Saying good-bye to an old friend

This happened about a month ago now, but here is the post now anyway.

The first car that Spencer and I bought finally gave up the ghost, so to speak, but it left us under bad circumstances. Spencer had a small fender bender one day on his way to work. All the damage was done to our little car. The front grill was bend and one of the front headlights was broken, but the car was still drivable (it didn't look pretty but it worked).

Unfortunatley the cost of the repairs was more then the the insurance company was willing to pay for (since it was such an old car), so they wrote it off and our car got towed away.

Here is a little history on our beloved car:

We bought it in the spring of 2000

It was a (1990) Toyota Corolla that was 10 years old when we bought it

I had a fender bender that was repaired and better than new

We replaced the cam-shaft, and muffler (a few times)

We could fill it up for about $20 when we first bought it, now days it cost us around $40 and up

We were having some problems with the electrical and our tail lights not to mention that our radio didn't work, the drivers seatbelt was cracked, and the inside door handle was broken.
We drove it back and forth to Indiana twice!

In the end it was Spencer's ride. He took it to work and church, He changed the oil....and once a year he washed it and vacuumed it out. She only had about 235,000Km.

We miss not having our second vehicle (which was actually our first). But we are looking on the brightside of things...our insurance premiums have gone down, registration, and no more paying for the high price of gas. So currently we are saving a bit of money. When the time comes to get another car, it will be another Toyota.....something.

Tasty Summer Fun

This is a homemade ice cream sandwich. If you have never tried one, you should try making them sometime. Super easy, if you don't make the cookies from scratch....you just buy soft chewy cookies and add the ice-cream and then roll in the sprinkles. The kids gave them two thumbs up! It was a good FHE treat idea.

I also made slush. It is pretty sweet stuff and the flavors that I picked aren't my kids favorites, but I like it. It is way better than a slurpee, 'cause it has the fizziness of the pop.

It's a Boy!

After 9 long months the newest member of our family has arrived! He came 4 days early....on Tuesday July 28 at 5:35 am. The labour and delivery went good as to be expected. He was the fastest one yet....he joined the world after only 3.5 hours of labour. The doctor said that he came out sunnyside up....(face up)! He weighed 9lbs 5 oz and was 21 1/4 inches long and his name is Aaron Tyler Ord.

I left the hospital that night at around 9pm. Spencer has been a great help and my mom came to lend a hand for a week too. We had some meals dropped off from the sisters in our ward -- that was a huge help too! The adjustment has been going pretty good. Megan is a fanastic helper and is growing into the role of the oldest sibling very well. She knows that the baby is very demanding on mom's time and energy levels and has had a ton of patience with Evan as well. Evan and Megan both love to hold the baby. Evan still thinks the baby is so funny. He has probably had the hardest adjustment...he is a bit louder and missing his mom. I'll often feed the baby downstairs at around 9pm and watch a little TV and Evan pulls out a blanket and plops down on the floor and falls asleep close to me.

I must say that the more kids I have the more relaxed I am and that I am enjoying my buddy a lot. There is something to be said about slowing down and enjoying being a parent. This kid so far (knock on wood)...has been really good. He doesn't fuss much, he is eating like a champ, and sleeping 3-4.5 hours a night.

The next challenge will be in a few more weeks, when school starts up again....and we have to drop Megan off at school fairly early in the morning. Then by middle of September Evan starts Pre-school (he is so excited!)