Mature!

We bought our van 16 years ago.  I wasn’t given much choice in any options because Paul wanted to buy a vehicle THAT day. 
So green it was.  . . with built in car seats though we didn’t have any kids that needed car seats.
Little did I know I would still be driving it after all my kids had left home.  In fact, I have renamed my van . .. it is now a portable storage unit!
It was traveled all over. . .most of the longer trips have been between here and Utah.
It has a rebuilt engine, a new transmission and no air conditioning, but it still runs.

I was certain that I would surpass the 200,000’s before March was over . . . but the battery kept dying.


I got a jump start. . .

and my oil checked and topped off. . .

And this time I was going to drive it enough to. . .
charge the battery enough so it would start the next morning . . .

and to surpass the 300,000 milestone.

I guess our van is now broken in.  It’s mature

Another Day, Another Commencement

One of the reasons we headed to Utah was for Samuel’s graduation. 
But since we were there, we were able to check some things off my list of what I wanted to do all the other times I have been in Utah like going to the Salt Lake Temple.
We headed downtown . .

While we were at the temple, David chose to go over to LDS Business College and we met up afterwards.
We stopped for a bite to eat at another restaurant we don’t have around home. . .

Then headed for the Y (aka BYU)

Allie and I have a ritual . . . 

And then off to the Marriott Center. . .

I don’t remember who the speaker was and I was happy that there weren’t nearly as many graduates at 4 months earlier.

Samuel’s family invited us to join them at a Japanese steak house for a celebration!

What better way to end the day than to be serenaded by Allie and Reginald!

Another Milestone

My van is getting OLD.