Our Angel is growing up: The real EASTER Story

A few weeks ago, Justin & I were visiting his Grandma at her ranch in Watsonville. She has had this really cool old car just parked in her garage for about 20 years. We always wondered what she was going to do with it. So Justin decided to ask her. Well it just so happened that a few people were interested in buying it so she was thinking about selling. We said, well if you are going to see it, we would love for you to consider selling to us first. That way it will stay in the family. So she thought about it and decided that was perfect. She also mentioned that it must be a God thing since we asked her right at the perfect time. But God just kept on showing us how much he wanted us to have the car.

Justin was originally going to go get this next weekend, but Grandma & Chrissy were worried about someone stealing it (And he was a little on the obsessed side). He woke me up yesterday (Saturday) morning around 7am (Yes, the one day the baby and I were actually sleeping in until 8am) and had this crazy idea about renting a truck so he could go get this car. I told him he was crazy and went back to sleep. When I woke up, I thought it through and we starting looking for ways to get it. We couldn't rent a truck because it didn't have a tow package and it seemed like none of our friends were available. But by the afternoon, our neighbor Glen was available.

Then they went to Uhaul to rent the trailer, but when they got there the trailer they had was not the right size for the car. The Uhaul guy was calling other locations, but not having much luck. Justin was close to breaking. Right then, a guy that had moved his stuff from Virginia, happened to be returning the right size trailer (Again- God Thing). So the neighbor, Justin and our friend Mike made the journey to Watsonville. It took a little while to fill the tires (Only three would fill up) and get it on the trailer. They did it with just enough daylight to see.

They got back around 9:30 PM, unloaded and then decided to wash it (apparently, there was a lot of bird poop).

This morning, Justin was out there by 8am and neighbors were crawling out of their houses. Several of them were helping him wash this car. He is so excited. Next step- making it run.

By the way- It is a 1956 Mercury Montclair.