Look what happen to my pretty car! As you can see the lift gate will not open and we are not sure if we will have to replace it or not. 
Another angle-damage wasn't to bad but some will have to be repainted and that is where it will be tricky.
Yikes!!! We are lucky the other people had good insurance and it is in the shop as we speak, So mommy gets to drive a minivan around for the next wk. I miss my Yukon already.Our Fourth of July started out with a bang!! Let's start at the beginning. A few weeks ago our family decided we were going to go to the Diamondbacks game. We figured it was an air conditioned venue, free D-backs dog, free ticket to the zoo, and what we thought would be a great firework display and plus the kids have never been to a game so we said why not. We invited all our extended family but only Grandma and Grandpa Lines and Melissa were able to come,(we left Ashlyn home with Grandma Chico). We picked everyone up in our car and off we went. Grandma Lines wanted to get there early so she can get the free t-shirt. As we all were chatting away in the car we were approaching the exit ramp to the stadium when I noticed all the cars were suddenly at a stand still it was difficult to see because we had a big SUV directly in front of us who was not slowing down I was able to see around it from my point of view and told Michel to slow down. Luckily Michel being the good driver that he is was able to stop in time to not hit the car in front of us who stopped so abruptly. The worst feeling is sitting there waiting to see if the people behind you were paying enough attention and if they are able to stop or not. Yep so you guessed it, the only bang we heard that night came from the car behind us at about 35 mph right into the driver side bumper. I knew the people behind us were going to hit us and when it did it was so awful. Thankfully everyone was fine and no one got hurt. We pulled off the freeway and into the nearest gas station and we got out not wanting to see the damage. If you know anything about Michel he takes very good care of his cars, we had just washed it that day and we were commenting on how nice it looks all clean and shiny. The other people were also okay and felt really bad for what had happened. It was unavoidable I think but that doesn't make it any better. There car had more damage then ours and thank goodness it was a car and not a big SUV. Well after the cops came got our info and sited the other driver we were finally on our way to the much anticipated game, it was hard to get in the spirit of things after the accident but we had the kids that were still so excited to go. Unfortunately for Grandma Lines she did not get her free t-shirt we arrived at the game in the 4th inning. We hiked (pretty much the nose bleeds) to our seats and were ready for a good game. The game was slow and the kids got bored and kept asking when do the fireworks start? The game finally ended around 9:45 pm and they announced that this certain area of seats will not be able to see the show so they were able to move to the field. At 10 pm the lights turned off and the music started we were all so excited the kids have never really seen a fireworks show up close like this and I was so excited for them. They shot off the first firework and we couldn't see it, we thought oh it was only the first one, they told us the fireworks would be shot over the Chase Field sign and we had a great view of that a we figured it was an accident that those got shot off there. Plus when they announced the sections that would not be able to see the show ours was not included. However the next one came and the same thing happened and then the next ones came and they all were directly above us, only we couldn't see anything because we were under the roof and it completely covered the whole show. What a complete disappointment. If we would have known we were not able to see we would have started for home and watched them outside the stadium. As the show went on it was difficult to leave because the stadium was dark and we had alot of stairs to go down and it was to dark to really see them. Let's just say I will probably never forget this fourth of july I think I was more mad then the kids. So let's recap: our nice, pretty Yukon gets hit, grandma Lines misses out on her free t-shirt, the D-backs lose the game, and the fireworks show was a complete bust, oh and we sat in the parking garage for 1 hr not moving an inch!!! I do have to say the kids did great and like I said there was probably more complaining out of me then them. I hope next year will be better one of these days our kids will see a real firework show.
