Selling the Corolla and buying the Honda Odyssey was totally God's doing. Well, everything is, but this is one of those times where it's distinctly evident. After talking with some friends that had just bought a van off Craigslist, we thought we'd be in for a long and frustrating search. On top of that, since we were selling our only car, we were concerned about having a lapse of time without a car. However! We put the Corolla on Craigslist on Tuesday. Wednesday Andrew got in contact with a family that was selling their van- we got the heads up from his dad who found out from his friend/mechanic. The family who was selling the van turned out to be a very kind Christian family who ended up being very happy to take our offer and hold the van for us while we sold our car. Thursday night (after I got off work) we sold our car and bought the van. The van is exactly what we were hoping for but never thought we would be able to afford, but thanks to some very generous people we were able to get it! I'll post some photos of it some other time.
I haven't mentioned this yet but I'm sure I'll mention this often in future posts: when I married Andrew I obtained solid gold in in-laws. 1) because they love and care for us so much, 2) because they love and care for our children so much, 3) because they are so stinkin' generous! Take Thursday for example: my MIL watched my kids while I worked (which Augustine gets so excited he can barely nap), she let me steal her car to go to work, and my FIL came over to help install a new kitchen faucet and give us their old patio set.
The "new-to-us" patio set
Friday was Andrew's birthday party (he'll be 30 on Tuesday). We did our traditional Blue Wasabi outing with a few friends. Afterwards I had planned a "Beer and Bacon" party for him. I would post pictures but 1) since I was the host, I was too distracted and totally forgot to take some! and 2) the pictures wouldn't be that interesting seeing as how I wasn't able to do any fancy Pinterest decorations ;) We played Munchkins which almost always solicits some sort of rowdiness and heated discussions about the rules but always overall ends up being fun.
Like I said, Andrew's birthday is on Tuesday and we are going up to my in-laws' cabin (see, their they are again! ;) next weekend to celebrate. I'm sure I'll end up taking plenty of photos to post; especially since I failed to do so on Friday... but for now I'll just post a picture of little Ella since she's standing next to me being so cute :)
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