New Car

Our car that we've had for the past four years finally wasn't worth the repair.  We have had it paid off for a couple years and it has been soooo nice to not have a car payment.  I took it in to the mechanic cause it had been making some weird noises for awhile and we assumed it was the transmission and were correct.

Even though we were hoping to be able to get through PA school with this car and without a car payment we were lucky to know about the problem and get a new car before PA school started and we didn't have an income. 

I was worried it would be super stressful and take a long time to decide on a car but the process was relatively painless. Thomas and I had both been looking online at car dealerships websites and I had seen this Hyundai Santa Fe and liked it and on his own Thomas saw it and went to check it out one day while I was substituting. The next day we went together to see it. I test drove it, liked it, got it checked out by our mechanic and we signed the papers that day! It was a long day at the dealership but Brooklyn was a champ and luckily they had a kids playroom and some chairs with wheels that we'd take her on rides around the dealership with.