Robertsons & Daughters: Stranded in South Carolina...the music continues!

Yep....we were stranded! On our way home from the cruise, we dropped Reed off in Georgia and stayed for a while visiting and ate dinner. Then headed on home. Cal had a youth meeting to go to in preparation for summer camp and was presenting and heading up a leadership class. In South Carolina we were driving in the I-95 and cruise control stopped working for me. I thought that was really weird. Then other things started shutting down on the dash board. Even the headlights eventually went out. Thankfully there was an exit right there. I felt like God was blessing us the entire time. The exit happened to be right by a gas station and a hotel. We went to the gas station in case we were in our vehicle overnight. I tried to see what the hours were and the Chevy kept acting weird. Then it quit working. We just sat, talking about what to do. Lee felt like it was the battery or the alternator. After about 5 minutes or so he tried to start it again and it started. He drove across the street to a Hampton Inn. Right before turning in, the Chevy shut down again. Another blessing, there was a little downhill into the parking lot. Lee coasted it in and we found a parking spot right there. Lee got us a room for the night. It was about midnight before we got into the hotel room. The next morning Lee called a tow truck and got it towed to Advanced Auto Parts as they could do a free check on the battery and alternator. While he was there, and found out the alternator was bad, a mechanic happened to be at the store buying stuff. He was interested in Lee's problem and said that he would put in the alternator for us! WOW! Another blessing from God! He had to run an errand, then came back and installed the alternator. Lee asked him how much he could pay him. The guy just said. oh just $20 or $30. Lee only had $20 and asked him to wait so he could go to the ATM to get more money. The guys said no, don't worry about it. He helped us out because he didn't want us to get ripped off by a local mechanic. It was such a blessing! I was trying to figure out how we would get home and mainly Lee so he could work on Monday. I couldn't find any rental car companies and looked into flights home. I wasn't sure what was going to happen. It was a relief that about 11am we were on the road back home!

At the hotel.

While Lee was off with the tow truck we had breakfast.

On the way home Lee suggested we drive by the Richmond Temple to see its progress. Always love seeing what's happening to the Richmond Temple!

Life keeps on going! Haley had a Spring Jazz concert which was really fun. She plays the keyboard in Jazz.

A frog we saw outside one night. So fun!

Elder Naylor and Elder Svedin at the Petersons house.

Shanna made some meringue cookies one night which were yummy.

Haley finished a puzzle that we bought her for her birthday one year. It was so complicated! I'm impressed she finished it!

Another concert! Shanna had a spring choral concert which we also enjoyed. It's fun going to the different performances.

This spring there were A LOT of track meets! You'll be seeing lots of pictures! I enjoyed going to the track meets and seeing Shanna and Cal perform. They each did pole vault, high jump, and hurdles.

Eva came over one night for games and dessert. The guys had something that night...can't remember, but we had a fun evening.

And more of the big project in the front room! We got rid of the thermostat on that wall (you can totally see the patched area!) and put it in the closet. Then added an outlet inside the closet for the wifi router. I was so excited about it all! It was awesome getting rid of the computer desk and adding the new outlet.

The new outlet in the coat closet.

Wifi router is in the closet!

I took pictures of a picture my grandma Ruth gave me. The picture is ruined...maybe I can digitally fix it and print it off. I cut out the letter and saved it.

Elden used the Shrinky Dink plastic to make a little Calvin. I baked it in the pan on the wrong side. It left a mini Calvin mark on the pan. Too funny.

A picture before the new outlet was installed. We just had the wifi router thing on the ground for a couple weeks. And the ping pong table is out!

Clark's mission plaque came! Well, it came awhile ago but it was damaged so Lee sent it out to get a replacement. It's now hung up at the church!

Lee and Haley made shelves for her room! They cut the wood, sanded and stained them and did a coat of poly on them. Then hung them.

For Cal's youth training that he was supposed to do, but couldn't because we were stranded, he had a puzzle activity where a group of people had to put puzzles together. We got the puzzles out and did a race seeing who could get them done the fastest. We then switched puzzles and did it a second time. I was pretty slow at it!