We went in with Jack to purchase Rick and Barb's old 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee. As we were driving it home we got to celebrate it hitting 100,000 miles. I've personally only had one other car make it to 100,000 - my old 1987 Honda Accord which I ultimately sold when it had ~130k miles to buy a 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Something I still regard as a mistake!!!
The Jeep, however, was not a mistake. It is in fantastic condition and will be a great first driver for Jack in the Fall.
Here's a cool moon progression shot from our Ring doorbell in St. Augustine. The pics are in reverse chronological order and occur about two hourse from one another.
This one was around 5am and you can just barely see the moon.
The one was 3am.
And this one around 1am.
Elle is loving her (and my) Nebraska gear. I bought the hat out of necessity when I visited Bill for his 50th birthday party. We went to the Husker-Wisconsin game and it was cold!!!
One month in and Elsa's Apple Tag tracker is still working! We've been able where she likes to hang out around the neighborhood.
Bill and I had an opportunity for a quick meet-up and shot up to Fort Collins for a few hours. We took full advantage of our time by visiting some of my favorite places when I was there 25+ years back.
One of those was Rio Grande known for its strong margaritas!
I always appreciated how clear their classic margarita was as well. We inquired on its ingredients and learned this classic margarita actually doesn't contain lime juice. Their fancier margaritas do.
The other notable thing was the weather. It snowed throughout our trip to the Fort and was cold!
Elle had to build a pyramid for a project at school. It needed to open up so you could see on the inside as well.
Jack completed National Youth Leadership Training earlier this year.
Elle turned 12 and finally got a real party.
Publix has upped their game when it comes to cakes!
Puff still shows up in his birthday outfit!
The girls got to do a set of challenges as a team that included:
Challenge #1: Go into the backyard around the edge of the yard. Petey will be released into the middle. You will have 1 minute to touch Petey.
Challenge #2: Each of you have to make a basketball shot!
Challenge #3: Grab a phone. Take group selfies in front of 2 houses decorated for Christmas
Challenge #4: You have 3 minutes to find the sour patch, puppy tree in the reservoir pond across from our house. Each girl should grab one of each return home.
