and the fishing ...... Great!!!!! The guys caught more than any other group they ran into on their adventure! It all comes down to the perfect fishing hole and they found just the one ... so they got up every morning before the sun to "claim thier hole" before any other fishermen had a chance .... boys will be boys!

11 lbs, 31" Steelhead (caught by Chris)

29" Steelhead (caught by Trent)

Unfortunately, they didn't get a good photo of this one, they were too excited!

This is a 35" , 15 lb Wild Steelhead (caught by Josh) This fish was returned to the beautiful river to be caught again another day! (wild steelhead must be released)

So the guys had a great trip and we have a freezer full of beautiful steelhead!

So, is this God's answer to keeping me at home?

Yesterday, the kids and I were driving home from town just enjoying the beautiful day. Recently our dirt road had been regrated and unfortunatly the edge of the road is a bit hard to determine because it turns to sand at certain points. Well ... as I'm driving along my front tire hits the sand and begins to sink. Ok... I can handle this ... hold tight .... oh shoot the back tire gets pulled in ... before I can react ... the side of the road gives way and sends us rolling over the edge! Oh ... it was so scary! We ended up on one side and as I turned to see the kids .... Tessa hanging there screaming .... Sydney completely barried with the most desperate look in her eyes .... and Parker already getting out of his seat to get "his girls" I quickly got Parker out the window and made my way to Sydney. Carefully taking things off her to make sure she wasn't hurt, all I could say was "it's ok, mommy's here" Seeing that Sydney wasn't hurt, I unbuckled her and as I turned to get her out the window (thinking I couln't take her out and leave Tess) a man gently took Sydney from my arms and asked "how many more you got in there" Thank God, only one more to get out! I quickly checked Tess and saw that she wasn't hurt either. Praise you God!!!!! Thank you!!!!! When I climbed out with Tess in my arms, I realized Parker was gone. The man (which ended up being a neighbor that heard the crash) said that he saw Parker running down the road towards home .... he was going to get daddy! He's such a little man! Another neighbor went to get Chris while a driver had already called 911 (did I mention that it is pretty rural where we live and there isn't usually too many cars or people around).

Wow! it happened so fast! I am so thankful for God's protection ... so thankful for a sturdy car and so thankful I am such a finatic with my kids carseats (Parker doesn't actually have to be in a carseat by law, but the rescue crew said they felt he would have been seriously hurt if he wasn't in a carseat .... thank you Lord!) As for the 'Cruiser' .... I am so sad to say that it is totalled! So sad ... we love our 'Cruiser'!

So, my answer to my last post .... yes, I get to be a hermit at home with my family .... I have no car! Besided being very sore today and quite easy to tears, I am feeling so thankful for God's protecion .... so thankful for car insurance and health insurance... so thankful for a husband who responded in complete love and understanding! So thankful that God always has a plan!!!!!

so, here's a few pictures after they flipped the cruiser back over .... I couldn't find my camera untill they flipped over the car and there it was under the car .... it still works ....yeah!