Car problems

This has been a very interesting week!
We got the van back this morning. Everything is working except it misfires in low idle. There is nothing they can do about it. We chose to get the head replaced instead of the whole engine and apperantly  the odds to it working are 20 to one and we got the one. It will be fine except it will not pass emissions when it is time. So we will need to shell out another $2000 to replace the engine in the next little while. I have not checked out tags yet to see when that will be. We chose to only replace the head because money is kinda tight and you can only pay for what you can pay for. Did I mention how much  I love cars?
But it has been fun walking Mackenzie back and forth to school. I have not done that is so many years! The mornings have been cool, and it has been nice to talk about whatever is swimming around in her head. (Joey has band so whizzes by on his bike after school so we don't even see him, although Tuesday I walked George, the cello, home while we walked home with the Schneblys. I am going to miss that big guy! Joey also borrowed bells from Mr. Higgins and he tried to take them back to school on his bike and almost tipped over! It was one of those moments where you wish Heavenly Father had a hidden camera somewhere because that moment is one I would relive every time I was in a bad mood and laugh and laugh until my sides were sore! And yes, I took pity on the poor lad and carried them for him.)
The big kids had to walk too.
My mom and I went to the bookstore. (No, David, I did not push her all the way there. WE used my Dad's van. But I could do it!) And I gotta say I ran a few errands with Tami and that was a lot of fun! Really need to do that more often!!!

And now it is Thursday morning and it is all back to normal. The big kids are conspiring about how long they can sleep in and be to school on time. Every last second counts, of course! Mackenzie is contemplating which cartoons she can watch when the big kids go to school (it is so rough being the youngest and the only one home and having to wait!) And the car pool kids missed us!
Yep, It is going to be a great day!!!