The New Year takes a turn for the Worst!

On the fifth I took Canyon to therapy like I do every Monday. On the way back I noticed my check engine light was on and the temperature gauge was in the red. So I got home ran inside and told mom that my engine was gonna blow. So she followed me to our great machine Don. We showed up mom told him what was happening and I was crying. He told us to leave Suni over night an he'd look at it the next day. He called the next day to tell us it's no big deal just needed a new thermostat and he'd replace it and it would be good to go. After mom got done with work I picked her up and we went back to Dons. He then told us he replaced the thermostat and it's still over heating. He said it's probably the head gasket and he would work up a quote but they usually run around $1000. Mom said give up on it and we went looking for a new car. I called my dad and told him how much it would cost to fix suni and he said he could do it for way cheaper once he finds the right parts. 

The search for new car lasted a week and I had to do it mostly on my own. I would go to dealers find a car I liked get the vin and email it to the bank to see how much of a loan I could get. By Thursday I was done looking, Jared's mom said I could use his truck if I needed it and I was about to take her up on that offer. Around 5:30 Thursday night mom said how about we look at the cheapest new vehicles just to see how much you can get for that. I was excited I always wanted a Fiesta and now I might beable to get one. We went and looked at the Feistas, ofcourse they didn't have any hatchbacks so I instead took the vin of a sedan. Mom kept laughing at them saying they looked weird. She suggested we go to the Chevy dealer and look at the sparks I told her there was no point because I didn't like the sparks enough to buy. 

We got there right before they closed and they told us we could take it for a quick test drive. I LOVED it and Canyon did too. When we came back everyone was gone except for one guy who was locking up. I told him I just took a spark for a test drive and was bringing it back he was surprised that the guy who gave me the keys had left before I returned. 

The next morning I emailed the bank hopeful of a good response. I got an email back they couldn't give me the full price but it was a good chunk of it. So I called the dealer told him what I could offer which was $800 less than asking price and he said you have a deal. I was so excited I didn't know what to do. I signed tons of papers at the bank and dealer and then got the keys handed to me it felt like it wasn't real. 

I got Sparki on Friday, Monday I came to school for the first day of the semester and a car behind me in the parking lot hit me. I was so angry and shocked. Ofcourse something would happen to my brand new car, but it wasn't bad. 

The next weeken dad came down with the parts and we worked on Suni. Yes WE! I actually helped. Suni sold a few days later to be a first car for a 16year old at Pottsville. Sweet little Suni is going back to high school. 

New Year

So I came up with a New Years Resolution the other day to be more involved with my blog. Let's see how well this works. 

Let's start with Christmas. 

Jared got to come home for a two week leave for the holidays.

Jared's graduation for basic training. 

Before Christmas nana and papa came and we went to russellville to see the town lights. This is our town Christmas tree (aka the giant blue tear drop)

Boo-boo wishing he got presents this big. 

Christmas morning Malaki and I had on our Christmas pjs. 

Moms 29th Birthday!! 

We had crab for dinner (surprising) and canyon sang happy birthday to himself (like always) hahaha 

New Years Eve. We were waiting for the ball to drop so we could go to bed haha. 

On the second we took Jared back to Oklahoma for training. Longest drive ever! I got sick on the way there which was sooo great but felt better after a while.