This week I am especially grateful for his Mr. Fix-it talents. When we were first married I was VERY skeptical of these skills. When he offered to fix his dad's truck the first summer we were married I almost scoffed. The repair was suppose to cost over $700. Brad did it with random stuff he found in his grandpa Nelson's shed (we lived in their house that summer while they were in Oregon on a mission). I was pretty impressed. But I digress. I am now usually unimpressed when Brad fixes things, because in the end I know that he'll be able to do it. (Which has come in extremely handy since buying our house.)
This week he fixed the suburban. The light that showed which gear you were switching into and showed your mileage went out...like more than a month ago. Everywhere Brad looked it was going to cost at least $200 to get that fixed. So what did Brad do? He pulled the console behind the steering wheel out, took it to a mechanic/doo-hicky store, found the pieces he needed to re-solder, and fixed our car for $1.25! It's pretty ridiculous how just being willing to try, along with a natural talent for fixing stuff and having the internet to do research, can save you TONS of money.
In other news we've decided that Ruth is going to be an artist and gymnast, Will is going to be a baseball pitcher and drummer, and #3 is going to be a Tae Bo instructor/Kung Fu master. I have been feeling very run-down/tired again. I had about 3 weeks of feeling energetic and good this pregnancy, but it has also been the most mild as far as other symptoms go so I try not to complain. Luckily it's getting warm-ish already and the kids play great, so I can just sit and avoid doing dishes when I need to! Oh, and heart-burn is back.
