He has been on the hunt for a vw bug. Not a new beetle, but an old bug. He has scoured the whole southeastern US (no joke) for weeks now looking for just the right one. He thought several times that he found "the one", but it just never worked out.
Until yesterday.
Friday night he was getting ready to take an 8 hour drive to TN to look at a bug that was all in pieces when he decided to take one more look around to see if he could find something that was closer, or put together. Well, he found one that was both closer and put together. He called the owner and had a good chat for about 15 minutes followed by a quick decision that this was to be the new addition to our family. He got up on Saturday morning and left the house before 6:00am (ugh... too early on a Saturday for me!!) and off he went. He has a 4.5 hour drive ahead of him, but he was stoked. Please remember that at this point, he still had only seen pictures of the car!
He got there around noon, local time, and discovered that this was truly the car he had been looking for. It started, stopped and ran well. It wasn't nasty rusty. There were no parts falling off of it. It was in our target price range. It was his!! He loaded her up on the trailer, and he headed home. The kiddos and I were all glad to see him roll up with that little tiny car on the trailer. As soon as it was unloaded, we all piled in and took a spin around the block. The kiddos LOVE it, and I think it's awesome.
Husband and I have quite a history with bugs. We have a picture that was taken of us when we were dating that shows me sitting in the driveway next to a bug reading a book while Husband was under the car fixing something. (I'll try to find it and post it in the next couple of days.) It's neat because we get so sit so close... it makes it easy to hold hands. There isn't a radio, so we're forced to have conversation. It will be something that Husband and Son can work on together.
We all loaded into the car- including the 2 car seats in the back, to go to the store and Small Group tonight, what a blast! Such a fun family memory. It's not the car that we will regularly use for our family trips (the big ol' honker that I drive is much more comfortable!!) but it will be fun on occasion.
I'm really excited about our new vehicular addition. Now to be rid of another. Know anyone that is interested in buying a Volvo station wagon?
3 comments:
How much? ;)
Saw the picture that was sent to Jon's phone. She looks like a lovely addition to your family!
Cool...Just curious and I know its been a while, but what happened to Yoda?
Super fun! You are right, that will make for GREAT family memories!!
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