01/06/07

This is a web site we decided to create so we could share pictures, stories, files, and such, with our families, in Florida and in Oklahoma!  This is also a learning thing, so some of the functionality isn't at 100% yet.  But we'll get it working.  In the meantime, if anyone has anything they would like to include, let us know and we'll throw it up here and see if it sticks!

We bought our house in 1994, and since then have done some "improvements" to it.  Here are some of them!  We love our pool in the back, and the Sweet Vibernum hedges offer privacy and a feeling of seclusion.

Here's our new car, a 2002 Lexus LS430.

Parked in our driveway.  It's Black with an "Ivory" interior and Grey trim.  The wood is Walnut.  The tires are nearly new.  The whole car is nearly immaculate..just a few minor items here and there, but nothing to write home about.

Just another shot from the front.  It has the High-Intensity Discharge lights that are bright white!  We drove it home in the dark, and the lights are excellent!

Since Michelle will likely be driving this to work for the most part (want to try to keep the miles down a bit), she put her diving plate on the front.

Check out the rear view mirrors...they fold in against the car when you turn off the ignition so the don't get bumped while parked!

Here's a shot of the interior.  It's a 5-speed automatic with overdrive.  4.3L v8 with DOHC, and 290HP with 325 Ft./lbs. torque.  It runs pretty good!

All the creature comforts you could think of are on this car!  Hit and hold the 'open' button on the key fob, and all the windows open, and the sun roof opens to let out all the hot air before you get in!  Dual climate control, heated seats!  And fourteen-way adjustable seats!  The front seats have an upper, and a lower lumbar support, and it has memory settings so it remembers the seat position, steering wheel position, the rear-view mirrors, and the headrest positions!

The back seat...the center has the lid open so you can see the cup holders.  Above the center section, there is a middle headrest...it's in its stowed position now, but it tilts up for when a third person is occupying the center.  With the lid folded down, there is a pass-through to the trunk too.

Beside the cup holder is a "cool" section where you can put a couple cans of soda, or drinks.  The air conditioning has a duct going to it and blows cool air on them to keep the drinks cool!  The back seats are also heated with individual controls.

The sun roof is open.  The rear view mirror automatically darkens at night when lights from the rear hits it.  And the windshield wipers have a rain-drop sensor, and turn on and off automatically when raining.  The headlights come on automatically when it gets dark.  It has a garage-door remote built in that can "learn" your code so you don't have to carry around a remote!  And the neatest thing...the air conditioning is filtered...all the air brought into the car is first processed through a set of replaceable filters so it 'traps' all those road smells.

Here are some shots of the interior showing before and after installing the additional wood grain panels.  The wood is California Walnut.  Just below is the center Dash

Next is the control panel on the roof, between the two seats...

And here is the Dash left of the steering wheel.  You can also see where another piece outlines the door handle.  Overall, it really spruces up the interior!