Our exciting weekend

Life stays interesting here at the Shipleys. Shawn had to work on Saturday, so we basically did some housework, then lounged around until that night when we went over to our friend's house (the Bylunds) to see their oldest boy, Jordan, open his mission call. He's going to Independence, Missouri on an American Sign Language assignment. So exciting! He has studied ASL for four years and was over-the-top excited about it. I am so happy that he is happy. As his friends were all leaving, one of them backed out of the driveway and then this happened:

Oopsy! Luckily it's still drive-able, but we had to tape the headlight back in place. I think this probably means goodbye to what we call our "miracle van." It is so old I can't imagine the insurance company paying for the repair, so they will most likely pay out the value of the van instead. That is a bummer since it isn't worth much anymore. So I have mixed feelings about this. The van still runs great despite having almost 200,000 miles on it (Yay for Toyotas! Those Japanese know how to make 'em.). But I would love a new vehicle. We definitely can't afford much of a car payment, especially since we had to take out a small loan to pay for the air conditioner. I hate money (or the lack of it) and all the problems and stress it brings to our life! Then Sunday we spent the night at Craig and Wendi's and played games until 2 a.m., then hung out there all day Monday. So besides the humongous dent in the van, our weekend was pretty laid back and fun.

And I have good news! The air conditioner is being fixed right now and life will soon be nice and cool, which is a huge relief since it's going to be 90 degrees today. Summer decided to jump on in without warning. 

Bring it on!