WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!
My dear friend Tim submitted a 200-word essay to Southern California Honda and….
WE WON!!!!!
He had submitted us for a Honda Element (the day before the contest ended, LOL!) But after seeing our story, SoCal Honda decided that what we really needed was…(wait for it…)
A TOTALLY ADAPTED ODYSSEY MINI-VAN!!!! HOLY FRIGGIN’ COW!!
Evidently, poor Tim and his wife Leilani have known for TWO MONTHS that we’d won, but were sworn to secrecy…can you imagine having to hold that in from one of your closest friends?!?
So yesterday a nice bus came and picked us all up and carted us off to the fabulous Peterson Automotive Museum. When we got there, there was no Element, so we figured we’d lost. NOT!!
Here are the links to the video they showed at the ceremony : www.socalhonda.com (click “Free Honda” at the bottom of the page)
And the piece from our local news station: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6605039
And some pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/MassieFamily97/HondaAwards2009
They are fitting it now for a lift (oh, say it with me: SNAP!!) and will call us next week to tell us when we can go to the dealer to pick up…
OUR NEW CAR!!!!!!
SA-WEEEEET!
I am so happy for you, Cole, and your family. I watched the video and it brought a tear to my eye. I hope you appreciate that you are a very special person and I feel very blessed to have met you. I really enjoy hearing about you and look forward to your next accomplishment. Please give Ilia a kiss and hug for me.
Hi Cole and family! WOW! This is so great…Adam was very excited and told me I had to see for myself. I bet Ilia likes all the floor space in there! Congratulations!!! We’d love to see you guys again, if you ever head up to Northern CA, let us know!
p.s. Did you ever hear what happened to the cute little Boxer puppy that we tried to get from the NYC ASPCA?! I hope they found him a good home!
I can’t think of a more deserving young man. A little ironic, don’t you think… You receive your mobility with a nifty new van, and because of you, I’m now receiving my own Mobility in the form of training.
Love you all,
Rich and Barb