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When we took our trip to the snow last Thursday, we only went into our local mountains; up into Idyllwild.  Beautiful little town nestled in the San Jacinto mountains.  We go there every winter to play in the snow.  We’ve got a couple of different spots we go to.  This year our favorite spot was too laden with snow and we didn’t have snow chains so we drove down to the next turnout spot to turn around and head back to our second favorite spot.  My husband was driving just a tad too fast into that turnout and we ended up skidding into a snowbank and got stuck.  Nothing major, as he really was just a tad too fast.  No one was jarred and the vehicle wasn’t damaged in any way.  But, we were stuck.  We tried everything to get out of there that we could think of.  We had no real tools to work with though.  We tried what we had to use, to try and dig us out.  We tried sticking our sleds under the wheels to try and use them as traction.  Shame we didn’t have a real shovel and/or some salt.  There was a call box down the road a short distance, but it was out of service.  Our cell phones weren’t getting any service.  We were literally stuck.  Only a few miles from civilization, so we weren’t too worred….but nonetheless, we were stuck.  At one point I closed my eyes and said a prayer.  Asked Jesus to send someone along our way that could help out.  We were there for about 45 minutes to an hour when along comes a truck with a snowplow in the back.  These guys were heading out to a ranch that needed their driveway plowed so the owner of the ranch could go to a doctors appointment.  They had pulled over to where we were to try and get cell phone service because they were lost.  Divine intervention due to prayer.  Without doubt.  They attached a chain to our trailer hitch and had us out within seconds and were back on their way.  They had not been able to get service on their phone to get better directions to where they needed to go.  But, I’ve no doubt they found their way.  God just had them take a little detour.   

From there we went on to our second favorite place and had a blast.  My knee is still healing, but it’s getting better every day.  I am pretty sure that I will be better for test day.  Blue belt, here I come!!!  Really wish I could be practicing though. 

We had professional pics done Saturday at the dojo.  My two boys and I, who are all in karate.  I’ll see the proofs next Monday and be able to order them then.  I’m super excited about the one that was taken of the three of us together.  I want to have that one done in poster size.  Since I can’t bend my knee into certain positions, I could only have my pic done in certain poses…not sure how good they’re going to be.  We’ll see!  I have always loved getting the pics of my boys done each year.  They use a very good photographer and I’ve always been very pleased.  So, I’m looking forward to it.  Will have to upload them and share them here.  Also, I do have some pics uploaded from our snow trip on the main house computer.  I need to send them to my laptop and get them on here too.  Will have to do that soon.