Surfs Up!

Can you believe it? DJ found a surf board and he can not wait to get out on those waves! 

DJ is really good with finding things on Craigslist. So we drove to this guys house and Matt was nice enough to come along, to make sure it was a worth while purchase. The guy answered the door, all sweaty and apologized because he had just finished working out. He looked like a "gladiator" as Matt put it, lol, he was obviously really into working out. He took us all around back, where he had like 20 boards and he showed DJ a few boards he thought would be good for what DJ wanted. He told DJ that Tony Staples worked under a famous board shaper (I forget his name, opps) who is well known in California. So DJ was pretty much sold, and he was excited to have bragging rights. As you can see from the pictures above it is a really long board, it doesn't even stand straight up in our apartment. If is 9 ft long, which is good for beginners and it is made for California waves and will be easy to ride. So he finally got his board, now we just need a car mount and possibly a protective cover. I am excited to try surfing, which I will be able to do thanks to Katie, who recently obtained a wetsuit of her own!

On other news DJ was involved in a car accident today. He accidently rear ended a truck at an intersection. He wasn't going very fast at all but there is a lot of damage to our Jeep because he hit a truck and that truck had a hitch. So when the truck had pulled away it took our front bumper with it. No one was hurt and DJ was mainly just frustrated with the situation. Everything should work out fine, we have good insurance and we already have our rental car. Praise the Lord, or PTL as my Mom would say! I am so thankful that it wasn't any worse than damage to our car and that everyone is ok. Once the Jeep is fixed, you know he will be on his way to beach to try out his new board!