Makes My Monday : Rain

It's raining...yes, glorious rain (we have been under a burn ban for about a week if not longer) and I don't want to fold laundry...so I thought, Let's update the blog!! and for that, I know you all are Thankful!

I am multi tasking...updating the blog, and updating Lily's My Pal Violet by Leapfrog. And the Leapfrog Connect site has me side tracked...go figure!

okay, now I am back...I started this post over 30 minutes ago.

This is what we did this weekend...we visited the Pumpkin Patch. There were pumpkins (of course), a hayride, a hay mountain to climb on, a hay bale maze (very fun!), and just plain old fun!!

Jed and I even climbed the hay mountain. Lily was kind of anxious about being up on the hay bales, but as long as Daddy or Mommy was close, she was okay. Kota and his cousin, Lexi, were all over the mountain. They climbed up and slid down...then ran through the tunnel in the center of the mountain...Lots of fun.

Going through the hay bale Maze
Jed, Lily, and Myself on the hay mountain

Chilling in the tunnel

Kota with his cousin, Lexi....Little Farmers


*playing along with Cheryl from Twinfatuation for Makes My Monday*

Way Back When-esday: Minivans

Remember this post? about how we bought our 1st minivan?
Well, this van is no longer...we traded it in for a Nissan Quest.

The Dodge stayed parked more than it ran this last month...It has needed work since we bought it February 2009. But we didn't pay much for it...so we couldn't gripe too much about it.
Finally, Last Friday, we got it running enough to take it to the dealership and trade it in. I had my eye on a Buick Terraza. It was what they call "loaded"...it had leather seats, a rear DVD player...all the buttons on the steering wheel..It was super duper nice...and very low mileage. But when we went to the dealership, it was no longer there. A sister dealership had bought it...so it was still available, just 5 hours away available. Our good friend, Joe, was able to work the payments for our budget, so we signed the paperwork with promises of picking up our van the next day. The next day, we called and Joe informs us that the sister dealership sold it off the lot not even an hour after we signed the papers. I was frustrated...but you know, maybe it wasn't something that we should have had anyway.
So, we head on over to the dealership because Joe says that he wants us to check out this Nissan Quest he has on the lot. This van is cheaper which will make the monthly payment cheaper which in turn makes Jed smile more! And Joe offers to give us leather seats or a DVD player for our troubles. Since we have kids, I chose the DVD player.

I love the new van...the kids do, too. And the DVD player was installed today. I can't wait for our 1st roadtrip!

Our new Nissan Quest ....October 2010

~playing along with Cheryl from Twinfatution for Way Back When-esday~

New owners

Dakota and Brooke relaxing in the hammock



It has been busy around here...Kota in school, even with it just being half day. Lily potty training and taking antibiotics for UTIs (she had 2 UTIs in 1 month's time...hopefully, we are done with them for a while)...and Lily is almost there...she is still having accidents but they aren't as often. Our van is no longer...we got it running enough to trade it in...and that is what we did. The next day (after a little fiasco at the dealership), we picked up our new van and found out from a friend that our old van won't even start now. So, we DEFINITELY traded in at the right time.
We are now proud owners (well, payment makers...this is our 1st time to make a car payment in 4 years) of/on a Nissan Quest. It's super nice. The kids love it. And due to the fiasco (long story short...the van we wanted was at another dealership, we signed the papers on it....and an hour later this dealership sold it right off the lot to someone else...infuriating, YES! but I think we came out better in the long run), the salesman is installing a DVD player in our Nissan. Which is incredibly awesome.

Thanks to all the family and friends who let us use their vehicles for the last month. I think I drove a total of 4 different vehicles this last month. Mainly trucks, so I was kinda getting used to driving a truck and now we are back to a van.
The pictures below are from our fun at Jed's Aunt's house. We were celebrating Jerilyn's birthday...and when we all get together...Laughing happens and lots of eating yummy food!!

Lily playing with Toby...She seemed to always have a hold of his tail. When the kids finally went in to watch cartoons, Toby was fast asleep on the doormat. The kids wore him out!!

Lu Bell inside watching cartoons...Kota is in the background with Brooke

Pictures to come of our new VAN!!!