New Car

After the insurance company finally totaled the Explorer and I had driven a rental for over a month, we went car shopping. I wanted a Honda CR-V. A friend in college had one and I was super impressed by how much room there was in the back seat and the cargo area and the gas mileage wasn't bad either. Did I mention that it's a Honda? You can't go wrong with a Honda.

We had researched on the Internet the different places that had used CR-Vs for sale so we headed to South Carolina. First stop was Hendrick Honda in Easley. They had a used white one that was great, but the price wasn't so great. So we kept going. We ended up at the Motor Mile in Greenville; more specifically Breakaway Honda. They had some nice used ones, too. However, if we were going to the spend that much money, why not buy a new one for very close to the same price? So we did. I am the very proud owner of a light blue, 2008, Honda CR-V!

Thanksgiving and Jeremiah's Birthday

We made the trek to Florida for Thanksgiving. For some reason, I have no pictures of the time we spent down there. However, on the way home, a big blue diesal truck pulled out in front of me on a small road in South Carolina. Joey was sitting in the back watching a movie. Our Explorer was totaled and we had to wait on my dad to drive 2 hours to come get us. Yes, we only had it two months, but since we had Gap Insurance, we no longer had a significant amount of debt. So really it was a blessing in disguise since no one was hurt.

Jeremiah's birthday is November 28th, so it always falls close to Thanksgiving. Matt and Becca had every one over for the party. 

Jeremiah and Mark

Josiah

Matt's Aunt Jean with Josiah and one of grandkids.

Matt's mom, June, with Rachel

Opening presents!

"Fix it Daddy"

Rachel was about 4 months old

Aunt Kim tries to wrangle Josiah and Jeremiah.

September Florida Trip

When I married Joey, he had a Nissan Titan Truck and an Acura sports car. I had my little blue Saturn. Obviously we didn't need three cars and the payments were horrendous. Thankfully, Joey has a good friend who works at a dealership in Jacksonville and set us up to trade all three cars for one. We took Pepper along and he was getting a tad too big to ride in the back window, but you can't tell him anything. (Yes, he is barking in this pictures. He barks a lot.)

Our "new" car: 2006 Ford Explorer, Eddie Bauer Edition. This thing had it all: leather seats, third row, dvd player with headsets and game controls.  

On our way back, we stopped at The Cupboard Cafe in Dillard, GA. We couldn't resist trying on these silly hats.