Its been awhile since I posted last, Casey's second surgery & recovery went well. He has been back at work for several weeks and getting stronger by the day. During all this time I managed to fill up my entire Sept wedding calendar. I had blocked out the 15th to allow for Willa's birthday party but had booked the other 4 weekends. Its been a crazy last month and a half or so. Its now mid Sept and I have completed 2 of the 4 weddings for the month. For those who don't know this about me I'm a wedding photographer and I LOVE what I do.
At the last wedding there was an older lady there who kept talking to me at the reception, she told me that she could just tell that I LOVE what I'm doing. She said she was really impressed with my people skills and how my passion just glows as I work. She said she had watched me interact with the people at each table, typically at a wedding I go to every table and take pictures of all the guests at that table. Its a good way to kinda get to know some of the people there but also makes some nice pictures for the couple who might not have been able to make it to every table to say hi. She said the way I interacted with the people at the tables was impressive. She said she predicted I would go far in this industry. I sure hope so!
About 2wks ago my car started acting up, the AC was going in and out. Finally taking it to the shop to have it checked and it turns out the compressor had gone bad. It was going to cost close to $2,000 to fix it. They also noted that my car needed some other repair as well. The car had been a great car with no major issues the entire 8yrs I had owned it. I bought it brand new off the lot, anyway we knew we didn't want to put that much into the car because its really kinda small for our family. We're not pregnant but we figure if we have any more kids we would need a bigger car. So we discussed it in detail and finally decided we should go ahead and look into getting a mini van. We decided it would be wise to just go ahead and get a brand new one with the idea of it lasting a long time. We called up my Aunt who used to work for a Dodge Dealership and asked her if she could pull some strings. So she did, :) They gave me more for my car trade then it was worth cause we are "family". So we ended up with a 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan. Its a pretty bright red, Eli (and mommy and daddy) has fallen in love with this thing. While we were looking at it he was playing it it, just going from front to back and front to back and getting in the drivers seat and giggling. We have excellent credit so we were offered a low rate with payments we can swing (although it will be tight). We said we wanted to think it over and pray about it. We discussed it a lot that night and both of us prayed about it, I was fine with it either way. Casey woke up the next morning (Sunday) and said he felt like it was a wise choice so on Monday we went and picked it up.
Pulling out of our driveway in my little car for the last time I was kinda sad, this car had been through a lot with me. When I got it I was single and driving younger siblings to and from Columbia MO (2hrs) every other weekend to visit our dad. I got it so that it could hold 4 growing pre-teen/teen siblings and all their bags for the weekend. I also knew that I Planned on keeping the car for possibly 10yrs (I got close!) and hoped in that time that I would meet someone, fall in love, get married and have at least 1 child. So I didn't want a car that would be to small for a child's car seat.... I know I know that thought was pretty mature huh? Yeah I know I'm so glad I thought that through, I mean how many people in their early 20's think like that? This car had also carted my dogs to and from the dog park, gotten me places safely in severe snowy weather (far better then most small cars would do). The car was easy to find an any parking lot due to its bright yellow color. Its the car I drove when I met my husband for our first date after emailing with him online (we met on a dating website) and told him to be watching for a yellow car. Its the car my husband was able to find in my apartment complex even though I hadn't told him exactly which unit was mine. Its the car that safely brought home our first born child (A son) and our 2nd child (a daughter). Its the car that kept us safe when we were rear ended just a few months after our 2nd was born. I surely will miss that car, but time to move on.
Our new van is so pretty, have I mentioned its red yet? Which is just perfect because my husbands truck & motorcycle are also red! We also have a lot of red stuff in our kitchen (drain tray, kitchen aid, can opener, toaster etc etc). So now everything matches and if you know me really well I'm all about things matching.... No seriously I am! The van is roomy and has a lot of pick up, we have the stow and go seating which is nice. We did learn that its much larger then we originally thought as it was a tighter fit to get into the garage then we thought at first. No worries though, a bit of re-arranging and now it fits perfectly. I got to drive it around a little today and it handles about the same as my little car did just much bigger. Yep I think I'm in love.
So that's the update for now on us. We are all doing well and I hope we stay that way the rest of this year. No more sickness please!
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