We Drive a Minivan.

We had kind of an exciting weekend. We bought a car. Our little CR-V has been wonderful and I can still remember the day we bought that. Ross and I were engaged. He was going to be heading to Provo for school, and we knew we'd need a new car. I had a Mustang, which I loved, but they don't do very well in snow. So we hopped onto Craigslist to poke around for fun, but we ended up driving to look at a car only a few hours later. It's hauled wedding presents, made the journey between Portland and Provo many times, brought home my babies from the hospital, and stuck with me on the seemingly never ending paper route. I love this car.

We've kind of outgrown it. With two monster car seats and Claire constantly kicking the back of my seat, it was time to move up in the word and purchase a second vehicle. (Seriously, the bills of being a grown up aren't fun, but this whole having a REAL job thing is AWESOME!) Ross is doing a great job bringing home the bacon, and it makes me even more proud of how great he did in school.

Growing up, there were a few things I SWORE I would never do.
!) Attend any form of BYU.
2)Live in Utah.
3) Drive a mini-van.

God has a sense of humor.

We knew we wanted to stick with Honda or Toyota. We looked at Pilots and Highlanders, but when it came down to it, we needed a car that seated 7-8, could fit our massive stroller, and had awesome gas mileage. You really can't beat a minivan. I started paying attention to the cars on the road. Madison is full of minivans.

We spent a LONG day at the dealership on Saturday. With the two girls, we were the Loveland Circus. Honestly, that was awful. The staff were so catering and brought the girls snacks and water bottles and kept trying to find things to entertain them, but 5 1/2 hours is a LONG time. Never again.

It has the rear DVD console thing. The other day the girls and I did a major grocery shop. Claire was about 3 hours past nap time. On the way home from the store, I let her watch a movie. That ride home was the quietest drive EVER. I could kiss whoever thought to put those DVD players in cars.

I love how roomy it is! And as embarrassing as it is to admit, it's actually fun to drive. Ross pulled it out of the dealership garage over to where the CR-V was parked. I was sitting in the back and had the stupidest grin. It's so different from our little SUV, it felt like a ride.

It's been fun having two cars, and thinking of all the fun things we get to do now. Ross gets to take the girls out while I'm at school, I don't have to take him to work or pick him up anymore, it's great! While I feel like I'm not officially a mom, we love the newest Loveland.

Look how well they fit! And Claire can't kick the back of my chair anymore!