Showing posts with label celebrations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrations. Show all posts

Saturday, May 15, 2010

It's a bird; it's plane; it's an Impreza!

Okay, it is not every day that a girl gets a new car, a 'stylin' one at that. So, here I sit writing this up for you as I sip on some bubbly Perrier and nibble some chips as a celebration. Not a one of my friends is home, as it is an unusually sunny and warm day. They are probably all out with their families hiking.
I decided to begin looking for a 4-wheel drive car that Jay can get into and out of more easily. He test drove with me this morning all three cars in our town that met with my criteria. What was shocking to me was that he wanted me to get the more expensive one, and conservative as he is, it was a good choice. Neither of us had a single check in our spirits about it at all. I'm SO excited. Jay let me go back this afternoon to do the dickering while he went out to the ranch for a fence-building project with Stephen.
Below, you will see all the views possible of my 2007 Subaru Impreza. It is silver and has a 'spoiler', a huge trunk, plenty of leg room, automatic everything and even a radio that I can get hooked up to satellite... if I'm so inclined.
Oh, my, I can hardly wait to go to Lewiston for the big test drive on Tuesday to get my hair cut.
I'd had my Toyota for over 10 years. It was a '98 and still in very good condition, so I feel like a traitor to have gone over to the 'other' side with a Subaru.
I'd had Hondas and Nissans and Toyotas in my adult car life. Once I even had a Nash Rambler Station wagon that didn't have reverse in it.
The trade-in value for that car was a spare tire on the new one!






So, what do you think? Isn't she Pretty??????
And she has a sunroof.



Friday, March 12, 2010

"Be End," as Jacob says.

Everyone put on a swimsuit, gathered a towel, and planted themselves in one of two vehicles for the ride to the Super 8 motel for a celebration of swimming, especially fun for the kids. However, when we arrived there was a party going on, and the pool was full. Lovella came up with the brilliant idea for the 'little 'uns' to make painted paper, while the men took Alana to the ranch for some 4-wheeling. Alina, the Queena the Trailer, inspects her hand for paint; she's kind of picky about how she looks...darling, of course.
Marcus was the paint mixer extraordinaire!

Evan loved making all kinds of patterns before texturizing his paper.






Isabella LOVES red and pink!




Kelly loves to get the kids lined up for funniness!





This is definitely NOT funny! This was my piece de resistance!
A Rhubarb Custard Pie
made with whole wheat pastry crust, and it was delicious, if I do say so myself.
It was one of many desserts ordered up for the celebrations.
Cream Puffs, Chocolate Cake with ice cream, and Liliquoi (Passion Fruit) Cheesecake were among the treats.
We know how to eat; and we know how to celebrate, don't we?





I couldn't resist this angelic pose, below, of Dante as he napped.






...of Isabella as she slept in on the last morning,









oops, I guess he was cute enough to picture twice!
My nephew, Jake, always used to say, "Be End!" at the end of a story.
That's how this one ends too.