WHAT A DAY!

Okay, so it was the craziest day in the world yesterday. We woke up, Brad had a meeting at 10:30, so we drove from Layton to Pleasant Grove, I waited for an hour for him at the meeting, then we went to IHOP for his birthday brunch. We enjoyed a nice meal, and tried to decide what to do next. We went to Provo to Mark's (Brad's brother) house real quick to take the dogs out (thankfully). It was about 2:00 by now. Then we jumped in the car and decided to just drive till we figure out what to do. We went to Platos Closet to look for some jeans for Brad and I. Then we were going to go to the dinosaur museum, but decided to go to Cabellas to do some fake shooting with their fake rifles. It was about 44 degrees when we left Platos in Orem. About 60 seconds before we hit the exit for Cabellas (At Thanksgiving Point/ Point of the Mountain) we all the sudden were engulfed in this most amazing blizzard I have ever been in. We could hardly see any cars in front of us, and the windows were all iced over from blowing snow. We decided to hang out at Cabellas for a while. We were there for about an hour and a half and decided to go somewhere else like a movie theater or mall to wait out the storm. We only got as far as the first road out before we realized there is no way we are going anywhere. It was almost four by now. SO... we went back. We waited at Cabellas until about 7:30. I thought, "WOW, I'm stranded at a Cabellas! Great for Brad, horrible for me!" For those of you who don't know Cabella's, it is the ultimate man store with outdoor/hunting/gun stuff and a nice cafe thankfully. Anyway, so 7:30, It was dark by now and the storm seemed to let up a little bit, so we thought we could get home. We got one road farther and realized just how crazy it was. Mark didn't bring a coat, he had a short sleeved shirt on, and Brad did not have gloves. The boys got out and helped a lady who was spinning out at an intersection by pushing her car through. Then we got in the car and they realized she won't make it up the hill, so they got back up and we towed her home. Then Brad got into survival crisis mode, and we decided that while we go wherever we can get to (extreme pandemonium). We then towed out about 7 people who were stuck. This is all on SR 92 (Alpine highway). We left at 7:30, and we were on that road for over 3 hours. There was a lady that gave birth in her car! And four other very pregnant ladies within a mile that the cops were worried were going to go into labor (its Utah, huh). So we saw a car that was off the road, we went to help, they had been there for 5 hours in the cold, out of gas, slid off the road, and the only person that stopped was a cop who told them to wait. So... they jumped into the car with us. Another lady about 50 feet away also jumped into the car with us and we helped tow two other people while they were in the car, one being a TOW TRUCK! That broke our rope. We had to stop at a gas station because I drank too much hot chocolate at Cabellas and the store was almost only standing room, people all stranded. It was about 10:00 pm, and there were kids in their school uniforms still! The reason for the delay on Alpine Highway apparently is there was a school bus full of kids stuck in the snow from school getting out 6 hours earlier. Kids peed their pants in the bus! So we finally got the nice stranded people home, Brad went to Walmart to restock a tow rope, some gloves, and a flashlight and went back to help (it was about 10:45-11:00 pm). The police by then had closed the road and wouldn't let him by, saying they got it all taken care of, they are taking all the people to the church off that road and they are all taken care of. So it was a useless trip to Walmart. Anyway, so while I'm waiting, I hear about another lady (heard this on the radio) that gave birth in her car right off the freeway. There were 8 foot snow drifts in Lehi. Eagle Mountain was shut off from being able to go there. Redwood Road and SR 73 (Lehi Main and further) was closed. People were staying the night at the local Smiths Grocery Store and Youth Family Dental! The girls preschool is right in that block and they cancelled it this morning. So... for Brad's birthday, he got to go to IHOP, Cabellas, and spent most of the day helping people, towing their cars, and getting frostbite on his poor hands, he was so cold! Here are some pictures I got off KSL.com that barely display what happened last night. If I showed you an accurate picture, all you would see is white. The craziest snow storm I have EVER been in my ENTIRE life, ALL 27 years!!! I forgot to mention, we got home at 1:00 am this morning. Storm started at 3:00 pm. It was CRAZY!