Yesterday (March 2) was a great blend of accomplishing and enjoying, being together and working hard...
Here is a cute picture of Spencer and Skyler's activities outside in the morning... they got distracted by the chalk from "practicing" t-ball. Looks like we have a crime scene investigation on our hands:).
And, now, I'd like to introduce the wonderful, the amazing, the incredible McCune Mechanic! First, a little background: Friday while Kyle was in Eugene, the temperature gauge on his car started bouncing around. He stopped at a Jiffy Lube and they did an oil change and looked at it. They said they were pretty sure it was the radiator. (All the radiator fluid was gone.) After the usual, "Oh, great," thought, they told Kyle that a radiator is easy to replace yourself. Kyle decided to give it a try. On his way home, he stopped at an auto parts store, bought the parts, and got some advice from them. That night he watched a couple of YouTube videos on how to do it.
On Saturday morning, he went to work! Here is proof of his progress. You can see the difference between the old and the new radiator! It looks like it was the original radiator, so it lasted us 260,000 miles. Not too bad.
Here is a cute picture of Spencer and Skyler's activities outside in the morning... they got distracted by the chalk from "practicing" t-ball. Looks like we have a crime scene investigation on our hands:).
And, now, I'd like to introduce the wonderful, the amazing, the incredible McCune Mechanic! First, a little background: Friday while Kyle was in Eugene, the temperature gauge on his car started bouncing around. He stopped at a Jiffy Lube and they did an oil change and looked at it. They said they were pretty sure it was the radiator. (All the radiator fluid was gone.) After the usual, "Oh, great," thought, they told Kyle that a radiator is easy to replace yourself. Kyle decided to give it a try. On his way home, he stopped at an auto parts store, bought the parts, and got some advice from them. That night he watched a couple of YouTube videos on how to do it.
On Saturday morning, he went to work! Here is proof of his progress. You can see the difference between the old and the new radiator! It looks like it was the original radiator, so it lasted us 260,000 miles. Not too bad.
The hardest part was getting the (very stuck on) hoses detached from the old radiator. But a few hours later, he was done! He had a mechanic-friend of ours come over and inspect his work (because of his wife's prodding); our friend declared him to be the newest McCune Mechanic! We also found out it usually costs $500-600 for a new radiator to be installed. The part itself was $100! What a relief. I'm proud of my manly man!
After the fun with the radiator, we headed down to Salem to Rachel and Gabe's baptisms. These are both two good friend's of Kylene's, and we have stayed in touch with both of their families. They are wonderful friends and we miss them! It was so fun to be back in Salem, see many familiar (and loved) faces from our old ward and neighborhood, and witness their sweet baptisms.
After the baptism, we drove by our rental home, then went to ride the Salem Carousel, a favorite of ours when we lived there. It was Andon's first ride. He wasn't too sure at first, but ended up enjoying it, I think. (I ended up taking him off the pony and sitting in one of the wagons with him, which he much preferred.)
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