We’d been talking about buying a new-to-us car for a while now! As much as I love my blue hatchback, it’s not exactly the perfect car to fit a bride & groom into if I ever need to shuttle them from one spot to another for portraits on the wedding day. Especially not if I have all my gear in the car! And the more things I find I need to bring with me to weddings, the more cramped the car gets. Matt’s old car, the Toyota Corolla, had 170,000 miles on it. And as much use as we got out of that vehicle… it was time for it to retire.

Matt began looking at crossover- my Granny & Pawpaw had this GMC that we really liked- lots of room (for gear and puppies), SMOOTH ride, and good gas mileage. And after hearing how much my Pawpaw liked driving it, we started searching for a similar model.

But then my Granny texted one day a few weeks ago saying that they were thinking about trading their GMC Terrain in for a different car, and if we were still in the market for a crossover would we be interested in buying theirs?

UM YES. We test drove it while they were up here in May and then a few weeks later, it was officially official- we have a new car!

Red GMC Terrain

I’m still getting used to the XM radio and am still trying to figure out how to connect my phone to the bluetooth, but we looooove it. It’s so nice having a car we BOTH love to drive, and one that we look forward to having long trips in. And since Matt’s driving us to all weddings & sessions now, we get to enjoy it together as opposed to it being “my car” or “Matt’s car.”

Thank you Granny & Pawpaw for giving us the opportunity to buy the car we wanted from the beginning! We LOVE it!

We’re still trying to figure out a name for it, so if anyone has any recommendations… I’m all ears!

(Thanks to Devin of Anchor & Veil Photography for the photo! We were off to a Nationals game with him & Katherine last night and I realized I never photographed

Our new ride!

July 21, 2016

  1. Abbeigh says:

    Love it!! With it being red and your sincere love for all things Harry Potter, I vote Rubeus ;)!

  2. Paw Paw says:

    I like the name “Big Red”! I am so glad this worked out for both of us and it is rewarding to see how much you are enjoying the vehicle. Whenever you sell a vehicle to family you worry that something will go wrong and I’m really happy that it is meeting your needs and expectations. We loved the car and just found selling it to gave us an opportunity to get back into our favorite type of car.

  3. Dad says:

    It already has initials GMC which of course stand for Gryffindor Motor Company hence it is a “Gryffindor.”

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