Guess it's about time to post again

Life is so exciting. Both the van and the suburban are dead, which makes getting anywhere a real challenge. Bad week, since Finlay and Camary started swimming lessons Monday and have them every morning this week and next. Today, my friend Suzette drove us and picked us up from swimming lessons. She's nice. The van engine overheated a couple of weeks ago when I drove to Orem for Finlay's eye doctor appointment. Fortunately, we were pulling into the garage when the steam started to pour out of the hood. So, I have been driving the suburban. Last Friday, when we were about to leave for Sylvia's wedding (which was nice, by the way), it wouldn't start. We jumped it with the car, and all was fine, but on Monday it was dead again. I jumped it with the van and got everyone where they needed to be, but when Camary's swimming lessons were done, I had to get someone there to jump me again. So, we jumped the suburban yesterday and used it to tow the van into the shop. Later, when we were going to take it in to a parts store to check the battery, it wouldn't even jump start, so it's probably the starter. Turns out the van's radiator fan (or some fan) went out, but luckily didn't damage the radiator or the engine. That also explains the A/C problems. They can fix it for $450, but won't get the part till Monday. They can, however, put a new starter in the Suburban tomorrow (for only $375), so all we have to do is get the burban down there tonight. We'll pray for it to jump start, but if not we'll try to tow it with Tracy's car. Towing the van made me nervous enough, so that doesn't sound too fun.

Yesterday, I drove Tracy's car back to the eye doctor's to pick up Fin's new glasses. Aren't they cute? We also stopped at the drivers license office to get Ryan his learners permit, however they were insanely busy, naturally, and Ryan had to get back home to teach a trombone lesson, so we left. Sadly, his student didn't show up. The wayward student is coming today, though. Ryan is teaching trombone for $15 a lesson. He only has one student, but he's planning to teach piano lessons, too. I think this will be a perfect way for him to earn money, since he wants to become a band teacher. Plus, he'll get to set his own hours and all. Love it!

Summer is almost over. Elementary registration is tomorrow (have to find a ride to that, too) and Jr. High registration is next week. We already registered for High School online. School starts three weeks from today, so it's time to seize the end of summer and squeeze everything we can out of it. It would help to have a car...

Ah, yes. Camary decided she didn't want to wear pigtails anymore because she doesn't want to be a pig. I suggested that we call them something else, so now instead of pigtails, she wears werewolf tails. No kidding. She loves werewolves. That scene in Harry Potter 3 where Lupin turns into a werewolf? I tried to get her out of the room, so she wouldn't be scared, and she cried, "No, I want to see the werewolf." Sometimes I think she is a werewolf. She doesn't sleep when there is a full moon. Okay, she's getting better now, but it used to be really bad. I'd think, Why isn't she sleeping tonight? Oh, yeah. Full moon. She's so funny.