New Member of the Willis Family

This is R trying to look cool in his new truck, but what he was really feeling was pure joy!

"Sierra" parked in the driveway at our new home.

And now she's officially part of the family...a car seat in the back, and a Sonic drink in the cupholder up front!

If you have followed our blog very closely at all you have realized that our vehicles (especially R's) become members of our family. I believe we chronicled the passing on of "Ruby" (R's tiny little car that he drove for over 6 years!) and the acquiring of "Opal" (R's "new" car which was very practical, yet still a big step up from Ruby!). Well, any of you who know R very well know that he has wanted a truck pretty much forever. It hasn't helped that two of his brothers and his dad have acquired trucks in the last few years, and he was still without one. So....we have been on the lookout for a good deal on a good truck for a little while now, and while R was home on leave he became the proud owner of "Sierra"...a beautiful, black truck that he is madly in love with!!! Of course it now sits in our driveway, lonely without him, most of the time. The girls and I drive it on days when we are really missing R because we can feel his presence all over that truck!