We own a van

Well folks, we did it. We traded in the Eclipse on Friday night and bought a minivan. It's a 2004 Ford Freestar with only 24,000 miles on it! Apparently an older couple who didn't travel much had it before us and kept it in stellar condition. We have been looking for a while, but when we saw this one at Dave Sinclair, we couldn't pass up the price or the trade in value for the Eclipse. So we now have 2 family cars-which is wonderful because having to constantly switch cars (because we didn't feel safe with Cale in the Eclipse with it being so small) was not fun all the time. Now we have 2 cars that are family friendly. And we can grow into this van which has stow away seating in the back for more storage. We took it on a ride this weekend to Carlyle to spend the day with my parents at their little lake house. The puppies loved it and so do we! I have to say though, it was a little emotional leaving my Eclipse for the last time. I bought that right after college and it was the first thing I ever bought for myself back in 2002. It was a 2000 and it's been a good car. I almost teared up-how crazy is that!

We had a great day in Carlyle-I finally got to ride the jet skis (I was pregnant last summer and couldn't ride) and that was wonderful. Cale loved being outside and just taking in the new sites. Thanks mom and dad for a great day, for helping with Cale, for letting us take the jet skis out, and for the great food. My dad is a omlette maker extraordinaire with the learned skill of flipping it in the air while cooking it-I have to say I was quite impressed-I would have spilled it on the floor! I will post some pictures this week of Aunt Mallori and Cale sitting on the jet ski (no worries, he wasn't in the water, they were just sitting on them before we took them to the boat launch). Hope you enjoyed a wonderful weekend. Good night!