I got to spend some QT with my Skyler today as we drove to Boise to trade in my hot red Jeep for a boring, grey minivan. But don’t be too disappointed in me until you hear me out. We tried so hard to find an SUV that didn’t cost a million $$s and that got more than 14 miles/gallon on the highway. No dice. And Leif and I have too much of a conscious to say we care about the environment and then buy a gas guzzling tank. I bet in 3-5 years there will be hybrid SUVs all over the place. But we need the space now for our soccer travel, baseball travel and ski travel. So the hybrid, AWD Toyota Sienna (that only cost $2k after trading in my Jeep for what we paid for it 3 years ago) was the winner!

Best part of the day though was not getting a new car. It was getting Skyler to myself for the day. We had the car ride to talk, we had pizza at the outdoor mall, we shopped, got terrible massages and then frozen yogurt. The Vans store was Skyler’s highlight. Mine was watching her at lunchtime. So fun and grown up. I can’t stand it!