The no good, very bad day!

So, I have been meaning to post this since last week. Last Tuesday is the day in reference. Wow! Kyle left for work as normal, but on his way he had a little car problem. He tried a temp fix and it worked. He was on his way again, but later more car problems. We were told that it was probably the fuel pump. Well, fuel pumps are $800 so we started small. Kyle tried the fuel filter and that didn't work. So, he decided to fix it himself, tons of work but worth the money. He started about two and it took him over five hours to fix it and put it back together. I should mention that in the meantime the water heater in the house went out. We were at a loss of what to do. We just replaced the elements this past summer. After unsuccessfully attempting different things we decided a new water heater was needed. Back to Kyle, he changed the fuel pump and put the new one in. He was hoping to run to IF and grab a water heater and come home and install it. Well... the new pump was defective! He had to start all over with a new pump. He was beside himself. He called Chris, and Chris came to the rescue. In the meantime he called Brody to say he would not make YM, and typical Brody called everyone in the ward! Kyle got endless offers of help. Thankfully, Travis and Brett didn't take no for an answer. They drove to Rexburg and then offered to run to IF to pick up a water heater. While Kyle and Chris worked on the truck, Travis and Brett went and got the water heater and came back to install it. By the time Kyle got home it was pretty much in. Travis, Brett, and Brody gave up their evening and came over to our scary basement and gave us an awesome Christmas present- hot water! Poor Kyle he was so exhausted the whole time, and what an awful day. He did say "it started out as the worst day ever, but turned into the best day ever." We were so impressed how quickly and how many people offered to help. I wanted to publicly thank Travis, Brett, and Brody for all their help. I don't think Kyle could have done it without them. We are so blessed to have such great friends. We did find out that the water heater had shorted out and the wires were completely melted. We were very lucky we didn't have a fire. We are also blessed that it happened when it did and not when we were in Utah. Which is why this post is so late. We have been very busy. Kyle said he prayed for a miracle, I guess Travis, Brett, and Brody were his miracle! Thanks guys!!!


A weekly wrap up:
Sunday- Kaitlyn's birthday
Monday- ornaments and gingerbread houses with Mahon, Cindy, Chris, and Chantelle. So much fun and the crafty cute ornaments were Chris' idea, who knew!
Tuesday- fuel pump and water heater- enough said.
Wednesday- "adult" Christmas party at the barn. So fun. Thanks Travis and Sabra. The presents were hilarious!
Thursday- girls night for me. Thanks Cindy I needed a break!
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday- Utah. I will post more later.

I am now working on laundry and Christmas cards, and oh yeah shopping- almost done! I could use another week before Christmas!