Welcome to the Family

On January 24th, much of Utah Valley experienced some freezing rain.  The moment the rain hit the windshield or the concrete it turned into ice, creating the illusion of just being wet when in reality it was all black ice.

On Mark's way to work at 7:45am, he was stopped at a light on University Parkway going towards I-15.  In his rear-view mirror he watched a couple blocks back as some cars get into an accident.  As he was thinking how thankful he was that it wasn't him, he got rear-ended by a car that slid on the ice.

Luckily, everyone involved was fine and Mark only had a sore neck the next couple days.  A couple days after the accident we went to the tow-yard and got everything out of the car and said our goodbyes.  Mark took me on our first date in that car!

While we waited to hear from insurance, we were given a cute Fiat to drive for a little over a week.  I loved this little car! It was a lot of fun to drive but absolutely TERRIBLE in the snow.

After a week of car shopping, we bought our new little family member: 
A 2005 Kia Spectra5

 We love it! It is a manual so I am learning and Mark is working hard at teaching me.

On our first day as insured car owners, we drove to Salt Lake for a lunch date to Gourmandise Bakery.   Mark has been craving this sandwich since the last time we went, 8 months ago: 

Curry Chicken Salad Sandwich!

While we were waiting for our food: Sometimes Mark lets me take pictures of him...