Good-Bye Vibe, Hello Pilot

So a few weeks ago I had the crazy thought to list our vehicle on Craigslist and see if we could sell it. This was all thanks to my brother-in-law Jesse who successfully sold their car on Craigslist. I thought... what the heck, I can do that too. Wouldn't you know in a about a weeks time someone came to look at it, offered us just slightly below what we listed, and it is SOLD! Our beautiful 2005 AWD Pontiac Vibe was gone. I was more attached to this vehicle than I thought. It was Marty's and I's first big purchase together after we got married. We bought it brand new off the dealer's lot in the fall of 2004. We were very excited. 5 years and 115,00o miles later... it is no longer ours... we brought our babies home in this car. I was so sad. Marty thought I was overreacting just a tad... and I probably was. It's just that I was always so proud of this car and how cute it was... just our size... until we had Gracie... then Zach... now 2 carseats later... it is to small for us. We had talked about getting a new vehicle, most likely doing a trade-in. I just didn't think I would actually sell it on Craigslist that fast. I guess I was wrong.

---2 weeks later---

So for 2 weeks we have been driving Marty's parents van. Yesterday after many hours of searching the internet we went to the cities to look at the few vehicles we had it narrowed down to and we came home with a new beauty. The garage, who was once home to our Little Hatchback Vibe, is now home to our 2009 Honda Pilot EX-L. Some gal had purchased it brand new this summer and after driving it for 3-4 weeks decided she didn't like and traded it in for something else... so it is practically brand new, with only 1800 miles on it. It is always exciting making a purchase and to be able to drive something different.

When we got home and we were showing it to Gracie, she gave us her approval: "Momma's new car? I like it Momma, I like it." She had been very distraught since Momma's other car hasn't been in the garage for the last few weeks. I had to tell her it was broke for her to understand: "Where's Momma's car? Oh, no it's broke?" "You fix it?" Such a sweetheart she is.

Riding Tractor with Daddy

Marty has been busy helping his brother with field work this fall since we don't currently have any pigs. His job has been running the tractor with the chisel plow, working up the dirt. He has been putting lots of long hours, but seems to enjoy it. Gracie has gotten to go with him a few times and ride a long. She gets so excited, because I pack her a little backpack and she gets to "go with Daddy."

Apples with Grandma

A couple of weeks ago my Mom decided to take a day off of work and come to our house to do apples. She came with 3 five gallon pales of apples from their trees and my Aunt Claudia. We peeled, cored, sliced, and cooked/baked apples, apples, and more apples. The end results were some apple crisps, pies, and applesauce and of course lots of good quality time with my Mom and Aunt. Gracie very much enjoyed making the pies with Grandma and Zach was such a good boy. He sat in his booster chair most of the time just watching and playing with whatever kitchen utensil we gave him. Thanks Mom for such a good time and wonderful memories!

Halloween Fun

For Halloween we had a little Elmo and a little Frog. The kids were soo adorable and actually didn't mind keeping there costumes on. My sister had a Halloween/Birthday party for 3 of her kids so we spend the evening at the Daly household. We went Trick-or-Treating in their neighborhood. Gracie learned pretty fast what this going door-to-door stuff was all about. Zach enjoyed his ride in the wagon.

It was a Halloween party so Marty and I dressed up too. We were suppose to be Geeks, but everyone thought we looked like Hippies.