Last Tuesday night, Jessica and I met at the Shopko for kids eye appointments. Conner was at academic bowl and called half way through to say he was done, so I left with two of the little girls and Harrison to go get him.

As we were heading back to Shopko, We turned the corner and headed down Caldwell Blvd to go back to Shopko. We signaled to get into the turn lane and without any reactionary time, a Tahoe pulled out in front of me.

I don't remember too much of it. It is kind of a blur. What I do remember is realizing that I was going to hit the guy and diving over to the passenger side to protect the kids. After that, I remember the jolt and I remember sitting up and rolling down my window. I also remember Conner reacting very fast!

As soon as it happened, he saw the powder in the car and thought it was on fire! When I regained consciousness, he (Conner) was out of the car and working quickly to get everyone out! I am so proud of how level headed he (Conner) was - especially for a 12 year old that was just in an accident that serious.

My face was burned from the chemicals in the airbags...and I was up coughing all night. I had a big knock on his head and an abrasion . After the swelling went down, i was left with 2 big black eyes that just get worse every day. The airbags literally exploded the glasses off of my face. It also knocked me out for a moment and gave me a concussion.

Conner has a big lump on his head. Harrison is OK.thank goodness for seat belts!

I am very grateful that I was in the lane I was in. If I had been over one lane to the left, the guy would have hit us instead, and he would have hit right where Conner and Harrison were sitting.I went and looked at the car today. I didn’t realized how bad it was until i saw it. The steering wheel was pushed back right where my chest was. I am so grateful that we had airbags-or there is no knowing how seriously hurt he might have been.

This is what I looked like today: