Easter Comings and Goings

Travis and I took the Jetta out on the road to El Campo Sunday afternoon to see who we could find at home.

We stopped at MeMaw's for a long visit and watched some of the Astros' game. We left her a container of Travis' wonderful baked beans.

From there we went to Mimi's house and visited a while. We did some computer tax adjustment and left some baked beans for her to enjoy, too.

Mimi tried out the back seat of the new car as we went to Kim's house (Lance was flying back from Augusta, GA.) Heather and Crystal showed us the new puppies - 4 chubby little darlings - half Bassett Hound and half Labrador.....interesting. Heather demonstrated her softball pitching technique. She is taking lessons so she can start pitching for her team.

We took Mimi home and stopped by Lisa's house. We were entertained by Taylor on the guitar and Casey on the drums of Rock Band. They are pretty good! David came home from the farm in time for us to enjoy a good visit. Before we left, we talked him into a demonstration of his self-designed and self-built log splitter. That is a really great machine!

We came home to a wonderful voice mail from Laure wishing us a Happy Easter. Travis called them back and talked to Laure, Tommy, and each of the kids (I had visited with Laure quite a while on Saturday.)

It was a wonderful Easter day. We spent it with family in a way we have never done before.... and I really enjoyed it.

VW Jetta for Easter

We have been talking about checking into more economical transportation for a while. I did some research and narrowed down the choices to 3 different vehicles. Since I got off work early Friday, we made a rapid trip to Houston to LOOK at the choices. We liked all of the choices, but only one REALLY made good economic sense. The salesman was very nice, gave us a test drive car, and made us a good deal, so we signed away our lovely Town and Country minivan and purchased a VW Jetta TDI (diesel).

We picked up the car this evening and drove a little farther to have supper with Rebecca and Danny. It will take a little adjustment after the years of vans and minivans, but I think I really like this little car. It is roomy, has a few bells and whistles, and handles very nicely. The really good thing is that I won't have to fill it up as often. It is supposed to get between 40 and 50 miles to the gallon. Travis is still amazed that the little car doesn't clatter like his diesel pickups. And it doesn't stink, either. The other feature that allowed us to trade off our T&C is that four people can actually ride COMFORTABLY in the car. (Becca and Danny tested it by riding behind Travis and me on the way to get supper.)

Everyone have a blessed and Happy Easter!!!