A New Addition to our Family

Since we moved to Richmond, we have been getting by with just one car, our trusty old Mazda 3. We knew eventually we would have to get a second car, but we tried to make do as long as we could with just one (which is why we got a scooter last Fall). In the process we have been saving a lot of money each month since Melyn began work at her first job. We simply decided this Summer was the time to buy a car. And so here is "Penelope", the name Melyn christened our new car with.

This is our new Hyundai Elantra. Melyn's last car was a Hyundai Elantra, so I like to think of this as her old car reborn. Or at least a close relative. We have been loving this car despite the fact it is black (in the Henderson family, it is a rule that all cars must be white). We love the fact it gets so much better gas mileage than the Mazda, especially with all the highway driving Melyn has to do now to get to work.