Like I talked about in my last post, on our way home from our trip my car had started leaking oil. Like massive amounts of it. I was pretty well convinced that my car was a goner. I figured it could be fixed, but the car is old and I wasn't really planning to spend a ton of money to fix it. Thankfully that only cost us about $100!
When we got home, we also discovered that our air conditioner was broken! After calling our normal place and having them give me the run around, I called another local company and I'm so glad I did! They were awesome! We ended up having a brand new air conditioner and furnace installed this past week. It was a scary price tag, but ultimately the right decision. This will make selling our house that much easier when the time comes. Our old furnace was about 45 years old and the air conditioner wasn't far behind. Quite honestly other than our mortgage I've never financed anything in my life. I always save and pay with cash. It's how we bought Jacob's car and our roof. (See...being very frugal has it's perks!). This time we had to finance though. Once again, I was nervous, but we'll be able to put a decent chunk down. Phew! The air works amazingly well! We LOVE it! Although, with this great weather we're having it's not needed right now!
And since things always seem to happen in 3's, Jacob's car didn't want to miss an opportunity to cost us about $500 in repairs! Not to mention it needs new tires too! Holy moly. Hoping now that everything is fixed we can catch a looooong break.
We've still managed to have plenty of fun too, as the summer is winding down.
We went to Villa Grove 2 weekends ago for Rachel's graduation party. We spent the night and had lots of fun!
That little boy was awake from 7:00am until 8:00pm. No nap and he was still going strong! I couldn't believe it. He had a blast running up and down the halls at the church and playing in the nursery too.
He also learned to say Uncle Micah's name that weekend! He's working on Aunt Rachel's. It basically comes out as "Cel" right now. Ha! It's weird teaching him to say "my" name. Another new word from the weekend was, "cupcake".
He was only in it for the frosting.
Before we came home, Daniel got to help Grandpa out in his garden by digging up potatoes!
Then over the weekend we went to Springfield. Went to Kohls to get Jacob some pants for work and also got some clothes on clearance for Daniel for next summer! Then we hit up Olive Garden for some never ending pasta. I'd say it was a hit. Little man ate soup, salad, pasta and an entire breadstick!
Then we hit up Dick's Sporting Goods. I printed off a $10 eGiftcard from a Facebook promotion. Everything is super expensive though but we ended up finding Daniel a soft Cardinals bat and ball for his birthday and only paid $5 for it! He was cracking us up though. When we got home he grabbed it and ran away yelling, "Mine!" Silly boy.
On Sunday, Pa came over to visit for the afternoon. We played outside, went to the playground and then out for his birthday and even got some ice cream before heading home again.
And then on Monday, Grandma and Aunt Sarah came for a visit. The little booger will not say Grandma or Ma, even though we know he can and knows who both of them are. He kept asking for Pa and then at supper I pointed at Brenda and asked who she was. He either didn't answer or said Pa. Then I pointed to Sarah and asked who she was, to which he replies, "MA!!" Such. A. Booger. Brenda and I were cracking up though! We went to Krieger's for supper that night. Lot's of eating out...but lots of delicious foods!
Lot's of fun! Today Daniel got to go to school with Daddy and hang out with him while he's getting his class ready. He apparently had tons of fun! He's going to be a very confused little boy next week when Daddy isn't here in the mornings!
One last picture for good measure because I love it!
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