Cars and Trucks

This week has been one Kade has enjoyed. We have been trying to sell one of our 4 vehicles because yes there are only 2 of us. We put a car and our truck on craigslist to see if we could get what we want out of them, well they both sat there for a while. No matter if we dropped the price on them, no one wants to buy a vehicle. So Kade being his bargaining self decided he would see if there was anything he would like to trade our car for. After looking at lots of people vehicles he got his heart set on an old Toyota pickup, that didn't run by the way. But he has wanted a pickup like this forever. He said he owned one once but it wasn't 4 wheel drive. I just let him decide. So we still have 4 vehicles.

When Kade decided this is what he wanted, he had to find a way to get a non functioning vehicle from Rexburg home. Now its not that long of a drive. He got one of his buddies to ride in the Toyota while he towed it home in his GMC. Three hours later going 15-20 MPH, they finally got here. Both of the boys were a little frustrated and glad to be home.

Yesterday I was at work and Kade went to work on his new truck. He spent all day pulling it apart and putting it back together. I think he finally crawled in bed with me around 11.

So this morning he was so excited to take me for a drive. First off I hate getting in this truck, it has a lift on it and I'm tall, just not tall enough. We went around the block a few times and I told him, I can't believe you traded a car that drove nice, for this one. Its a bumpy ride. Oh well its his baby not mine. He is sure proud of it. I was giving him a hard time to say the least. When all of a sudden the front tire came off. Yup, the tire rolled out into the intersection, while we were sitting there bewildered! LOL, there were about a half dozen people who stopped, when they saw what the problem was they laughed and said "that sucks". LOL I just kept thinking, if your going to stop, we don't need your two cents, we know it sucks. Anyways Kade ran down the road and picked up the missing bolts and put it back together. I'm super grateful we were not on a busy road and that Kade has his talents of tinkering and knowing how to fix stuff. I love him, he has such a passion for this sort of thing.

By the way he just came in and informed me that that tire wont be coming off again, unless that is the purpose of course. :D

Here is a picture of the beauty. He really is so proud.