We Have a New Member of Our Family! (Leo)

Bill and I decided to replace the Suburban this week after Jim recommended we do. It's making some funny noises and after 108,000 miles we figured it was time--before it needed a new tranny or something expensive. It was a great car for us and we loved it a lot! We decided to get a new car and have been test driving all week to do our homework. We liked the Lexus TX hybrid the best. It has 3 rows, but the most headroom and space in the back for when our tall sons in law and adult children ride with us! We tested a lot of vehicles and liked this one overall the best and taking everything into consideration. It was a time consuming process!!! (Especially the buying part!) But he's a nice ride-- welcoming "Leo" into our family! We took him over to Brooke and Ben's and then to Megan and Todd's houses after the long purchasing process. Ben especially loved the car! He kept ooing and awing over all the features! It's going to be a great car!

A Visitor...

...of the slithering kind! This big guy came to check things out today and stuck around for a while in the shade of our patio...just hung out on the ledge of our basement and ground level floor! He's a good snake-- a gopher snake. He will eat rattlers and scorpions so he's nice to have around. I just wish he didn't look so menacing! I mean that face-- gives me the creepies!