Halloween Deer Huntin'

Talk about the Grace of God protecting us! Friday night, we left Canton to drive to Houston for the weekend to see my family, since my little brother was home from Baghdad.

Well...we didn't quite make it there. We got stopped in Lufkin when a deer decided he wanted to tango with us. Brady's VW won and we escaped with minor body damage to the car, busted window/windshield & a few minor cuts...the deer however, wasn't so lucky.

I have to also give a shout-out to the inventor of tinted windows, if your car doesn't have them - I strongly urge you to get them done! (It saved Brady from serious injury!) This is definitely one of those situations, where you learn a lesson - please listen to that little voice when you're debating over a decision. Now we know that we'll be taking our big pickup on road trips & just have to swallow the fuel costs! I think I'll consider adding a dust buster, towels, and water bottles to our road trip packing list (in case we ever have to come in contact w/ glass shards again!). Below are some of the pics I took that night. Brady will be pulling out glass for weeks, maybe months. BTW, he starts Fire Academy Wed., Nov. 12th. So please pray we'll be able to figure out the car situation before then!