Monday, March 21, 2011

Buying a Candy Bar

We are officially a member of the minivan club! Brad was able to take a trip back to the states last week to begin preparing for our big move. One thing we thought would be nice would be to have a vehicle as soon as we get there. We will ship his truck back but that could take a month or so. So as Brad landed in Raleigh he took a cab to the dealer to buy a car. Several hours later he drove away in the van after writing a check for $25,000. The funny thing is, this decision is sooo small compared to buying a house. Brad said that it felt like stopping at the gas station and buying a candy bar. He didn't even send me a picture, whereas I have looked about 500 different house pictures. We barely even talk about our new vehicle and have spent hours talking about the house.

The only way I saw the van was if it was sitting in front of a house he was looking at. So here are a couple pictures I found looking through the house pictures. By the way we are close to putting an offer in on a house but it is not this one.  


I think we are going to be big decisioned out....so any help with names for our boy would be most appreciated :) I'll keep you updated on the house front!

P.S. Huge thanks to the Strohmeyers for picking up the van at the airport when Brad left and keeping it for us for a little bit.

5 comments:

Mom said...

Congratulations on buying a minivan! There must be a lot of decision making going on if the van was so easy:) We are praying for you.

Texas Bucks said...

WOW!! Love the new wheels. . . that will be so convenient!! That is an awesome looking house in the pics too. . . can't wait to see the one you decide on! :)

Texas Bucks said...

James wants to know what happened to bringing back the Audi sports car?? ;)
Oh, wait. . . 2 kids happened! :)

Aunt Laura said...

What kind of van is that? I couldn't tell from the picture. I was the queen of mini-vans for so many years.

Kicking off the name suggestions. Maxwell was my grandfather's middle name as well as Uncle David's. Riley was my great uncle's middle name.

Mom & Dad said...

Good lookin' minivan! Like the color, too. We cont. to pray for your house decision - know it's a big one - and look forward to seeing pictures when you do finalize things.
Are you still wanting name suggestions that are verbs??