09/06/2025
A couple weeks ago we got the chance to make a once in a lifetime surprise happen for our oldest son. After looking for months on end at hundreds of trucks across the country, an impromptu made up story of “We’re going on an overnight date” (that was this secret mission 6 hours away), we found and drove home Cainan’s dream truck!
No one except Sarah and I knew the plan and what we were up to. What an honor to be able to bring back to our boy this one owner, 1996 Ford F-250 diesel 4x4 manual, with less than 200k miles.
We are still shocked to have been able to make it happen within 24 hours of the truck being listed. Everything from staying in tandem on the drive back so the boys wouldn’t know we were in separate vehicles on GPS, to planning to lock the electric gate open, to making up an excuse why I wasn’t in the truck so Sarah could video his reaction as I drove it up the driveway; was intricately thought out and planned. It was the perfect lie we always wanted to be able to tell!
Cainan worked extremely hard over several days to put a 4 inch lift and 35 inch tires on his prize and we are so proud of the labor he endured to make it happen. He’s got big plans and upgrades on the horizon before he turns 16, and I’m so excited to have been able to bring home not only his dream truck to him, but mine. Almost 30 years in the making, and the dream is fulfilled.
