We are now the proud owners of a white 2006 Suburban! We wrote the check yesterday and drove it home! We are praising the Lord for allowing us to find something that we could pay cash for so we could stay debt-free. We thank Him for His faithful provision over the years that allowed us to set aside money for such a time as this. The kids are absolutely over the moon about our new "truck!" I got to drive it home from Car Max, since Ted had been the one to test drive it. I must say, it handles very well. I remember when we got the minivan, feeling that the van was so huge compared to the Subaru Outback we traded in for it. Ha! The minivan looked so TINY when I was following Ted home last night! But the Suburban drives well and actually does a U-Turn with about the same radius as the van. I think we are going to be pleased with it for many years.
I'll have to get a picture of the kids in front of it and post on here later!
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April 30, 2009
April 29, 2009
Buying a western BMW
The title is tongue-in-cheek...it stands for "Big Mormon Wagon," which is what our Mormon friends called SUVs! Yup, we have to do it. The minivan is no longer cutting it with our family of seven. However, since the Town & Country is completely paid for, we have decided to keep it as well and instead say goodbye to Ted's faithful little Saturn, who has served us since 1996! At almost 200,000 miles, "Alex" is still ticking! But we don't want to take him on another cross-country move. We plan to give him to a young married couple who have only one car.
So yesterday afternoon we went to Car Max. Ted had finished another midnight to 8 a.m. shift, came home, and took a nap while I took the kids to Cindey's house. When he woke, we went home to get him and then headed to Henderson. For such a huge lot, they didn't have many vehicles of the size we need. LOTS of minivans, but they just won't do! However, we did find a white 2006 Suburban that seats nine people. It has 60K miles and looks great. We stopped at the Las Vegas Car Max on the way home and did some checking online, and it seems that finding a 9-seater is harder than it would appear. Most we looked at online seated 7 or 8. So we have decided to put things in motion to buy the 9-seater from Henderson. Ted's going to make some calls today!!
So yesterday afternoon we went to Car Max. Ted had finished another midnight to 8 a.m. shift, came home, and took a nap while I took the kids to Cindey's house. When he woke, we went home to get him and then headed to Henderson. For such a huge lot, they didn't have many vehicles of the size we need. LOTS of minivans, but they just won't do! However, we did find a white 2006 Suburban that seats nine people. It has 60K miles and looks great. We stopped at the Las Vegas Car Max on the way home and did some checking online, and it seems that finding a 9-seater is harder than it would appear. Most we looked at online seated 7 or 8. So we have decided to put things in motion to buy the 9-seater from Henderson. Ted's going to make some calls today!!
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