The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

I'll start with the good:
We have a swing set! Not in our yard yet, but it's on its way! And a trampoline! There's very much excitement going on here. We've been keeping an eye out for an affordable swing set for months. We headed up to Idaho again this weekend for my cousin's homecoming. It was so fun to see family that we haven't for a long time. (Carly saw my brother in the Philippines after the typhoon when they were transferred to the same area for awhile. She gave an excellent talk!) My Grandma and Grandpa are selling their house and offered the swing set and trampoline in the back yard. Yes! So it's still up in Idaho in pieces, we'll get it here...eventually! Very good; good to see family and blessed to get a sturdy swing set and trampoline for free!

Now the bad:
The van died. Pretty much we're sick and tired of having unreliable vehicles. We considered the idea of getting a horse and buggy, but figured with our luck in transportation lately...the horse would probably die. We were blessed though that it was acting funny and then died right as we pulled into the auto parts store. Could have been a lot worse...although we are in the market...again. We finally made it home and thankfully, Chase's parents were willing to drive the van down when it's out of the shop. I was really sad we had to miss the Ogden Temple Open House this morning though, hopefully we can make it down before Saturday!

And the ugly:
The weeds in the garden grew like 3 feet while we were gone. But our beans and tomatoes look awesome!