serendipity

 

dan & i woke up yesterday and for the first time in ages

~ages~

had no where to be and nothing on the calender.

what an amazing feeling.

i had a lightbulb moment regarding the table

which is officially "under construction".

really excited with what i think we're gonna do.

but we'll talk about that later.

for quite some time now, madison has given her search for her dream car

a varsity effort.

it's not unusual for her to come in our bedroom in the evening 

with her laptop & have dozens to show us.

foot note.

she wisely decided long ago

that campaigning for what is also my dream car

might work to her benefit.

not to mention, dan learned how to drive on his family's black vw bug.

a few weeks ago, dan explained that most of the cars she was looking at online

were probably bought at an auction or were from some joe off the street

& that we wouldn't be going that route.

finding one in our price range, with the amount of mileage we were looking for

in great shape

was proving to be a bit of a challenge.

so yesterday, the day with nothing going on

madison runs into this newly listed vw beetle,

relatively close to our home

that fit all of our criteria.

roadtrip

we ended up at gunther volkswagen

which if you're a vw fan

is a must stop destination.

super cute store inside full of fun volkswagen goodies.

oh & they "gave" us university of georgia

volkswagen long sleeve tees for our purchase too.

it really was a fun place

with glittered peace signs dangling from the vintage cars

& a fantastic pandora station playing too.

 

to make a relatively short story shorter

we bought it!

only owned by one previous owner

immaculate

spotless service history

and even had a few extra perks

that we were hoping for.

 little bit was just as excited as madi & i!

i think i accidentally deleted it but i had the cutest pic of her

riding the lap around the dealership

sitting in the back of the convertible

with both hands up as if she was riding a roller coaster.

too cute!!

 

 

 

i posted that last image of madi on facebook & a friend reminded me

that years ago i had posted a little edited fun photo of savannah

in the same serendipitous pose!

not that anyone asked, but...

we didn't buy our girls cars when they turned 16

"just because"

but with smk heading off to college in a few weeks

we really needed to go ahead & make the investment.

we're praying that both smk's car and this new one for madi

will last them through college.

it's a sweet selfless daddy

that drives a very non-flashy, simple car

so we can afford to let his girls ( all his girls)  drive something a tad nicer.

i think i may have known a few of those in my lifetime....

~