Happy Hayes Family: July 2008

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Rainy Day/New Car

So on this rainy Saturday, our family traveled to Schaumburg, IL to look at a Honda Pilot. We test drove it, and liked it a lot. Chris has been researching our vehicle situation for weeks - every night on-line looking through car after car after car. After our Civic was declared totaled, we had some tough decisions to make. Our van was in need of being replaced, in addition to Chris needing a commuter car for work. As you saw in my last post, we purchased a Saturn yesterday, and then we did go ahead and buy the Pilot today. We are very excited! It is such a relief to have our vehicle situation squared away finally. Lord willing, we will not have to make any major vehicle decisions for a LONG time!

After our Carmax experience was complete, we checked out the new Lego store at Woodfield Mall, where Steven and Ryan were each able to purchase a Lego set. Our next stop was IKEA, where we had lunch, and then browsed the store before we headed home. It's been a busy few days.

I snapped this picture before we went into Carmax. We traded in our van as part of the
vehicle purchase.

Ryan and Andrew enjoyed the special play area that Carmax has set up for kids 10 and under. Since Steven just turned 11 in June, he had to stay out. He came on the test drive with us, hung out while we got all the paperwork together, and occasionally checked on his brothers for us.

Andrew checking out cool stuff at the Lego Store.

2004 Honda Pilot

Our Family Vehicle

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Friday, July 18, 2008

One Down, One To Go

2000 Saturn SW2 Wagon

In an effort to resolve our vehicle situation, we have purchased a Saturn wagon for Chris' commuter car. Chris test drove it last night. Tonight, we went back to purchase it. Tomorrow morning we have an appointment to look at what could be our next family vehicle. More on that tomorrow, hopefully! This has been a thought-provoking time, since our Civic was declared totaled, because we were planning to replace our van this summer. Chris has been on-line every night for weeks searching for the solution to our current needs.

This is what Andrew looked like both last night and tonight at the car dealership. Taking a car ride right after supper seems to have quite the calming effect on our little man. He didn't actually see the car until after we had purchased it.

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