Our New Car

For several year ago Nate made a promise to me that when we got out bonus from his work for reenlisting we could get a new van. We decided that we would get one a little early and just get it before he goes to Iraq. We have both been researching new vehicles for a while now and have found a couple that just happened to be sold the very day that we call. We have not been having very good luck as far as that goes. Then Thursday Nate came home from work and decided that we could just fix up the van that we have now. The very van that has over 187,000 miles on it. He was convinced that for only a few thousand dollars we could fix the van and it would be good to go until it hit 300,000 miles. Needless to say with much pouting and begging Nate and I finally went out to look for a van on Saturday. And this is what we came home with. It is a Honda Odysses (that is what our old one is and we loved it). It has leather seats with seat warmers. It comes with Navigation and DVD. It has a 6 disc CD changer, a moon roof, and a back up rear camera.

I felt really bad because we were supposed to take the kids to the movie Saturday night but did not get home in time to do it. I felt so guilty all of the way home from Boise. But, as we pulled up and the kids came running out they were all so excited to go for a ride that they didn't even care that they missed the movie. It's a good thing that kids are so forgiving. I wish that all people were that way.

It really isn't dented it is just the shadow from the house that makes the van look that way.