The Gift * The Date * The Accident

Ben is awesome! He came home the other day from work and gave me a present. Michael Jackson's Number Ones CD. Thanks Ben, I love it! (By the way, I was a fan before Michael died).

Ben & I went on a double date with our good friends Ash & Audrey. We had my cousin Sylia come babysit all the kids and we were off... We went to Five Guys Burgers & Fries for dinner. And we ate potatoes from Sugar City (where my Dad grew up).

Audrey & Ash

Kelly & Ben

Audrey and I chatting at Starbucks after dinner.

After Starbucks we weren't ready to go home yet so we went to Target to play a game. The Game: The girls went off together and the boys went off together. We had to find a silly item for under a dollar for our significant other and the nicest thing we could find for $5.
Under $1: Kelly found for Ben Fireside Reflections a DVD that that plays a fake fire on TV
Ben found for me, Meat in a Basket (play food) Awesome!
$5 gift: Kelly found for Ben a magazine Architectural Digest (notice how he is covering the magazine with the DVD, I will explain that later). Ben gave me my favorite chocolate, Ghirardelli Squares.
Ben and Ash though it would be SO funny to fake us out and pick a weird gift for the $5 gift. Ben picked out a deer whistle thing you put on your car to tell deer to get out of the way...super weird!!

Under $1 Audrey found for Ash a travel sized baseball game. Ash found for Audrey the same Fireside DVD that I did (but it is not pictured here).
$5 gift: Audrey found for Ash his favorite magazine Dwell. And Ash found for Audrey her favorite chocolates Ferrero Rocher.
Ash and Ben's crazy prank gift for Audrey: Bottle Tops for canned sodas. As Seen On TV! :-)

This is what was on the cover of Ben's Magazine. It was about Architecture which Ben loves, but this one had an article about Neverland and Ben was embarrassed by the pose MJ was doing on the chair...hilarious! But Ash caught it on camera for Ben to see always!

On our way home we saw a bunch of deer by our house on the side of the road. So cool!

At about 10:20 p.m. I got in the car to take Sylia home. Well we barely made it to the first light in Herriman (technically Riverton) and I was telling Sylia, "this is where we saw that accident on our way home". And Sylia said, "I'm so glad I've never been in an accident". And then BOOM. We get hit from behind. This is a photo of the worst of it. I didn't want to include my licence plate in the picture so I cut it off. We got hit by a HUGE 2500 Dodge Ram. I always take the Accord when I'm going somewhere without the kids so Ben can have the Sequoia for the kids. But this time I thought I might need the 4x4 and I am SO freaking grateful I took the Sequoia. I could NOT imagine what that Dodge Ram could have done to our little Accord. I'm grateful my kids were not in the car, and I'm grateful it was not my fault (it usually is, but not this time!), the guy did get a ticket. Oh yes, and I'm grateful I just got my drivers licence renewed 3 weeks ago (it was a 1.5 years expired!! Yes, we are okay. I'm waiting to hear from insurance companies to get the car fixed. Looks like we will have a rental for a while.

Sylia and I had to take a photo because this is her FIRST accident. I'm glad we are okay, and that I will always be remembered as the person she got into her first accident with. Awesome! Needless to say, we turned around and she slept over at my house that night. I was not going to drive her home to Taylorsville after that.