Surprise! (Filling in the blanks)

You may have noticed some conspicuous holes in my blog this week. We've been planning a big surprise, so I had to keep things vague. In his spare time this weekend (during our 17 hour volunteer event), Craig negotiated the purchase of a new car for me, by email. We had planned to pick up the car and sign the paperwork Monday night after work.

The reason this was all a secret is that we planned to give Bryce my old car. Mentioning any of it here had the possibility of ruining that surprise. So...here are the pictures and things I left out this last week.

We weren't able to get the car Monday night because we spent the evening at urgent care. We weren't able to reschedule for Tuesday because I was ordered to keep my foot elevated and iced...and Craig was rather serious about having me follow through on the doctor's orders. But on Wednesday, we began the delicate dance of our preparations. First, we had to take my old car to be detailed. I drove Craig's car, with my left foot, to the car wash with Kai. Craig drove my car and we left it there. We had to go back several hours later to pick up my car. It hasn't looked so nice since I drove it away from the dealership new!

Then we headed to the Mini dealership to get my new car!

Here we are, Wednesday night, after getting home:

I had to drive my brand new car home with only my left foot! It was a bit of an adventure. But that's the reason we had dinner so late that Kai was eating the pepperoni as she put it on her pizza...

And on Thursday, we took my new car again when we ran errands. Craig drove this time, so I could play with the navigation and other settings. I have satellite radio! (Of course, we had to call about that to fix it while we drove, but still.) In this picture, Kai is "helping" me with my crutches outside Bed, Bath & Beyond: