How I got to hang out with some fire fighters!!!

For the past week I've been at two different youth conferences. Both conferences were incredible events and I absolutely loved each event. Sadly after such an event is a travel day that usually takes most of your day. Such was my day on Thursday.

Thursday morning I woke up early and started my trip back to Louisiana from South Carolina (754 miles). The trip was a long trip filled with many stops due to Emily needing to stretch since she's prego. At about 7:15 pm Em and I stopped roughly 30 minutes from our house to fill up the suv. This is where things get interesting...

As we arrived at the gas station Em and I thought we'd grab a snack from inside. So at this point I began to set the gas to pump while I was inside shopping. Most of us do this. Nothing out of the ordinary. Except somehow the gas release got stuck and after the gas tank was full the pump never shut off. Gas was pouring all over the place. There was a huge puddle of gas under my car and I had to run through it to shut off the pump. (Where are those emergency shut off buttons when you need one?)

At this point the gas station attendant saw what was happening and began to call the fire department. 5 minutes later 2 fire trucks, 2 volunteer trucks and an ambulance was in the gas station parking lot. Do you know how awkward I felt? And to make things worse my wife, the one who promised me she would be my support over 5 years ago on our wedding day, was laughing her head off taking pictures with her camera phone to send to her parents.

Below is one of those pictures. Hope you enjoy!