Surprise!

On Sunday Conrad noticed that his rear tires were wearing out unevenly, so he made an appt & took it to the shop. At first they thought it just needed to be realigned ($100), but upon inspection they realized the tie-rods were messed up ($600 + realignment + new tires = $1700). Ouch! Not a nice surprise! On the plus side, Conrad telecommuted since he was without his car. We even all went as a family to pick up Bronwen, & on the way home stopped at Papa Murphy's Pizza. By the time our pizza was ready, the car was done -we were across the street, so it worked out perfectly! Great surprise! We ended up eating pretty early, so I decided to take advantage of the sunshine & start working on the garden. Of course all THREE :-) girls wanted to go out & help me. Even Cate started digging with her little shovel! We were in the midst of pulling out all the dead brush, when SURPRISE, this little guy hopped out!

Cate cried when it was time to go inside, but a sticker (she's patting it on her tummy) made everything better.