The scarest thing of my life and Alex's

We had a huge scare this last Saturday. It is a really long story but lets just say we are so glad Alex made it home safe on the snowmobiles. Alex went snowmobiling with a friend and cousin. I thought he went skiing and nobody knew where the three went snowmobiling. I talked to Alex at noon and he said he would be home around four or five. At six I thought some is very wrong and had a sick feeling in my stomach. I called Alex's brother to see if he had heard from him and he said no. I started calling around and went looking for him at a couple of places he know Alex goes snowmobiling. It was about six and I called my mom to tell her I think something is wrong with Alex. I was really starting to get scared at seven. I was crying, my hands were shaking and my stomach was so sick. It was dark outside and I wonder if he was stuck in the mountains somewhere or maybe in an avalanche. The boys were asking where there dad was and why I was crying. It was very hard to try and keep myself together so the boys did not get worried. I did not want to have to tell them that their dad is not coming home. At this point I was ready to call the police and search and rescue. But I was waiting to here back from Alex's brother who was checking the last place he know of where Alex goes snowmobiling. To make a long story short. Alex called me at 8:30 and said they were ok but they got stuck up in the mountains and it took them 5 hours to dig themselves out. Luckily they had a shovel but did not have food or a flash light. It was very hard for them to see the way back in the dark. He was very hungry and tired but we were all glad to see him home safe. I told him I was fine with getting rid of the snowmobiles, I did not want to have to go through that again. He said he learned a lesson and they would stay on the trails from now on. So that is why I have a picture of our snowmobiles. I did not take a picture of Alex because obviously I was not thinking of pictures at the time.