Soccer Anyone?

Sports are new to this one...she had done a bit of gymnastics and a few swim lessons but that's all we were able to talk her into until this season...

She openly admits that she only plays for the treats after the game. Oh well, I guess we all need a little incentive...

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Todd LOVES the rain! He claims he would be happy living in a place like Seattle but I would beg to differ. I would have difficulties there....and if mom isn't happy - no one is happy!

Unfortunately, Todd's car did not love the rain. I say "did" because his car is no more...

One fateful rainy week in January, Todd pulled a 180 through a puddle of standing water on the freeway. The result seemed a small thing, so the first week of February we took it to the shop for a little repair work expecting the inconvenience of sharing a car for about a week. A month and a half later, we are finally back to being a 2-car family. Sadly the insurance company opted to total our happy little civic. I know, it was a bit old (2002) and it had close to 150k miles on it...but it had at least another 5-7 years left and we were going to milk it for all it was worth. Apparently that wasn't much so we were forced to spend the last month hunting for the perfect deal...or should I say, "the cheapest deal". Not wanting to add to our total "debt worth" we needed a replacement, something to get him from point A to point B. That car just happened to be a 2002 Mazda Protege with a price tag to make this family beam with pride.

Now we can better focus on our newest responsibilities...right Bishop Nelson?!!