A Sad Goodbye

September 30, 2006

We've just said our marriage vows and I am officially Mrs. Matthew Briggs.  We are just exiting St. John's Church.  It's been an exciting and emotional morning- a day we'll never forget.  But there's something extra that Matthew doesn't know....

He sees it first at this moment.  He later tells me that his first thought was "Impossible! Oh, it must be a rental."

It's a brand-new Ford Explorer Sport Trac.  This has been Matthew's dream vehicle since they were first made.  He would talk about them daily and always point them out on the road.
We're walking around the truck.  He looks at me.  I'm grinning like a fool.  I'm so bad at secrets, but I did good with this one!

He sees the OSU trailer hitch cover that I added to the back.  At this moment he knows.  He starts crying.  I didn't expect that!

Wiping away his tears of joy! (It's a good thing Matthew never reads my blog because he would hate this!)

This is such a wonderful memory and I'm so glad that I pulled it off.  Throughout the wedding reception, Matt kept leaning over to whisper, "Did you really freaking buy me a Sport Trac?!"  And of course he wanted to skip the dancing and go drive it, but we didn't want to be rude to our guests :)

Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to our beloved Sport Trac this week.  Although Matthew wanted to keep it forever and teach our kids to drive in it, it was starting to become very expensive to maintain and we needed a more reliable vehicle.
Matthew and I were both surprised by how sad we were when we removed the license plates and left it behind at the Ford dealership.  So long, Sport Trac....Thanks for all the good memories!