Buckle up, it's the law.

This has been a crazy week. For more reasons than I can write. But one BIG reason is that on Tuesday night we were heading to Salt Lake to see the lights on Temple Square. My mom, Beckie, Rachael, and Elayna were in my parent's car, and Hannah (my 10 year old sister) came with me. I got onto the I-15 going north into really slow traffic, like stop-and-go. I managed to merge into the 2nd lane from the right and started to slow down to a stop. I was probably going 5 miles an hour with my foot on the brake when the car behind me was hit, causing it to run into me, pushing me to the right. It proceeded to scrape the entire driver's side of my car, and ran into me again on the front driver's side. I think I bumped the car in front of me on the initial impact, but the car that came around me hit the same car I did. After pulling off into the emergency lane and talking to the police officer I learned that there were 4 cars involved and the people who caused it were some teenagers in Daddy's Audi. After a minor freak-out I was able to get the car towed to a collision lot and the Audi's insurance is paying for my rental car until we figure out what to do with our car. It makes me sad to see these pictures, but at the end of the day, Hannah and I are fine. I have minor whiplash because I tensed up when I saw it coming, but Hannah was blissfully unaware and is completely fine, which I am INFINITELY grateful for. I couldn't live with myself if something had happened to her.
So anyway, I went and emptied the car out yesterday and took some pictures for my records. I thought I'd share them with the blogging world as well. I'm so grateful we were being watched over and are safe. Cars are replaceable, little sisters are not.
So everyone buckle up and pay attention on the roads today. :)