A Three Day Get-A-Way?

This past weekend, the family all traveled to Scott and Amy's for Zach's kindergarten graduation, Caleb's birthday party and Blake's baby dedication. Whew! What a weekend. The boys and I drove with my parents on Friday morning and Dustin came after work and got there about 10 pm. Not only was our family there but Amy's family was there too! There were 19 of us, 8 of which were little boys ranging in ages from 4 months to 9 years. No, we didn't all stay with Scott and Amy. We all stayed in a hotel. Can you imagine if all of us were to stay together? There would be no way!

We celebrated Zach's kindergarten graduation on Friday night. We went to Caleb's birthday party on Saturday. Blake's baby dedication was on Sunday. It was a jam packed weekend of family fun. We really did have a great time. It was nice to be with everyone.

A funny thing did happen while we were there though. Dustin, the boys and I got into our van on Saturday to go to the birthday party and our van wouldn't start!! We believed it was some sort of security issue. We called the Saturn hotline and we also called our dealership here at home. Both of the places we spoke with believed it was a security glitch somewhere. When this happens, it apparently shuts down the starter on the vehicle. How lovely! They gave Dustin instructions on what to do in order for the system to reset itself. Of course this didn't work. So, Sunday afternoon the van was towed to the nearest dealership by Scott and Amy's.

We decided it was best for Logan and Dustin to go back home with my mom and dad and Luke and I would stay with Scott and Amy overnight and the drive our FIXED van home on Monday! Wishful thinking.

Dustin spoke with the dealership yesterday morning and was told a diagnosis would be reached by early afternoon. I called the customer service number to secure a loaner vehicle in case ours wasn't ready. I had to get home Monday night. There was no one to watch Logan on Tuesday, plus I wanted to come home to my Logan and Dustin too!

The van wasn't looked at until late afternoon. I was promised a vehicle to come home with only to be told 5 hours later that indeed there was no loaner vehicle. I was also told that I couldn't take a loaner car out of state due to insurance reasons. Dustin, Scott and I all talked with different people and their managers. I was finally told, sorry but there was nothing they could do. I did not believe this. I knew there was something that could be done, but nobody was helping me.

Roughly ten minutes after being told that there was no possible way that I would be given a loaner car because of insurance reasons, I received a call that there was indeed a car for me to take home, out of state! Are you kidding me?! I asked if they had changed their policies in ten minutes. They said they didn't know what happened but there was a car waiting for me at the dealership. So, Luke and I set on our way home a little before 8 p.m. and the Lord got us home safely to Dustin and Logan last night.

What a nightmare. So much for a quick three day get-a-way. I will keep you all updated on the car situation and will devote a post to my precious nephews and the weekend full of celebrations for each of them. It really was a fun weekend and we enjoyed being with family. Unfortunately, the car was the only down side to the weekend.