Nope.
There was going to be a photo, the ones seen below, and then another of the shiny new-to-us car sitting in our garage and the caption was going to read something like... "well, it's about DANG time!"
But, it just didn't seem right.
Today I had to drop off the Avalon. I was praying the whole time we were driving to the junkyard that it wouldn't give out, the tire wouldn't pop, that we would just MAKE IT there... and then all of a sudden I just had this feeling of sadness. Usually not the most emotional of people, I started feeling sentimental about this car that has been so much a part of our lives. So many memories.
We bought it when Hannah was less than a month old. It might have been the most terrible deal anyone had ever agreed upon when buying a used car, but it didn't matter because we NEEDED something with four doors. I was adament that we get the Avalon because the stroller fit in the trunk with room to spare. Yes, that was my reasoning for buying a car... stroller ease.
It has been a perfect family of four car. It has seen us through the baby stage for two kids. It has been OUR car, and it was a (mostly) dependable car.
So, instead of showing off our new friend, I am devoting an entire post to our old friend.
And then, truthfully, the nostalgia wore off and I breathed a HUGE sigh of relief when I came home to see that it was no longer in my driveway.
Drive cars until they die, that is what we do around here.
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Do you remember the Williams Oldsmobile Stationwagon with the rear facing back row seats? We used to play sweet and sour when the cousins got together...Katie and I both cried when Mom & Dad traded it in for the Chevy Blazer! Drive it till it dies. :)
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