We Did It!!!!

OK, so I am giving up on catching up on summer before I share what else is happening with our family....otherwise it will probably be Christmas before I get to the first day of school or anything else!

Our crazy event over the summer was we finally ditched the mini-van club!!! Call us crazy, in this lovely economy and sky rocketing gas price era we are in, but after 18months of researching SUVs and test driving and researching and test driving and talking with dealers and then thinking we should just keep our van, it is paid for, but we really want something that can pull a camping trailer and maybe even a boat.... What to do, what to do? While on our trip to Washington we realized that we really did want to trade in the van and spend the money so that we could have a family get away and a reason to escape with just our family and friends. Camping and boating is a great way to leave the world behind. So we came home and put our van on KSL, just to see what would happen. Well, it SOLD! in 5 days! So, suddenly we found ourselves as a one car family. So the research and test driving and research and test driving continued...to the point the kids refused to go to "one more" dealership and we could probably tell you anything you want to know about any SUV! Our first thought was to purchase the GMC Acadia (for a year we test drove and thought about and test drove and watched prices...we know the "GM Guy" really well), but when we were finally ready to buy they did not have any 2008 with the options that we wanted and they were not making anymore 08 models so we'd have to wait for the 09 model....so back to research and test driving...when we discovered the new 2009 Honda Pilot pulls 4500 lbs and seemed to be a perfect fit for what our family wanted and needed...so we ordered one...then because of production issues the dealer could not guarantee he would have it until October!!! (Being a one car family for the summer when the kids and I can ride bikes and walk places is doable, but OCT??? carpool does not work so well without a "car"!) So back to research and test driving...and in the end we found our "buggy" as we call it and WE LOVE IT!


The "Buggy", 2008 Toyota Sequoia