Rapid-Fire Posting

Heidi and I watched a little bit of the Barrett-Jackson auto auction this weekend on Speed. It was fun to watch, and interesting for all of the different cars as well as the interesting pricing. For example, one guy sold a NEARLY COMPLETELY ORIGINAL 1961 Ford Thunderbird with a 390 V8 engine, all in near-perfect condition. It only 2,627 verified, original miles!!! The only "upgrade" the owner had made was to repaint it (in the original color and finish) at some point. Everything else was 100% original...engine, wheels, interior, it even had the original paperwork, dealer sticker, Build Sheet, and manuals. What do you think it went for? $50,000? More? If you thought so, you were wrong...it went for a mere $20,900. Yes, I know that's still a lot of money, but for what that car was, that was a bargain, in my humble opinion. Ford's own poorly-received Retro 'Birds from the early part of this decade cost twice that much, and this one was an original and practically off-the-showroom-floor new. In case you couldn't tell, I was disappointed. (By the way, see the actual car here.)

Another interesting thing was watching the buyers. They're buying VERY expensive toys, and you'd think they'd be having fun or at least somewhat enjoying what they were doing. Instead, two-thirds of them looked like they were suffering severe indigestion. Very rarely did a buyer actually look happy about what he had purchased, but normally they just looked like they'd shot a bowling ball out their rear end. Well, you know what they say about having fun...you're not having fun until you're serious about it.

Speaking of fun, Donovan and I made this past Saturday our official OU Sports Day. We went to the Red-White Game in the early afternoon, then hiked down to Mitchell Park to catch Game 2 of OU's doubleheader against Texas Tech. Unfortunately, they lost, but they still won the series and lead the Big 12. The football game was a lot of fun, too...we got our picture taken with Sam Bradford's Heisman Trophy. I joked with my mom that that was probably the closest I'll ever get to a Heisman. I'll post the pic as soon as I have it.

So I just wanted to post a couple of pics from our big Easter weekend. The first one is Owen and Heidi coloring eggs.


This next one is Julianna with her first Easter egg. Isn't she beautiful?



Hope you all had a great Easter, too. Thanks for reading along.