Valentine Chaos and Blessings!

Let me start off by saying - I didn't take near enough pictures to capture the entirity of the day! In fact, I only got one - that of our "new to us" van that we will get tomorrow if all goes well on the money end!

So - the morning start off GREAT! I had helped Kestra and Tyler make cupcakes for their classes yesterday and they were all ready to go... I had the day off from driving the special needs suburban so was able to drive our kids to school this morning.

On the way to school, we were all laughing and cutting up - just enjoying the day! We were even letting the stuffed cow I got from my secret sister drive! Ha ha. Dropped Hannah and Malachi off with an "I love you!" and headed to the Elementary with Kestra and Tyler....enter CHAOS!

We all got out of the car, complete with two trays and one plate full of cupcakes, Kestra's Valentine box, etc. Tyler realized his backpack was in the very back of the Expedition, so I opened the back and pulled it out. Little did I know that it was OPEN and that all his Valentines for his class would go flying all over the parking lot... Once I realized the problem, I set down the cupcakes and was trying to help him get it all together.

Tyler was a little disoriented, stressed, thrown off, etc - what do you know? He stepped RIGHT on Kestra's tray of cupcakes!!! YEP - you guessed it, smashed a whole section! Ugh! I must say though - Kestra was SO NICE! She just patted Tyler and told him it was okay!

We then proceeded to get it all gathered up (minus smashed cupcakes) and get it into the school - Whew!!!

Next stop - looking at a 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan with Joel! This is the BLESSING! We had set aside the day to look at cars and were headed to Farmington to do so. I had seen an ad in the paper about this van and so we had made arrangements to see it. It is wonderful! The price was right - something we could afford with our tax refund, it was in GREAT shape and all was well!!!

So - if all goes well tomorrow as far as getting the money from our bank to the sellers, we will be the new owners of this van and we didn't have to look at any others!!!

Then, it was off to Farmington, NM! We went to the Christian bookstore, Hobby Lobby, and Target AND my absolute favorite - OLIVE GARDEN! So, enjoyed the day with Joel! Tonight we are praying and praising!