Our fun weekend

Last weekend was really fun, and quite consequential. It looks like we will be getting a new vehicle. We traveled down to St. George in Dan's Subaru. It's the older of our two cars, but it's a bit roomier so that's why we opted for that one. We were almost there when Dan decided to stop to fill up on gas. When we got out of the car the hood was totally smoking like crazy. I freaked. I thought we would be stuck in Parowan! Well Dan thought it was over heating so he got some water and tried to cool it down. Then we drove to a near by mechanic and had him look at it. He found that the transmission was leaking and replaced the ring for one dollar. Yes I was shocked that you could get anything repaired on a car for a dollar. Only in parowan I guess. So we thought that was the solution to our problem and happily went on our way down. But the car continued to smell, and leaked all over in the garage. We had another mechanic look at it and he said if your thinking about getting a new car soon, now would probably be a good time to do that, because it'll cost a bundle to fix ours. My sister who was down there also asked if the car was okay, and of course if anybody knows me I can't hide my true feelings very well. With a huge grin I said "It looks like were going to have to get a new car"! She laughed and said wow your really taking that well. But really I'm totally excited about the thought of having a roomier vehicle. We were planing on replacing one of our cars before the baby comes in April anyways. The trip was still a ton of fun. We were able to still drive the leaky car around. My sister ran the marathon in a total down pour. St. George is a desert and she had to run a marathon on one of the few days out of the year that it actually rains down there! She did great in spite of the rain. As I watched the runners finished all soaking wet I felt so bad and thought that they looked miserable. Kristen of course still was smiling, and just happy to finish.

Today when I was getting ready I checked on the kids, they were both sitting in the rocking chair reading a book together! So cute, I'm glad I was able to snap a picture of it. I don't get candid shots of them playing very often. Another cute thing that Kirk has been doing lately is that he has to talk to everybody who calls. He's used to talking to family and friends, but yesterday a car salemen returned my call, and he insited on talking to him. I'm sure the salesman was annoyed with having to talk to a two year old for a second, but Kirk wouldn't stop yelling to talk. So I let him. Of course the salesman was nice about it, he was trying to get our buisness. It's funny I use to worry about Kirk not talking enough, now he talks too much!