We've Joined The Club

The minivan club, that is. With our fourth child on the way it was eminent that we would have to get a larger vehicle. We researched what we wanted for months (before even knowing that I was pregnant since we knew that day would eventually come) and finally settled on the Honda Odyssey as being our favorite (despite the popularity in Utah). I still kept some of the 7-8 passenger SUV's in the back of my mind being hesitant to really get a minivan, but the minivan won out.

So now we are the proud owners of a 2005 Charcoal Gray Honda Odyssey. It has all of the features we were looking for- leather seats (once you go leather, it's hard to go back), built-in DVD player, decent gas mileage (it's got Variable Cylinder Management!), low miles, and my first color choice. And a bunch we didn't know we were looking for and love- the in-floor lazy susan, a removable 8th seat, 6 CD in-dash changer, seemingly endless amounts of storage space, etc.. I'm still a little weirded out about driving a minivan around (I am a solid sedan girl) but it's great having the space for the kids to spread out so they aren't fighting as much in the car.