A Rainy Day Adventure and a Backyard Potluck

This was the cause of our rainy day adventure. My tire picked it up about a block from the pediatrician's office.

The good news: Ian's ears are all better.

The bad news: this, this, this thing, punctured my tire! I felt it immediately and almost thought that I had a flat because of the way it went bump, bump, bump every time the tire rotated. I thought maybe I was driving on my rim.

But it was raining and we were close so I drove slowly (as if that would make it better if I was on the rim!) to the pediatrician's office. As soon as I turned off the car I could hear the air whistling out of the tire. I felt around a little and touched on that thing.

For a moment or two I contemplated what all my amazing female peers might do, and it didn't include calling their spouse.

But only for a moment. My name is Leah and I am a wuss.

I tried calling Chris to come and change the tire. I tried all methods of contact via my cell phone and all went unanswered. Many times. Finally, I called Elise and asked her to send him an email. Guess what? Within a minute of her sending that email, Chris called me.

"So, I just got an email from Elise..." he said, sounding a little incredulous.

By this time we were waiting in the exam room for the doctor and I was staring at the "No Cell Phone" sign as I talked to Chris. He was very understanding and didn't even tease me about not wanting to try and keep an eye on two little kids in a parking lot, in the rain, while I changed a tire for the first time completely unsupervised (I have done it and seen it done in all the Relief Society enrichments when they get a guy to come show us how to not be so helpless and car clueless.)

We ended the week on a fun note, though. Chris asked and asked what I wanted to do for my birthday. I finally told him I wanted a birthday party without the birthday part. So, we hosted in our neighbor's backyard (cause it is the hottest kids spot in the area-thanks again Hale Family!) a BBQ Potluck. We enjoyed beautiful weather, good food and great friends.