The new ride!

So we've said goodbye to our first family car and a big hello to our new van.  We were hopeful that our Grand Caravan would stick with us for a few more years but this year has been expensive on repairs, one of which was a transmission line.  The transmission would be going in the next year or two and with a few long driving trips coming up we decided to make the change now instead of breaking down in the mountains in the middle of who knows where. 

We were thrilled to get a new Honda Odyssey.   The kids especially love the new DVD.  We took it on our first trip we just returned from to Gatlinburg, TN and it worked great.  Here are the cooperating kids hanging out the window.