What to do what to do??

We've finally decided to build a garage. Aaron is ecstatic, I suppose I'll enjoy not scraping windows next winter too.
So, we've gotten 2 quotes so far
#1 is $18000 and said they can start April 10th and will be done in about 10 days
#2 is $26500 and said they can start mid-May and it would take 1-2 months to complete depending on weather
Our third option is to build it ourselves. This way it would only cost about $10000-12000 but we'd have to do it ourselves. We'd save a lot of money but it would be a lot of labour and would take away from family time.
I think we'll probably end up doing it ourselves. I'm shuddering just thinking about it...we're also going to level off the backyard and re-sod so it'll mean a muddy yard for awhile and a gaudy temporary snowfence and trips to the park with the dayhome kids rather then backyard time. But as a family we'll be reaping the benefits: with the money saved it'll pay for either a hot tub with a good locking system to keep the kiddies out, or our family holiday to Disneyland or Disney cruise.

Anyways...

Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking my two boys to Chuck E Cheese. Woot woot! I'm Wonder Woman! We met up with Joey's best friend Danny and his family. The boys had a great time, Alex found 2 games he really liked : Ninja Turtles arcade game and a fishing arcade game. Jospeh was all over the place but seemed to like playing basketball the best. I think it's because Victor (Danny's dad) pretended to dunk him in the hoop and Joseph that it was hilarious! Wish I could have gotten a picture of that. And as we were leaving I noticed that this fine family establishment serves wine and beer. Andrea and I are already planning the next visit to be during the evening so we can indulge a little...providing that Aaron and Victor come with us of course.