Monday, June 7, 2010

This is going to be one long list!

Last night, yet another vehicle joined our growing car collection. I can hear it already. " You two go through more cars than anyone else I know. How many cars have you had this year?" Well, that made me wonder... How many cars have we owed since we've been married? So, I thought I'd make a list. To make it things interesting, I'll add cars that we had while we were dating too. Here goes!

1. 1990 Toyota Camry (My first car. I loved that thing.)
2. 1986 Mazda 323 (Jordan kept willing the thing to die. It did.)
3. 1979 Nissan Z 290 (Jordan bought this right after we started dating, and sold it after just a few weeks. That should have been my first clue about Jordan's motor vehicle obsession!)
4. Suzuki Savage Motorcylce
5. 1989 Astro Van (Given to Jordan by his parents to replace a dead Mazda)

ENTER THE MARRIAGE YEARS

6. 1990 Ford Bronco (Because we didn't want a mini van when we had no children)
7. 2002 Toyota Corrolla (which is the only brand new car we have ever had)
8. 1972 Chevy (which didn't stick around long)
9. 1998 Ford F-150 (Jordan still whines to this day about missing his truck!)
10. 1998 Saturn SL(totaled)
11. 2000 Triumph motorcycle (Purchased without permission!)
12. 2001 Ford Windstar (now making the move to minivans for real)
13. 1973 Porsche 914 (The car that started the Porsche obsession)
14. 1990 Porsche 911 (Also purchased without permission. I think Jordan still cries in his sleep over the loss of this vehicle.)
15. 2004 Ford Freestar
16. 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo
17. 1983 Porsche 911 Targa

Vehicles we have purchased in the last year!

18. A boat (Does that count on this list?)1983 Checkmate
19. 1983 (or 1984?) Volkswagen Rabbit
20. 1990 Volkswagen Jetta
21. 2004 Mini Cooper
22. 2008 Buick Enclave* (Done with mini-vans!)
23. 1984 Porsche 928 S
24. And our newest addition, a 1996 BMW M3*. See pictures below.

Do Jordan's work issued vehicles count on this list too? If so...
25. Work van
26. New odd little squashed looking van he got a few weeks ago. This thing really is funny looking!*


*Vehicles that are currently in our possesion








Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Jordan got ahold of the hair clippers again





Pictures

The boys were playing outside, and I looked out an upstairs window to check on them, and found this cute scene. It's nice to see them playing so peacefully together. The picture is kind of blurry because I took it through the window.

Miles and Vance requested that I turn them into burritos.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Chicago!

This last weekend I had the opportunity to go to Chicago with some of the ladies from Jordan's family. We had the BEST time!! We left Thursday morning, and got home on Sunday night. The whole trip was fabulous!!
This is the high rise apartment building we stayed in. Our place was on the 54th floor! My Sister-in-law Lindsey got a great price for us to stay for the weekend. She is the one who planned this trip for us. Thank you Lindsey!!!

The view from our apartment
You can see Lake Michigan. The tall black building is the John Hancock building. The fourth tallest in Chicago.
On our way to dinner on Thursday evening, we had to deal with a lot of the Chicago traffic. As we were waiting at a very crowded intersection, we saw this poor mother goose trying to get her goslings across the busy street. I hope they made it!


On Friday... I got to sleep in!!!!! Miracles happen. :) We had the best omelets for breakfast. We put the omelet ingredients in a ziplock bag, then put them in boiling water for 13 minutes. They turned out perfect!!
After breakfast, we headed out to do some shopping. We were only a couple blocks away from the Magnificent Mile, which was some amazing stores! Bloomingdales, Neimam Marcus, Saks Fifth Ave., just to name a few. We went shopping for 10 hours!!
The John Hancock Building on a cloudy day.
The Chicago River

On Saturday, I got to see my cousin Leah, who lives just outside of the city. I hadn't seen her for years, so it was great to see her and her husband James, and to meet her cute children. Leah came and picked me up(thanks again Leah!), and we headed over to the Field Musuem.


An actual T-Rex skull. Her name is Sue. :)
Leah, her hubby James, and their children Isaac, Jeremiah, and Eden


On Sunday morning(Mothers Day), we had enough time to walk over to Navy Pier. Along the pier they had a bunch of boats that took people on tours of the harbor, but they were way expensive. But, there was one boat that was giving all mom's a free tour! Five of the six of us were moms, so we decided to take advantage of it.
Navy Pier
Great view of the city
Some marvelous ladies!! Aunt Debbie, Grandma Soule, my mother-in-law Diana, Lindsey, and Aunt Nicky
Navy Pier from out in the harbor. Sorry about the finger!

There was not a cloud in the sky, so the water was beautiful!!


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Our New Car!

Our mini van days are over!! This is our new (to us anyways) 2008 Buick Enclave. We LOVE it!!

Miles lost his first tooth!





calling both sets of grandparents to inform them of his news. :)

Miles' 6th Birthday

Miles turned six years old on March 16th. He had VERY specific plans about how he wanted to spend his birthday. He wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese, he wanted a Mario cake, and he wanted a dual action lightsaber for his gift. Luckily, we were able to make all those things happen, and he had a very great birthday. In fact, he declared it his best birthday ever!



I searched and searched for a cute Mario cake that I could make, but everything I found was too complicated. So we got one from the store. He loved it, and that's what mattered!
Vance with Grandma and Grandpa Miller
This picture cracked me up. I had to post it. :)