But sometimes our neighbors do this:

When we park on the street, that is.

Sigh. Big sigh. Angry grumble. Roar.

By the way, thank you McKay for insisting on Hit and Run Collision Coverage.

The newest member of the Hinckley family

Except for a short stint last summer, we have always been a one car family, all through our almost five years of marriage. No more!

Introducing, his own words, "Tyler's new, big, red car!"

We love the space, love that it is a Toyota and we love love love that it is not a minivan. (No offense to all those minivanners out there.)

New Toys!

With our old camera acting up, and it being so ugly outside, I haven't posted any pictures of our new car yet, so here it is:

After we totaled our Hyundai in December, we spent a few weeks between the semesters car shopping (using Aunt Judy and Uncle Delbert's car, they are wonderful!). We found our 2005 Grand Am up in Salt Lake City. It used to be a rental car, so it's really been taken care of.

And it has a fun spoiler too so we can pretend we're cool.

In addition to our new car, we also have joined the 21st century and bought a laptop! McKay is particularly enjoying it. I got a new toy too, a new camera! (Can you tell? I think these pictures look so much better!)

And as for Tyler, he got a balloon from the salesmen at Best Buy, and a day later, he's still ecstatic.

Hello from California!

Well, this for those of you who we haven't told yet: first off, we are all completely okay. On our way down to California for Christmas, we got into a pretty bad car accident. We hit some black ice between Mesquite and Las Vegas, started swerving, ran off the road and rolled the car three times. All three of us are totally okay, thanks to seat belts and car seats (don't ever forget!). Well, McKay does have some cuts on his forehead, and I have a bruise on my shin, but considering we rolled our car at 80 miles an hour, we're okay with it. I've got some pretty good pictures, but I know all you grandmas are a little nervous about seeing them, so I've put a link here for those who want to see them.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=9uhgib9s.6pa0b3d0&x=0&y=-jz3low&localeid=en_US

Tyler having a good time in the back of the cop car.

Luckily, we were able to get to San Diego in time for Patrick and Michelle's wedding reception.

Besides that, we're just hanging out with my side of the family here in California. We went to Disneyland on Tuesday, and we're going again tomorrow (yay!). Tyler just about jumped out of the boat on It's A Small World to go dance with all the animatronic dolls, and got real close and personal with Grumpy, to his dismay. Today was so much fun with our family. I hope everyone else's Christmas is wonderful too!